In Your ICD-10-CM, Turn to Code Category Z16 in the Tabular

question 28

Multiple Choice

In your ICD-10-CM, turn to code category Z16 in the Tabular List. Under the category code you will find an Excludes1 notation for Sepsis due to Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. What code is suggested by this notation?

• A) A49.02
• B) B95.62
• C) J15.212
• D) A41.02

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Definitions:

Haploid Number

The number of chromosomes in a gamete (sex cell), representing one complete set of chromosomes from an organism.

Mitotic Spindle

An architecture made up of microtubules that divides chromosomes between two daughter cells during the process of mitosis.

Prometaphase

A stage of mitosis where the nuclear envelope breaks down and microtubules attach to kinetochores of chromosomes.

Haploid Number

The number of chromosomes in a gamete of an organism, representing one complete set of chromosomes.