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Chapter 2 Review questions
Question | Answer |
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The ICD-9-CM is designed for the classification of pt | Morbidity (sickness) and Mortality (death) |
ICD-9-CM Manual is based on what text developed by the World health organization | ICD-9-CM 9th revision of the official version of the International Classification of diseases. |
The CM in ICD-9-CM stands for | Clinical Modification |
List four of the six reasons why the ICD-9-CM codes are used today? | Facilitate payment of health services; Evaluate Pt's use of health care facilities; Study Health care costs; Research the quality of health care. |
The ICD-9-CM is used to translate what descriptive information into numeric codes? | Verbal or Narrative descriptions of diseases, injuries, conditions and procedures. |
ICD-9-CM Volume 1 is? | Diseases: Tabular List |
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 is? | Diseases: Alphabetic Index |
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 is? | Procedures: Tabular list & Alphabetic Index--> Hospital Use only |
ICD-9-CM Chapter | A chapter is the main division in the ICD-9-CM manual |
ICD-9-CM Section | A section is a group of 3 digit categories that represent a group of conditions or related conditions |
ICD-9-CM Category | A 3 digit category is a code that represents a single condition or disease. |
ICD-9-CM Subcategory | A 4 digit subcategory code provides more information or specificity as compared to the 3 digit code in terms of the cause. |
ICD-9-CM Subclassification | A 5 digit subclassification code adds even more information & specificity to a conditions description. |
Bold type | Bold type is used for all codes & titles in the Tabular List in Volume 1. |
Italicized Type | Italicize d type is used for all exclusion notes & to ID. those codes that are not usually sequenced as the 1st listed diagnosis |
Appendix B | Appendix B is Glossary of Mental Disorders Deleted in 2004 |
Appendix D | Appendix D is Classification of Industrial Accidents according to Agency |
Appendix A | Appendix A is Morphology of Neoplasm's |
Appendix E | Appendix E is Three digit Categories |
Appendix C | Appendix C is Classification of Drugs by American hospital Formulary Service list |
Appendix A,B,C,D,and E to indicate their positions in the back of? | Volume 1 of the ICD-9-CM |
In which appendix of the ICD-9-CM manual would you find the code to identify an injury resulting from a job-related accident involving a machine | Industrial Accidents --> Appendix D |
ICD-9-CM Alphabetic Index is Located where? | Alphabetic Index is Volume 2 of the ICD-9-CM . |
The Alphabetic Index consists of three sections? | The Alphabetic Index consists of: Index to Diseases; Table of Drugs & Chemicals; Index to External Causes of Injury (E Codes) |
Conventions: Brackets [ ] | Brackets are for enclosed synonyms, alternative words, or explanatory phrases. |
NOS | NOS equals unspecified |
: | : must be modified by an additional term to complete the code description |
Italics | Italics typeface used for all exclusion notes or diagnosis codes not to be used for first-listed diagnosis |
Excludes | Excludes indicates terms that are to be coded elsewhere |
Includes | Includes appears under a code to further define or explain the content |
{ } | { } encloses a series of terms that modify the statement to the right |
NEC | NEC indicates the use of code assignment for "other" when a more specific code does not exist |
( ) | ( ) encloses supplementary words that do not affect the code assignment |
Italic [ ] | Italic [ ] used in Volume 2 to enclose the disease manifestation codes that are sequenced after the underlying disease. |
Bold type | Bold type typeface used for all codes and titles in Volume 1 |
Includes & Excludes notes have no bearing on the code selection | False |
Brackets enclose synonyms, alternative wordings, or explanatory phrases. | True |
Which of the following is NOT a stated use for the ICD-9-CM? | evaluate appropriateness of treatment |
E codes are located in Volume 2, Section: | E codes are located in Volume 2, section 3 |
Synchronous means: | occurring at the same time |
See Category | See category directs coder to Volume 1 for important information |
Modifiers | Modifiers --> Terms in parentheses that are nonessential |
See | See--> Explicit direction to look elsewhere |
Notes | Notes--> follows terms to define and give instructions |
Subterms | Subterms--> Indented under main term & are essential to code selection |
See also | See also--> Directs coder to look under another term since all information is not under the first term |
Eponym | Eponym--> Disease/ syndrome named for a person. |
Volume 3 is primarily used by which of the following | Hospitals |
Volume 3 is used to code what type of procedures | Surgical, Therapeutic, diagnostic: All of the above |
The location of the includes and excludes notes has no bearing on the code selection. | False |
Use of fourth and fifth digits, if available, is mandatory. | True |
Appendix D--Classification of Industrial Accidents According to Agency--was deleted in October 1, 2004 | False |
four digit codes are referred to as subcategory codes in Volume 1 | True |
In volume 2, alphabetic index, when the main term is modified by terms listed in parentheses following the main term, these modifiers are considered essential for code selection | False |
Grief reaction | __reaction__ |
Fracture radius and ulna | __fracture__ |
Bowel obstruction | ___Obstruction___ |
Erb's Palsy | __Palsy__ |
supervision of high risk pregnancy | __pregnancy__ |
Aortic stenosis | __stenosis__ |
Rapid respiration | __respiration__ |
Actinomycosis meningitis | __meningitis__ |
066.1 | 0661.1 is subcategory |
070.43 | 070.43 is Subclassification |
220 | 220 is category |
274.11 | 274.11 is subclassification |
284.9 | 284.9 is subcategory |
337.21 | 337.21 is subclassification |
214.0 | 214.0 is a Diagnosis code |
251.0 | 251.0 is a Diagnosis code |
31.41 | 31.41 is a procedure code |
37.96 | 37.96 is a procedure code |
663.61 | 663.61 is a diagnosis code |