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CIC ch5 Test | Q&A Latest 2025/2026 | 100% PASS A patient comes to the ER with severe chest pain, shortness of breath (SOB), nausea, and vomiting. The ER admits the patient to determine if the symptoms are cardiovascular or gastrointestinal in nature. After study, it is determined the patient has suffered a NSTEMI. What diagnosis is reported as the principal diagnosis? - Answer -NSTEMI A patient sees the physician for chest pain, fever, and cough. The patient is admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of rule out pneumonia. Pneumonia protocol is started. The patient started to have palpitations with abnormal Troponin levels and sent emergently to a larger hospital for care. The transfer note states, "probable pneumonia, palpitations and abnormal Troponin." Proper diagnosis coding is: Answer -a. J18.9, R00.2, R79.89 Which coding convention is used in the description of an ICD-10-CM code when the information in the medical record provides detail, but no specific code exists? Refer to ICD-10-CM guideline I.A.6. - Answer -NEC A patient admitted to the hospital was found to have pneumonia and acute renal failure. Both conditions were equally treated. Which should be listed as the principal diagnosis and why? - Answer -Either condition can be listed as the principal diagnosis because they both meet the definition of a principal diagnosis.