Exam 10: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

Jock itch is coded to ____.

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

A patient is admitted to the hospital with severe diarrhea.Upon examination the patient is found to be severely dehydrated.She is given IV fluids to correct the hydration.In the assessment the physician suspects gastroenteritis.After stool cultures,it is determined that the patient has Clostridium difficile colitis.

Assign the code(s)for diaper rash due to candidiasis.

MRSA positive by nasal swab

Category B20 is assigned for ____________________.

The patient was admitted with septic shock.Blood cultures were positive for coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CONS).Patient was also treated for pneumonia.BAL was performed (right middle lobe bronchus).Physician documents sepsis due to coagulase-negative Staphylococcus with septic shock and CONS pneumonia.

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

Assign the code for suspected carrier of group B strep.

A patient is admitted with pneumonia.Chest X-ray confirms the pneumonia.The physician suspects sepsis and orders blood cultures,which are positive for pneumococcus.Discharge summary lists principal diagnosis as pneumococcal sepsis.

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

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

Assign the code for chickenpox.

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.

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

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

Assign the code for Ebola virus.

Clostridium difficile usually is tested for in ____ when physicians suspect an infection.

MATCHING Match the following terms to the correct definition. -Bacteria in the blood

Name an AIDS-defining illness that usually attacks an immunocompromised individual.