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CBCS_Coding_7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A group of three-digit categories in the icd-9-cm manual that represents a single disease or a group of closely related conditions | section |
| a three digit code in the icd-9-cm manual that represents a single disease or a group of closely related conditions | category |
| Consists of four digits and provide more information about the disease such as the site, cause, or other characteristics | subcategories |
| represented by a fifth digit, and they allow for even more specific information about the disease | subclassifications |
| type of icd-9-cm codes would be utilized to code/classify interactions with health care providers when the patient is not sick | v codes |
| type of icd-9 code used to describe the external cause of injury and poisoning | e codes |
| icd-9 codes used to identify the tissue type and behavior of neoplasms | m codes (morphology) |
| the volume of the icd-9 manual where the table of drugs and chemicals are located | volume 2 |
| report that confirms the presence of a malignancy | pathology report |
| a neoplasm that cant be identified as benign or malignant | uncertain behavior |
| represents an example of a cross-reference coding convention | see |
| "Code first the underlying disease" type of convention | instructional notes |
| terms within the parentheses used to enclose words that don't affect icd-9 codes | nonessential modifiers |
| accurate icd-9 code assignments | selecting the diagnostic codes, sequencing the diagnostic codes, following the official coding guidelines and coding conventions |
| infection in the diagnostic statement urinary tract infection due to e.coli represents | main term |
| diagnosis determined after study to be the reason for the patients admission to a hospital | principle diagnosis |
| a patient is seen in a physicans office with the symptiooms of vertigo, nausea, and a headache. The code would be | vertigo, nausea, headache |