Exam 10: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

If sepsis is present on admission and meets the definition of principal diagnosis, the systemic infection code should be assigned as the principal diagnosis.

Another name for a cold sore is herpes simplex type ____.

According to ICD-10-CM Guidelines, it is not necessary to identify infections documented as antibiotic resistant.

Match each definition to one of the following items. -The systemic inflammatory response to infection or trauma; includes fevers, tachycardia, and leukocytosis

Z21 is a code used for patients with HIV who have no symptoms and who have never had an AIDS-defining or AIDS-related illness.

Match each definition to one of the following items. -Sepsis with hypotension, also known as endotoxic shock and gram-negative shock, is failure of the cardiovascular system; as such, meets the definition of severe sepsis

Assign the code for Zika virus.

Assign the code for scarlet fever.

A homeless man presented to the ER with skin ulcers of the right calf of the leg that are infested with cutaneous maggots.

Hepatitis ____ is spread through contact with infected blood, through sex with an infected person, or during childbirth. There is a vaccine for this kind of hepatitis.

Hepatitis ____ is most commonly spread through food or water that has been contaminated by feces from an infected person.

Of the following medications, which is NOT an antifungal medication?

How many stages of syphilis are there?

Code B20 is NEVER used after a patient develops AIDS.

____ is a bacterial infection usually found in wild or domestic animals.

What disease causes inflammation of the liver and can be caused by several different viruses?

____ is an infection caused by a mycobacterium; it can attack any body part, but it usually attacks the lungs.

Patient has elevated liver function tests and was diagnosed with viral hepatitis C.

Infectious diseases are characterized often by a disease code and an organism code. When this occurs, it is appropriate to use two codes.

What virus is spread to individuals by a mosquito bite?