Author Question: ICD-10-CM category M1a (chronic gout) requires the assignment of a fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh ... (Read 63 times)

mckennatimberlake · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

ICD-10-CM category M1a (chronic gout) requires the assignment of a fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh character to complete the code. It is incorrect to report a category M1a code without the fourth through seventh characters. Thus, which code is assigned for idiopathic chronic gout of the right shoulder, without tophus.
a. M1a
b. M1a.----
c. M1a.x110
d. M1a.0110

Question 2

An ICD-10-CM code is considered __________ if the number of characters required have not been assigned.
a. complete
b. invalid
c. necessary
d. reportable