Ch 4 ICD 10

Question 0

Lists diagnosis code in chapters alphanumerically.

Answer 0

Tabular list

Question 1

Lists diseases and injuries alphabetically with appropriate diagnosis codes.

Answer 1

Alphabetic index

Question 2

Physician’s description of the main reason for the patient encounter. Begins the process of assigning ICD-10-CM code.

Answer 2

Diagnostic statement

Question 3

Technique providing visual guidance for understanding coding information.

Answer 3

Conventions

Question 4

Listed next to main term

Answer 4

Default code

Question 5

Supplementary word or phrase helping to define a code

Answer 5

Nonessential modifier

Question 6

Are indented farther to the right than subterms. They are used when the main term or subterm is too long to fit on one line.

Answer 6

Turnover lines

Question 7

Disease’s typical signs symptoms or secondary process- need second code indicated by brackets after the term

Answer 7

Manifestation

Question 8

Diagnoses that is the main condition

Answer 8

First-listed code

Question 9

Single code describing etiology and manifestations of a particular condition

Answer 9

Combination code

Question 10

What is the necessary assignment of the seventh character to a code; often for the sequence of an encounter?

Answer 10

Seven-character extension

Question 11

Three-character code for classifying disease or condition

Answer 11

Category

Question 12

Four or five character code number

Answer 12

Subcategories

Question 13

Entries addressing applicability of certain codes to express specified conditions

Answer 13

Inclusion notes

Question 14

Entries limiting applicability of particular codes to specified conditions

Answer 14

Exclusion notes

Question 15

Used when two conditions could not exist together such as an acquired and a congenital condition means “not coded here”

Answer 15

Excludes 1

Question 16

Means a particular condition is not included here but a patient could have both conditions at the same time

Answer 16

Excludes 2

Question 17

Used around descriptions that do not affect the code

Answer 17

Parentheses ()

Question 18

Used around synonyms, alternative wordings, or explanations

Answer 18

Brackets [ ]

Question 19

Document side of the body being classified with the fourth, fifth, or sixth characters of a code

Answer 19

Laterality

Question 20

Additional illness that either has an effect on the patient’s primary illness or is also treated during the encounter

Answer 20

Coexisting condition

Question 21

Conditions that remain after an acute illness or injury has been treated and resolved in ICD 10 CM

Answer 21

Sequelae

Question 22

In inpatient coding the condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for the admission of the patients

Answer 22

Principal diagnosis

Question 23

Codes used by pathologists

Answer 23

M codes

Question 24

Reports causes of injuries from events such as transportation accidents, falls, and fires. They not used alone or as first listed codes! They always supplement a code.

Answer 24

External cause code

Question 25

Is an abbreviation for codes identifying encounters not due to illness or injury

Answer 25

Z code

Question 26

What are the differences between the ICD 9 CM and the ICD 10 CM codes? (2)

Answer 26

ICD 9 CM: 17 chapters, V and E codes, 3-5 character codes

ICD 10 CM: 21 chapters, chapter order is different, 5-7 characters to reach a higher level of specificity

Question 27

What is the organization of ICD 10 CM?

Answer 27

Alphabetic index, tabular list, neoplasm table, table of drugs and chemicals, index to external causes