ICD-10 Conventions Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Coding conventions, general guidelines, chapter-specific guidelines are applicable to which setting(s)? | All health care settings unless otherwise indicated. |
| Which conventions and instructions take precedence - the conventions/instructions within the classification or the general guidelines? | Conventions/instructions within the classification |
| What is meant by "conventions for ICD-10"? | Conventions are the general rules for use of the classification independent of the guidelines. |
| Where are the conventions for ICD-10 found? | Within the Alphabetic Index and Tabular List of ICD-10-CM as instructional notes. |
| What is the Alphabetic Index in the ICD-10-CM? | An alphabetical list of terms and their corresponding code. |
| What is the Tabular List in the ICD-10-CM? | A structured list of codes divided into chapters based on body system or condition. |
| 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 |
| Where in the ICD-10-CM is the Index of Diseases and Injury found? | In the Alphabetic Index |
| Where in the ICD-10-CM is the Index of External Causes of Injury found? | In the Alphabetic Index |
| Where in the ICD-10-CM is the Table of Neoplasms found? | In the Alphabetic Index |
| Where in the ICD-10-CM is the Table of Drugs and Chemicals found? | In the Alphabetic Index |
| What is included in tabular List in the ICD-10-CM? | Categories, subcategories, and codes |
| What characters are included in ICD-10 codes? Letters or numbers? | Both letters and numbers |
| How many characters are included in a Category? | Three (3) |
| 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. |
| How many characters are included in a Subcategory? | One (1), Two (2), Three (3), or Four (4) |
| What are the most characters a code might have? | Seven (7) |
| Each subdivision after the Category is called what? | A Subcategory |
| The final level of subdivision of the Category is called what? | A Code |
| If a code has a 7th character, what happens if the 7th character is missing? | The code is Invalid. |
| If codes for reporting purposes, what must be submitted? | Only valid codes...including the 7th character if it is required to complete the code. |
| What character is used as a placeholder for ICD-10 codes? | "X" |
| Is a placeholder required or optional? | Where a placeholder exists, the X must be used in order for the code to be considered valid. |
| 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. |
| What appears in bold type in the Tabular List? | The code number |
| References in the Alphabetic Index are by which - code number or page number? | By Code Number |
| To what do instructional notes apply in the Tabular List? | Section, Category, or Subcategory |
| What is used to separate the category from the subcategory and subclassifications in the ICD-10-CM Tabular List? | A decimal point |
| While most ICD-10 codes have a maximum of how many characters, a few others have how many? | Six; Seven |
| 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 |
| References in the Alphabetic Index are by code number or page number? | By code number |
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