Exam 12: Diagnostic Coding

In the ICD-10 system,all letters of the alphabet are used,except:

What abbreviationin ICD-9 is the equivalent of unspecified,meaning that a more specific diagnosis is unavailable?

Volume 1 of ICD-9 has 17 subsections plus the sections on E codes and V codes,Appendices A through E,and Table A.

Transforming verbal descriptions of a diagnosis into numbers or a combination of alphanumerical characters is referred to as:

Diagnosis is the determination of the nature of a cause of disease.

When a code appears in ICD-10 with a type 1 Excludes note,it means

In an ICD-10 code,additional characters after the decimal point serve no real purpose.

A code listed next to a main term in the ICD-10-CM Index is referred to as a _____ code.

In which coding system are the alpha characters case sensitive?

Identify the table that distinguishes between malignant,benign,in situ,and uncertain behavior of tumors?

Codes representing external causes of injury and poisoning are referred to as _____ codes.

In the diagnosis "heart failure (acute)," the nonessential modifier would be:

ICD-10-CM has three to seven characters;the first character is always a/an:

List the essential steps in ICD-9 diagnostic coding discussed in the text.

A patient's diagnosis can be taken from a variety of sources within the medical record,such as:

Terms in parentheses following the main terms that are provided to assist the coder in locating the applicable main term are called:

For the abbreviation NEC (not elsewhere classifiable)in the Index,the coder is directed to:

Certain ICD-10-CM categories require an extension to provide further specificity about the condition being coded that is referred to as the:

The purpose of the ICD system was to promote a way of comparing the collection,classification,processing,and presentation of _________________.

The abbreviation ICD-10-CM stands for ____________________.