Intro to medicalcodi Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Parasite | Lives on or in another organism taking their nourishment |
Pathogen | infectious organisms,causes diseases,invades the body |
Etiology | the cause if disease |
Truncated code | a code that doesnt contain all necessary digits |
Bacteria | single celled organisms that are named according to their shape and arrangement |
Morphology | the study of the behavior of organisms or neoplasms |
Erythocytes | Red Blood Cells |
Leukocutes | white blood cells |
Thrombocytes | platelets |
Coagulation | blood clotting |
Plasma | the liquid portion of blood |
Delirium | a confused disoriented state with the inability to think clearly |
Delusions | a false perception that is maintained by a person despite proof that it is contrary to reality |
Myocardial Inarction | (MI) Heart Attack |
Occlusion | Blockage |
Stenosis | Hardening of arteries |
Duodenum | 1st part of small intestine |
Ileum | last part of intestine |
Jejunum | The middle part of the small intestine |
Cecum | the beginning of the large intestine |
Hepatic | Liver |
End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) | The late stages of chronic renal failure |
Antiepartum | The time before childbirth |
Postpartum | begins immediately after delivery lasting 6 weeks |
Fetus (Baby) | From 9th week till birth |
Embryo (Egg) | the developing child thru 8th week of pregnancy |
Para | More than 20 weeks pregnant |
Gravida | Pregnancies delivered |
Arthritis | inflammation of a joint |
Anterior | Front or forward of body |
Lateral | away from midline or toward the side |
Posterior | back or behind body |
Medial | toward the midline |
Sprain | an injury to a joint, specifically the ligament |
Strain | injury to the muscle or tendon |
Debridement | the cleaning out of a wound |
Reduction | correcting or moving back into place |
Manipulation | Movement in a skillful manor |
Stent | a small device used to support a vessel but still allow blood to flow thru |
Bypass | to go around a structure |
Calculus (Calcium) | kidney stones |
DNC(Dilation and Curettage) | procedure which the cervix is dilated or opened up and uterus is scrapped clean |
CT (Cat scan) | a collection of xray images from various angles following an injection of a contrast medium |
MRI (scan) | Magnetic resonance imaging, medicaal imaging using radio frequency signals as its source of energy |
EKG | electrical record of the heart activity |
EEG | electrical record of brain activity |
Anatomical site | the body system involved |
Adverse effect | the appearance of a pathological condition caused by ingestion or exposure to a chemical substance properly administered or taken |
benign | not cancerous |
Carcinoma | malignant tumor that is localized (Has not spread) |
Coding conventions | are rules that apply to the assignment of ICD-9-CM codes |
Comorbility | a concurrent that exists with the first listed diagnosis (Outpatient care) |
Complication | a condition that develops after outpatient care has been provided |
Congenital anomaly | disorders that are diagnosed in infants at birth |
Contiguous sites | occur when the origin of the tumor (primary site) involves 2 adjacent sites |
E-Code | Describe external causes of injury |
Main Term | (conditions) are printed in bold face type and are folloed by the code number |
NEC | Not Elsewhere Classified |
Subterm | (or essential modifiers) qualify the main term by listing alternate sites |
Late Effect | a residual effect or sequela of a previous acute illness, injury, or surgery. The underlying condition no longer exists |
Malignant | Cancerous |
Metastasize | the spread of cancer |
Morbidity (disease) | data from inpatient and outpatient records |
Neoplasm | new growths, or tumors, in which cell reproduction is out of control |
Outpatient | length of stay must be 23 hours, 59 mins, & 59 seconds |
Poisoning | occurs as the result of an overdose, wrong substance administered or taken, or intoxication |
Primary Malignancy | The original tumor site. All malignant tumors are considered primary unless otherwise documented as metastatic or secondary |
Primary Diagnosis | The condition determined after study which resulted in the patients admission to the hospital |
Secondary Diagnosis | include comorbidities and complications |
Secondary Malignancy | The tumor has matastasized (SPREAD) to a secondary site, or to a remote region of the body |
Sequel | Pathological condition resulting from a disease, injury, or other trauma |
Coding conventions | rules that apply to the assignment if ICD-9-CM codes |
Categories | are printed in bold upper and lower case type and are preceded by a 3 digit code |
Excludes | any excludes statement printed below a major topic heading applied only to the code numbers in parentheses after the major topic heading. NOT ENTIRE CHAPTER |
NOS | Not otherwise specified |
Subcategory | 4 digit subcategory's are indented and printed in the same fashion as the major category headings |
Sub-classification | Require the assignment of a 5th digit |
V-Code | assigned for patient encounters when a circumstance other than a disease or injury is present |
Ch 1 | Infectious |
Ch 2 | Neoplasms |
Ch 3 | Endoctrine |
Ch 4 | Blood |
Ch 5 | Mental |
Ch 6 | Nervous |
ch 7 | Circulatory |
ch 8 | Respiratory |
ch 9 | Digestive |
ch 10 | Genitourinary |
ch 11 | Pregnancy |
ch 12 | Skin |
ch 13 | Musculoskeletal |
ch 14 | Congenital anomalities |
ch 15 | Perinatal |
ch 16 | Symptoms |
ch 17 | Injury |
Supplemental classification | V-codes, E-codes |
4 Appendices | A-Neoplasm, C-Drugs, D-Industrial, E-Three Digit |
comorbility | Secondary condition or concurrent condition that coexist with the primary condition |
V-Codes | Subclassification of ICD-9-CM codes that are assigned to patient encounters when a circumstance other than a disease or injury is present |
Mortality | pertaining to death/ rate or frequncey of death |
Neoplasm | new growth, or tumor in which cell reproduction is out of control |
Metastasize | the spread of cancer from primary to secondary sites |
benign | non cancerous |
complication | condition that develops subsequent to inpatient admission |
Morbidity | Pertaining to illness or disease/ the rate or frequency of disease |
Malignant | cancerous |
Main Terms | are (conditions) that are printed in boldface type and are followed by the code number |
Congenital | A disorder diagnosis in infants at birth |
WHO | World Health Organization |
E-Codes | describe external causes of injury,or poisoning or other adverse reactions affecting patient health |
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