Deck 11: Diseases of the Nervous System

Question 1

The default for postoperative pain not specified as acute or chronic is the code for the chronic form.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Encephalitis is an inflammation of the meninges.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following diagnoses would not be reported with code G47.13?

A) recurrent hypersomnia
B) menstrual related hypersomnia
C) Kleine-Levin Syndrome
D) idiopathic hypersomnia

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Heredity cerebellar disease is reported with code G11.4.

Question 5

Harry East is being seen today in the pain clinic due to chronic postthoracotomy pain. The first-listed diagnosis is _____.

A) G89.18
B) G89.22
C) G89.4
D) G89.0

Question 6

For code G89.2, chronic pain, to be reported the patient has to have experienced the pain for over seven months.

Question 7

Which of the following would not be reported with code G43.1?

A) migraine equivalents
B) retinal migraine
C) migraine with prolonged aura
D) sporadic migraine

Question 8

Category range G30-G32 reports extrapyramidal and movement disorders.

Question 9

Jerry Marks is seen in PT today because of a diagnosis of hemiplegia affecting the right dominant side. This is reported with code _____.

A) G81.01
B) G81.13
C) G81.91
D) G82.20

Question 10

Episodic and paroxysmal disorders are reported with categories G70-G73.

Question 11

Meningitis due to poliovirus is reported with code(s) ____________________.

Question 12

If pain is not specified as acute or chronic, postthoracotomy, postprocedural, or neoplasm related, do not assign codes from category G89.

Question 13

PNS is the abbreviation for primary nervous system.

Question 14

Hereditary spastic paraplegia is reported with code ____________________.

Question 15

When a patient is admitted for the insertion of a neurostimulator for pain control, assign the appropriate pain code as the principal or first-listed diagnosis.

Question 16

Transient global amnesia is reported with code _____.

A) G45.0
B) G45.3
C) G45.4
D) G45.9

Question 17

Angela has been experiencing headaches for a number of months, and after extensive testing it is determined that she has intractable chronic cluster headaches. This would be reported with code _____.

A) G43.9
B) G44.021
C) G44.10
D) G44.229

Question 18

Idiopathic nonfamilial dystonia is reported with code ______.

A) G24.0
B) G24.1
C) G24.2
D) G24.8

Question 19

Central pain syndrome and chronic pain syndrome are different than the term "chronic pain."

Question 20

Assessment: subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord in vitamin B12 deficiency. The correct code(s) is (are) ____________________.

Question 21

Minicore disease is reported with code _____.

Question 22

Migraine with aura with status migrainosus is reported with code _____.

Question 23

Subacute necrotizing encephalopathy is reported with code _____.

Question 24

Thomas Brown returns to the office today to discuss a nuclear imaging study that was completed one day ago. The study revealed an embolic cerebral abscess. This diagnosis would be reported with code ____________________.

Question 25

Complex regional pain syndrome II of right upper limb is reported with code _____.

Question 26

Nonbacterial meningitis is reported with code ____________________.

Question 27

Thoracic outlet syndrome is reported with code _____.

Question 28

Carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper limb is reported with code _____.

Question 29

Intractable, chronic, posttraumatic headache is reported with code _____.

Question 30

Lesion of ulnar nerve, left side is reported with code _____.

Question 31

Intention tremors are reported with code ____________________.

Question 32

Multiple sclerosis of cord is reported with code ____________________.

Question 33

Intractable epilepsy with status epilepticus is reported with code ____________________.

Question 34

Sam Smith is being seen today to reevaluate the status of distal spinal muscular atrophy. This would be reported with code _____.

Question 35

Acute necrotizing myopathy is reported with code _____.