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Test Your Knowledge for Bacterial Meningitis Codes with This Quiz
Keep watch: ICD-10 offers new code descriptors.
ICD-10 has a one-to-match for most codes for bacterial meningitis. However, there are some exceptions. Some ICD-10 codes have a new descriptor and others map to more than one ICD-9 code. Test your knowledge for bacterial meningitis diagnosis coding by taking this quiz. Then turn to page XX for the answers.
Question 1: Which of the following ICD-10 codes do you report for meningitis due to Hemophilus influenza?
a) G00.0
Question 2: Which of the following is the best ICD-10 code for meningitis due to Bacteroides fragilis?
a) G00.6
Question 3: Which of the following ICD-10 code is the best option for nonpyogenic meningitis?
a) G01.0
Question 4: Select the ICD-10 code that you can report for meningitis due to Bacillus pyocyaneus.
a) G00.5
Question 5: Which ICD-10 code do you report when your physician does not specify the bacteria that caused the meningitis?
a) G00.9
b) G00.1
c) G00.2
d) G00.3
b) G00.7
c) G00.8
d) G00.9
b) G03.0
c) G02.0
d) G04.0
b) G00.6
c) G00.7
d) G00.8
b) G00.8
c) G04.2
d) G04.1.
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