Chapter 14

Question 0

V-codes

Answer 0

Patients who have no illnesses injury or disorders

Might indicate immunization

Question 1

Primary diagnosis

Answer 1

Condition or chief complaint being person to medical facility for treatment

Question 2

E-codes

Answer 2

External cause of injuries and poisoning

Question 3

Audits

Answer 3

Investigation by government to determine compliance and detect fraud

Question 4

Cross reference

Answer 4

• Verification against another source

- Check tabular list against alphabetical list in ICD-9coding

Question 5

Eponym

Answer 5

Word based on or derived from a persons name

Example - Chron diseases

Question 6

Etiology

Answer 6

The cause of disease

Question 7

Late affects

Answer 7

Conditions that result from another condition

Question 8

Specificity

Answer 8

Relating to a define result

Question 9

Main terms

Answer 9

Words in a multiple word diagnosis that a coder should locate in the alphabetic listing

Question 10

Advanced beneficiary notice

Answer 10

Informs covered patients Medicare won’t cover certain service patient will be responsible for bill

Question 11

Outpatient

Answer 11

Patient receives care but are not admitted

Question 12

Inpatient

Answer 12

Patients admitted for diagnostic radiographic or treatment purposes

Question 13

Conventions

Answer 13

General notes, symbols typeface

Question 14

Volume 1

Answer 14

Tabular list of diseases

Contains classification of diseases conditions and injuries by code numbers

Question 15

Volume 2

Answer 15

Alphabetic index of diseases

Contains many diagnostic terms that don’t appear in volume 1

Question 16

Volume 3

Answer 16

Tabular list and Alphabetic Index of Procedures

Used in inpatient facilities and is based on anatomy not surgical speciality

Organized by anatomy

Question 17

Coding

Answer 17

The assignment of a number to a verbal statement or description

Question 18

The International Classification of Disease Ninth Revision (ICD-9)

Answer 18

System for transforming verbal descriptions of disease injuries conditions and procedures into numeric codes

Question 19

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Answer 19

Mandated all physician must begin using ICD-10-CMS/PS by October 1,2013

Question 20

ICD-9-CM

Answer 20

Developed by (WHO) World Health Organization

CM- Clinical Modification addresses intent of codes to describe clinical picture of patient

Question 21

Physician services are reported on

Answer 21

CMS-1500

Question 22

Which code is listed first on the CMS-1500

Answer 22

Primary diagnosis