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Step-By-Step Ch.2
Step-by-Step Chapeter 2: An Overview of ICD-9-CM Buck 2010
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bold Type | Type face used for all codes and titles in the Tabular List. |
| Italics | Type face used for all exclusion notes and to identify codes that are not sequenced as first diagnosis. |
| Appendix A | Morphology and Neoplasms |
| Appendix B | Glossary of Mental Disorders, Deleted in 2004 |
| Appendix C | Classification of Drugs |
| Appendix D | Classification of Industrial Accidents. |
| Appendix E | List Of Three-Digit Categories. |
| NEC | Not Elsewhere Classified, "other specified" |
| NOS | Not Otherwise Specified, "unspecified" |
| Brackets [ ] | encloses synonyms, alternative wording, or explanatory phrases. Found in Tabular List. |
| Parentheses ( ) | encloses supplementary words (nonessential modifiers) that may be present or absent in the statement of a disease/procedure without affecting code assignment. |
| Colon : | Used after an incomplete phrase/term that requires one or more of the modifiers indented under it to make it assignable. Located in Tabular List. |
| Brace } | used to enclose a series of terms, each of which is modified by the statement appearing at the right of the brace. |
| Includes | Indicates seperate terms, such as, modifying adjectives, sites and conditions, entered under a subdivision to further define or give examples of, the content of the category. |
| Excludes | guideline to direct the coder to the proper code assignment. |
| Notes | used to define terms and give coding intructions. |
| See | indicates that another term should be referenced. |
| See Category | refers coder to a specific category, must always be followed. |
| E Codes | Supplementary Classification of External Causes of Injury and Poisoning (E000-E999) |
| Sections | groups of three-digit code numbers |
| Categories | three-digit code numbers |
| Subcategories | four-digit cade numbers |
| Fifth-Digit Subclassifications | five-digit code numbers |
| Volume 1 | Tabular List |
| Volume 2 | Alphabetic Index |
| Volume 3 | procedure codes used only for hospital coding. |
| V Codes | specific ICD-9-CM codes used to identify encopunters for reasons other that illness/injury. (Immunization) |
| Specificity | requirement to code to the highest number of digits possible. |
| Sequencing | process of listing ICD-9CM codes in proper order. |
| Primary code | ICD-9-CM code that defines main reason for current encounter. |
| manifestation | characteristic signs/symptoms of an illness. |
| Etiology | cause(s) or origin of a disease. |
| Eponyms | medical procedures or conditions named after a person or a place. |
| cause | that which brings about any condition or produces any effect. |
| acute | refers to the condition that is the primary reason for the current encounter. |
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