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ICD 10 GLOSSARY
Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acute | A condition with rapid and short course |
| Anatomical | Body site |
| And | "And" or " or |
| BMI | body mass index |
| brackets | Synonymous alternate word explanation phrases |
| Chronic | Develops slowly last a long time. |
| Code first | Note in intalics in the tabular to code the underlying disease first |
| Colon | Used in tabular list after incomplete term that need one or more modifiers. |
| Combination code | Single code used to clasify two diagnosis |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary Disease |
| Default Code | Code listed next to main term abd represents the condition commonly associated with the main term |
| Etioligy | Cause of disease |
| Eponym | Disease or syndrome named after a person |
| Essential modifiers | Subterms listed below main term alpha order and indented |
| Excludes1 | Term is to be reported with a code from another category and not be used with a current selected category |
| Excludes 2 | Term may be used with current category and another category if both conditions exist |
| Include | Note in tabular list under thre character code to define further or give example of contents of same category |
| Main term | Key word to reference the disease condition or system in alpha index it is in bold |
| NEC | Not elsewhere classified |
| Non essential modifiers | |
| Point dash | Symbol found in Icd 10 alpha index after certain codes.code is incomplet. And go category or subcategory to complete |
| Parentheses | Symbol that encloses supplementary words wo affecting the code |
| Rubris | 3 characters category |
| See also | Additional info is available to provide another code |
| See | Directs to a more specific term where correct code can be found |
| Septicemia | Systemic disease from microorganisms or toxins in blood |
| Sepsis | Whole body inflammation It Generally refers to SIRS |
| SEPSIS | WHOLE BODY INFLAMMATION STATE |
| SEQUELA LATE effect | an inactive residual condition produced after an acute injury or illness |
| Severe sepsis | Acute organ dysfunction |
| Subterms | Indented un main terms to describe differences in site,condition etioligy.they add specificity. |
| Unspecified | Codes used when the info in medical record is not available |
| Use additional codes | Note in tab list instructing to report another code to provide a complete pic of code |
| Z codes | Code use to describe circumstances or condition that influence patient care |
| With | Associated with or due to |
| MRSA | METHICILLIN RESISTANCE STAP AURES RESISTANCE to antibiotics |
| MSSA | METHICILLIN susceptible Staph aureus skin infection that is not resistant to certain antibiotics |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus breaks down your immune system |
| Pcp | Pneumocytitis carini pneumo inflammation and fluid build up in the lungs |
| PJP pneumocytitis jiroveci pneumonia | Pcp in HIV |
| SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome | The body's response to infection or bacteria that leads to multiple system organ failure |
| Carcin\o | Cancer |
| Neo | New |
| Plasm | Clear yellowish fluid portion of blood lymphor intramuscular fluid |
| Granul/o | Small grains |
| Coagul | Blood clot |
| Cbc | Complete blood count |
| Esr | Erythrocytes transportation of O2 Co2 |
| Rbc | Red blood cells |
| Wbc | White blood cells |
| Crin | |
| Dipso | |
| Pancreatic | |
| Toxico | |
| Tropic | |
| Drunk | |
| Produce in pancreas | |
| Secrete | |
| Poison | |
| Changing attracting a response | |
| Schizo | Split cleft |
| Add | Attention deficit disorder |
| Adhd | Attention deficit. Hyperative disorder |
| Mdd | Major depression disorder |
| Ocd | Compulsive depressive disorder |
| Ptsd | Post traumatic disorde |
| Sad | Seasonal affective disorder |