Classification Systems Flashcards
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Contributing party responsible for maintaining the ICD-9-CM disease classification is
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The national Center for health statistics
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A system of preferred terminology for naming disease processes is known as a
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Medical nomenclature
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Which classification system was designed with electronic systems in mind it is currently being used for problem lists, Icu monitoring,patient care assessments, data collection medical research studies clinical trials and disease surveillance
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SNOMED CT
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Who sponsors the unified medical language system
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The national Library of medicine
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What classification system is used to classify neoplasms according to site morphology and behavior
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International classification of diseases for oncology
