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Apply Knowledge Of Coding

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Term
Definition
Volume 1   tabular list of diseases and injuries  
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Volume 2   the alphabetic index to diseases and injuries  
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Volume 3   classification for procedures for reporting hospital procedures  
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V-codes   codes used to classify visits when circumstances other than diseases or injury  
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E-codes   codes used to classify environmental events, such as the cause of injury, positioning and other adverse events  
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encounter   a direct, professional meeting between a patient and a health care professional  
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mortality   the incidence of death in a specific population  
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morbidity   the number of cases of diseases in a specific population  
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category I CPT code   codes that covers physicians services and hospital outpatient coding  
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category II CPT code   code designed to serve as supplement tracking codes that can be used for performance measurement  
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category III CPT code   code used for temporary coding for new technology and services that have not met the requirements needed to be added to the main section of the CPT book  
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encounter form   form that includes information about past history, current history, inpatient record, discharge information, and insurance information  
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abstracting   the extraction of specific data from a medical record, often for use in a external database.  
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encoder   software that suggests codes based on documentation or other input  
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MS-DRG grouper   software that helps coders assign the appropriate Medicare severity diagnosis-related group bases on the level of services provided  
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APC grouper   helps coders determine the appropriate ambulatory payment classification (APC) for a outpatient encounter  
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computer assisted coding   software that scans the entire patients electronic record and codes the encounter based on record  
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coronal, frontal   vertical plane dividing the body into front and back surfaces  
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transverse   horizontal plane dividing the body into top and bottom  
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sagittal   vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides  
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medial   middle of the body surface  
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lateral   pertaining to the side  
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inferior   below  
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distal   far from origin away from  
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superior   above  
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proximal   near the origin, closer.  
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coronal,frontal   vertical plane dividing the body into front and back surfaces  
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transverse   horizontal plane dividing the body into top and bottom  
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sagittal   vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides  
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medial   middle of the body structure  
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lateral   pertaining to the side  
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inferior   below  
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distal   far from the origin, away from  
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anterior,ventral   front of the body surface  
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posterior,dorsal   back of the body surface  
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superior   above  
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proximal   near the origin closer  
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