ICD-10-CM Training Quiz

Here’s a 10-question quiz to test students' understanding of ICD-10-CM. You can use it interactively during the training or as a self-check afterward. I’ve mixed in multiple-choice and true/false formats for variety:

Medical Coding Officers Academy

6/28/20251 min read

1. What does ICD-10-CM stand for?

  1. International Coding Division – 10th Clinical Method

  2. International Classification of Diseases – 10th Clinical Modification

  3. Internal Clinical Diagnosis – 10th Coded Matrix

  4. Institute for Chronic Diseases – 10th Code Management

2. ICD-10-CM is primarily used in which country?

  1. United Kingdom

  2. India

  3. United States

  4. Australia

3. True or False: ICD-10-CM codes are purely numeric.

4. Which part of the ICD-10-CM manual lists diseases alphabetically?

  1. Tabular List

  2. Procedure List

  3. Alphabetic Index

  4. Guidelines Section

5. The 7th character in an ICD-10-CM code often represents:

  1. The patient’s gender

  2. Severity of the condition

  3. Episode of care (e.g., initial, subsequent)

  4. Diagnosis date

6. What’s the correct ICD-10-CM code for low back pain?

  1. J45.1

  2. M54.5

  3. G89.0

  4. L03.1

7. True or False: ICD-10-CM replaced ICD-9-CM to allow more specificity in coding.

8. Which of the following is an example of a combination code?

  1. E11.22 – Type 2 diabetes with kidney complications

  2. R51 – Headache

  3. I10 – Hypertension

  4. L60.0 – Ingrowing nail

9. ICD-10-CM codes help with all the following EXCEPT:

  1. Tracking public health statistics

  2. Billing and reimbursement

  3. Legal defense in malpractice cases

  4. Epidemiological research

10. Which official resource provides annual ICD-10-CM coding guidelines?

  1. WHO

  2. CMS & NCHS

  3. FDA

  4. NIH