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?
International Coding Division – 10th Clinical Method
International Classification of Diseases – 10th Clinical Modification
Internal Clinical Diagnosis – 10th Coded Matrix
Institute for Chronic Diseases – 10th Code Management
2. ICD-10-CM is primarily used in which country?
United Kingdom
India
United States
Australia
3. True or False: ICD-10-CM codes are purely numeric.
4. Which part of the ICD-10-CM manual lists diseases alphabetically?
Tabular List
Procedure List
Alphabetic Index
Guidelines Section
5. The 7th character in an ICD-10-CM code often represents:
The patient’s gender
Severity of the condition
Episode of care (e.g., initial, subsequent)
Diagnosis date
6. What’s the correct ICD-10-CM code for low back pain?
J45.1
M54.5
G89.0
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?
E11.22 – Type 2 diabetes with kidney complications
R51 – Headache
I10 – Hypertension
L60.0 – Ingrowing nail
9. ICD-10-CM codes help with all the following EXCEPT:
Tracking public health statistics
Billing and reimbursement
Legal defense in malpractice cases
Epidemiological research
10. Which official resource provides annual ICD-10-CM coding guidelines?
WHO
CMS & NCHS
FDA
NIH
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