Exam 18: Diagnostic Coding

In ICD-9, three-digit categories known as ________ are used for diseases, injuries, and symptoms.

Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions is used in the Tabular List after an incomplete term that needs one of the terms that follow to make it assignable to a given category?

The Tabular List is mainly organized by ____.

The Alphabetic Index is organized by ____.

In ICD-9, ________ codes identify encounters for reasons other than illness or injury and can be used either as a primary code for an encounter or as an additional code.

See is an example of a(n) ________. If it appears after a main term, you must look up the term that follows the word see in the index.

A condition that is long-standing is considered a(n) ____.

In ICD-10, each category in the Tabular List has 3 characters, and each ________ has 4 or 5 characters, with the final code consisting of up to 7 characters.

About how many codes does the ICD-10-CM contain?

How many characters are present in ICD-10 codes?

The list of abbreviations, punctuation, symbols, typefaces, and instructional notes that appears at the beginning of the ICD and provides guidelines for using the code set are called ________.

ICD codes are updated ____.

Denise is being seen today because of blurry vision and pain in both eyes. The physician documents that diabetes has damaged the blood vessels in Denise's eyes, resulting in diabetic retinopathy. How will this diagnosis be coded?

When you encounter the word see in the Alphabetic Index, you know that ____.

ICD-10 contains many more ________ codes than ICD-9, which cuts down the need to use multiple codes for a single diagnosis.

All ICD-10 codes begin with a(n) ________ character.

Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions is used around synonyms, alternative wordings, or explanations?

Unlike outpatient coding, which uses the patient's primary diagnosis, hospital coding uses the _____ diagnosis, which is the condition that was chiefly responsible for the patient's admission to the hospital.

Teresa is being seen today in the urgent care center after spilling a pot of boiling water over her stomach and legs, which resulted in second-degree burns. In which ICD-10 series will you locate the code for her treatment?

What does the ICD convention NEC indicate?