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2020 Conventions, general/chapter spec guidelines

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Coding conventions, general guidelines, chapter-specific guidelines are applicable to which setting(s)?   All health care settings unless otherwise indicated.  
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Which conventions and instructions take precedence - the conventions/instructions within the classification or the general guidelines?   Conventions/instructions within the classification  
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What is meant by "conventions for ICD-10"?   Conventions are the general rules for use of the classification independent of the guidelines.  
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Where are the conventions for ICD-10 found?   Within the Alphabetic Index and Tabular List of ICD-10-CM as instructional notes.  
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What is the Alphabetic Index in the ICD-10-CM?   An alphabetical list of terms and their corresponding code.  
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What is the Tabular List in the ICD-10-CM?   A structured list of codes divided into chapters based on body system or condition.  
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What are the parts of the Alphabetic Index?   Index of Diseases and Injury; Index of External Causes of Injury; Table of Neoplasms; Table of Drugs and Chemicals  
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Where in the ICD-10-CM is the Index of Diseases and Injury found?   In the Alphabetic Index  
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Where in the ICD-10-CM is the Index of External Causes of Injury found?   In the Alphabetic Index  
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Where in the ICD-10-CM is the Table of Neoplasms found?   In the Alphabetic Index  
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Where in the ICD-10-CM is the Table of Drugs and Chemicals found?   In the Alphabetic Index  
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What is included in tabular List in the ICD-10-CM?   Categories, subcategories, and codes  
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What characters are included in ICD-10 codes? Letters or numbers?   Both letters and numbers  
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How many characters are included in a Category?   Three (3)  
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If a 3-character Category has no further subdivision, how many characters will the final code contain?   Three (3). That would be the entire code.  
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How many characters are included in a Subcategory?   One (1), Two (2), Three (3), or Four (4)  
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What are the most characters a code might have?   Seven (7)  
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Each subdivision after the Category is called what?   A Subcategory  
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The final level of subdivision of the Category is called what?   A Code  
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If a code has a 7th character, what happens if the 7th character is missing?   The code is Invalid.  
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If codes for reporting purposes, what must be submitted?   Only valid codes...including the 7th character if it is required to complete the code.  
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What character is used as a placeholder for ICD-10 codes?   "X"  
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Is a placeholder required or optional?   Where a placeholder exists, the X must be used in order for the code to be considered valid.  
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When a 7th character code is required, but the code has only 5 characters, what is the correct way to code this?   If the code that requires a 7th character is not six (6) characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill the empty space(s) where a character would ordinarily be placed.  
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What appears in bold type in the Tabular List?   The code number  
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References in the Alphabetic Index are by which - code number or page number?   By Code Number  
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To what do instructional notes apply in the Tabular List?   Section, Category, or Subcategory  
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What is used to separate the category from the subcategory and subclassifications in the ICD-10-CM Tabular List?   A decimal point  
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While most ICD-10 codes have a maximum of how many characters, a few others have how many?   Six; Seven  
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Seventh character codes are included in which chapters of the ICD-10-CM?   Chapters, 15 (O codes - OB); 19 (ST codes -Sinister Trauma); and 20 -eXternal Causes of Morbidity  
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References in the Alphabetic Index are by code number or page number?   By code number  
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