ch 7 Flashcards
Most categories in ICD-10-CM Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning, and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes have three main 7 th character extenders (with the exception of fractures). What does 7th character D indicate?
Subsequent encounter
What is commonly known as a boil of the skin?
Furuncle
What term best describes a mass of hypertrophic scar tissue?
Keloid
What is another term for hives?
Urticaria
What term relates to connection of skin to underlying muscles?
. Hypodermis
What information is required to accurately code osteoarthritis in ICD-10-CM?
Whether the osteoarthritis is primary, secondary, post-traumatic, the site and laterality.
The acronym BKA means:
below knee amputation
What is the acromion?
Extension of the scapula
What is being removed for hallux valgus surgery?
Bunion
What anatomical cavity or compartment contains all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs?
Mediastinum