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category   three-character ICD-10-CM disease code within a section.  
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cooperating parties for the ICD-10-CM/PCS   AHA, AHIMA, CMS, and NCHS.  
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encoder   software that automates the coding process; software search features facilitate the location and verification of diagnosis and procedure codes.  
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encounter   face-to-face contact between a patient and a health care provider who assesses and treats the patient's condition; Medicare uses the term encounter in the guidelines for coding and reporting to indicate all health care settings, inpatient hospital adm.  
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essential modification   (subterms) quality the main term by listing alternative sites, etiology, or clinical status.  
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etiology   causes of disease  
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general equivalent mapping (GEM)   published cross-walks of codes that facilitates the location of corresponding diagnosis and procedure codes between two codes sets, such as ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-cm.  
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ICD-10 Coordinating and Maintenance Committee   NCHS and CMS Department of HHS federal agencies that are responsible for overseeing all changes and modifications to ICD-10-CM (NCHS) and ICD_10-PCS(CMS).  
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Index to Disease and Injuries   alphabetical listing of ICD-10-CM main terms and codes.  
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International Classification of Diseases (ICD)   published by the World Health Organization and used to classify mortality data from death certificates.  
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legacy coding system   classification system that is used as archive data; it is no longer supported or updated .  
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main term   printed in boldfaced type and followed by the ICD-10-CM code number .  
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Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA)   federal legislation that requires all codes sets to be valid at the time services are provided.  
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morbidity   (disease) data from inpatient and outpatient records, including physician office records.  
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mortality   death  
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nonessential modifier   qualifying word contained in parentheses after the main term in the ICD-10-CM index to Disease and Injuries that does not have to be included in the diagnostic or procedural statement for the code number listed after the parentheses to be aasigned.  
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Official ICD-10-CM Guidelines for coding and Reporting   Rules developed to accompany and complement official conventions and instructions provided in ICD-10-CM.  
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Official ICD-10-PCS Guidelines for coding and Reporting   Rules developed to accompany and complement official conventions and instructions provided in ICD-10-PCS.  
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placeholders   use of the letter "x" in curtain ICD-10-CM codes allow for future expansion.  
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subcategory   ICD-10-CM codes that contain four, five, six, or seven characters; subcategories codes that required additional characters are invalid if the fifth, sixth, or seventh character(s).  
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subterm   qualifying word listed below the main term in the ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries ; list alternate sites, etiology, or clinical status.  
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Tabular list of Diseases and Injuries   chronological list of ICD-10-CM codes, divided into 21 chapters based on body system or condition.  
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