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Parasite   Lives on or in another organism taking their nourishment  
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Pathogen   infectious organisms,causes diseases,invades the body  
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Etiology   the cause if disease  
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Truncated code   a code that doesnt contain all necessary digits  
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Bacteria   single celled organisms that are named according to their shape and arrangement  
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Morphology   the study of the behavior of organisms or neoplasms  
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Erythocytes   Red Blood Cells  
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Leukocutes   white blood cells  
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Thrombocytes   platelets  
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Coagulation   blood clotting  
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Plasma   the liquid portion of blood  
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Delirium   a confused disoriented state with the inability to think clearly  
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Delusions   a false perception that is maintained by a person despite proof that it is contrary to reality  
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Myocardial Inarction   (MI) Heart Attack  
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Occlusion   Blockage  
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Stenosis   Hardening of arteries  
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Duodenum   1st part of small intestine  
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Ileum   last part of intestine  
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Jejunum   The middle part of the small intestine  
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Cecum   the beginning of the large intestine  
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Hepatic   Liver  
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End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)   The late stages of chronic renal failure  
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Antiepartum   The time before childbirth  
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Postpartum   begins immediately after delivery lasting 6 weeks  
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Fetus (Baby)   From 9th week till birth  
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Embryo (Egg)   the developing child thru 8th week of pregnancy  
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Para   More than 20 weeks pregnant  
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Gravida   Pregnancies delivered  
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Arthritis   inflammation of a joint  
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Anterior   Front or forward of body  
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Lateral   away from midline or toward the side  
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Posterior   back or behind body  
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Medial   toward the midline  
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Sprain   an injury to a joint, specifically the ligament  
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Strain   injury to the muscle or tendon  
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Debridement   the cleaning out of a wound  
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Reduction   correcting or moving back into place  
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Manipulation   Movement in a skillful manor  
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Stent   a small device used to support a vessel but still allow blood to flow thru  
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Bypass   to go around a structure  
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Calculus (Calcium)   kidney stones  
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DNC(Dilation and Curettage)   procedure which the cervix is dilated or opened up and uterus is scrapped clean  
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CT (Cat scan)   a collection of xray images from various angles following an injection of a contrast medium  
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MRI (scan)   Magnetic resonance imaging, medicaal imaging using radio frequency signals as its source of energy  
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EKG   electrical record of the heart activity  
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EEG   electrical record of brain activity  
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Anatomical site   the body system involved  
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Adverse effect   the appearance of a pathological condition caused by ingestion or exposure to a chemical substance properly administered or taken  
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benign   not cancerous  
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Carcinoma   malignant tumor that is localized (Has not spread)  
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Coding conventions   are rules that apply to the assignment of ICD-9-CM codes  
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Comorbility   a concurrent that exists with the first listed diagnosis (Outpatient care)  
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Complication   a condition that develops after outpatient care has been provided  
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Congenital anomaly   disorders that are diagnosed in infants at birth  
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Contiguous sites   occur when the origin of the tumor (primary site) involves 2 adjacent sites  
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E-Code   Describe external causes of injury  
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Main Term   (conditions) are printed in bold face type and are folloed by the code number  
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NEC   Not Elsewhere Classified  
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Subterm   (or essential modifiers) qualify the main term by listing alternate sites  
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Late Effect   a residual effect or sequela of a previous acute illness, injury, or surgery. The underlying condition no longer exists  
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Malignant   Cancerous  
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Metastasize   the spread of cancer  
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Morbidity (disease)   data from inpatient and outpatient records  
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Neoplasm   new growths, or tumors, in which cell reproduction is out of control  
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Outpatient   length of stay must be 23 hours, 59 mins, & 59 seconds  
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Poisoning   occurs as the result of an overdose, wrong substance administered or taken, or intoxication  
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Primary Malignancy   The original tumor site. All malignant tumors are considered primary unless otherwise documented as metastatic or secondary  
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Primary Diagnosis   The condition determined after study which resulted in the patients admission to the hospital  
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Secondary Diagnosis   include comorbidities and complications  
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Secondary Malignancy   The tumor has matastasized (SPREAD) to a secondary site, or to a remote region of the body  
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Sequel   Pathological condition resulting from a disease, injury, or other trauma  
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Coding conventions   rules that apply to the assignment if ICD-9-CM codes  
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Categories   are printed in bold upper and lower case type and are preceded by a 3 digit code  
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Excludes   any excludes statement printed below a major topic heading applied only to the code numbers in parentheses after the major topic heading. NOT ENTIRE CHAPTER  
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NOS   Not otherwise specified  
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Subcategory   4 digit subcategory's are indented and printed in the same fashion as the major category headings  
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Sub-classification   Require the assignment of a 5th digit  
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V-Code   assigned for patient encounters when a circumstance other than a disease or injury is present  
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Ch 1   Infectious  
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Ch 2   Neoplasms  
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Ch 3   Endoctrine  
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Ch 4   Blood  
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Ch 5   Mental  
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Ch 6   Nervous  
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ch 7   Circulatory  
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ch 8   Respiratory  
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ch 9   Digestive  
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ch 10   Genitourinary  
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ch 11   Pregnancy  
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ch 12   Skin  
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ch 13   Musculoskeletal  
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ch 14   Congenital anomalities  
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ch 15   Perinatal  
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ch 16   Symptoms  
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ch 17   Injury  
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Supplemental classification   V-codes, E-codes  
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4 Appendices   A-Neoplasm, C-Drugs, D-Industrial, E-Three Digit  
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comorbility   Secondary condition or concurrent condition that coexist with the primary condition  
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V-Codes   Subclassification of ICD-9-CM codes that are assigned to patient encounters when a circumstance other than a disease or injury is present  
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Mortality   pertaining to death/ rate or frequncey of death  
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Neoplasm   new growth, or tumor in which cell reproduction is out of control  
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Metastasize   the spread of cancer from primary to secondary sites  
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benign   non cancerous  
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complication   condition that develops subsequent to inpatient admission  
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Morbidity   Pertaining to illness or disease/ the rate or frequency of disease  
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Malignant   cancerous  
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Main Terms   are (conditions) that are printed in boldface type and are followed by the code number  
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Congenital   A disorder diagnosis in infants at birth  
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WHO   World Health Organization  
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E-Codes   describe external causes of injury,or poisoning or other adverse reactions affecting patient health  
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