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Chapter 5 Vocab CBCS
NHA Study guide 2.1 Runyan- Blue Ridge Community College
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| HCPS | Health Care Procedure Codes based on the AMA A group of codes and descriptors used to represent health care procedures, supplies, products, and services |
| Volume 1 | Tabular list of diseases and injuries |
| Volume 2 | Alphabetical Index to diseases and injuries |
| Volume 3 | Classification for procedures |
| ICD | International Classification of Disease Global Health Information |
| CPT | Current Procedural Terminology Medical code set that is used to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and procedures |
| V Codes | Codes used to classify visits when circumstances other than disease or injury are the reason for the appointment ONLY ICD-9-CM |
| E Codes | Used to classify environmental events, circumstances, and conditions, such as the case of injury, poisoning, and other adverse events, as well as where it happened ONLY ICD-9-CM NOT ON TEST |
| Encounter | A direct, professional meeting between a patient and a health care professional |
| Mortality | the incidence of death in a specific population |
| Morbidity | the number of cases of disease in a specific population |
| Category I | describes and reports medical, surgical, and diagnostic services |
| Category II | designed to serve as supplemental tracking codes that can be used for performance management |
| Category III | used for temporary coding |
| AMA | A professional group that publishes research to advance public health and for the interest of registered physician members |
| Encoder | Software that is just codes |
| CAC | Computer Assisted Coding Software that scans the entire record |
| Abstracting | Reviewing the health record and/or encounter form |
| Encounter Form | Form that includes information about past history, current history |
| MS-DRG grouper | Software that helps coders assign the appropriate MS-DRG |
| MS-DRG | Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group |