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ICD-10-CM Layout
Layout of Alphabetic Index
Question | Answer |
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What is placed flush with the far left margin? | Main Terms |
What is printed in bold and begin with a capital letter? | Main Terms |
What is printed in regular type in all lowercase letters? | Subterms |
What is indented two spaces to the right under the Main Term? | Subterms |
What are indented farther and farther to the right -- always indenting two more spaces from the previous one - listed in alphabetic order? | more specific subterms |
At the end of an Alphabetic Index entry, what indicates that additional characters are required? | Dash |
When are Carryover Lines used? | When the complete entry will not fit on one line |
How can you recognize a carryover line? | It is indented four spaces more than the first line of the entry. |
How does the Alphabetization Rules for the Alphabetic Index handle a single space between words? | It ignores it. |
How does the Alphabetization Rules for the Alphabetic Index handle a single hyphen within words? | It ignores it. |
How does the Alphabetization Rules for the Alphabetic Index handle a final "s" in possessive form of words? | It ignores it. |
Where are subterms containing numerals or spelled out numbers placed in the Alphabetic Index? | They are the first terms at that level, placed in alphabetic order when spelled out. |
What words are considered to be "connecting words"? | "with, "in, due to", "associated with" |
What expresses the relationship to the term in the immediately preceding level indicated? | Using "Connecting Words" |
What words express an etiology or ann associated condition? | Connecting Words |