ICD-10-AM Tabular List and Abbreviations

Question 0

What does ACHI stand for?

Answer 0

The Australian Classification of Health Interventions

Question 1

What does ICD-10-AM stand for?

Answer 1

International Classification of Diseases 10th revision Australian Modification

Question 2

What does ACS stand for?

Answer 2

The Australian Coding Standards.

Question 3

What does DRG stand for?

Answer 3

Diagnosis Related Groups

Question 4

What does AIHW stand for?

Answer 4

Australian Institute of Health & Welfare. Which is based in Canberra.

Question 5

What does ICD stand for?

Answer 5

International Classification of Diseases.

Question 6

What does WHO stand for?

Answer 6

World Health Organisation

Question 7

What does NCCH stand for?

Answer 7

National Centre for Classification in Health.

Question 8

What does NEC stand for?

Answer 8

Not elsewhere classified

Question 9

What does NOS stand for?

Answer 9

Not otherwise specified

Question 10

What does AR-DRGs stand for?

Answer 10

Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups

Question 11

What refers to the mix of cases treated in a hospital or other health care facility?

Answer 11

Casemix. It is a way of describing the range & type of patients treated.

Question 12

What is the word for the analysis of disease and health problems in populations of people?

Answer 12

Epidemiology. The purpose of ICD internationally is to help with Epidemiology.

Question 13

What are the six special groups (Chapters)

Answer 13

Infections - cancer (neoplasms) - pregnancy - newborns - congenital conditions (born with) and injuries.

Question 14

What is the term for conditions that affect more than just one site or system in the body?

Answer 14

Systemic. They can affect the whole body or the whole system.

Question 15

Most codes in the ICD-10-AM tabular have 4 characters. A letter, two numbers, a decimal point & then another number. what does the 4th character ‘.8’ mean?

Answer 15

Other - characters .0-.7 have specific conditions that are listed whereas “other” is a specific part but doesn’t have its own code. e.g. not specified in 0-7

Question 16

Most codes in the ICD-10-AM tabular have 4 characters. A letter, two numbers, a decimal point & then another number. what does the 4th character ‘.9’ mean?

Answer 16

Unspecified - characters .0-.7 have specific conditions that are listed whereas “unspecified” is used when a specific part or site hasn’t been specified at all so you aren’t able to use an identifying code.

Question 17

Most codes in the ICD-10-AM tabular have 4 characters. The 5th character level is slightly different. what does the 5th character ‘.0’ mean?

Answer 17

Unspecified - characters .1-.8 have specific conditions that are listed whereas “unspecified” is used when a specific part or site hasn’t been specified at all so you aren’t able to use an identifying code.

Question 19

Most codes in the ICD-10-AM tabular have 4 characters. The 5th character level is slightly different. what does the 5th character ‘.9’ mean?

Answer 19

Other - characters .1-.8 have specific conditions that are listed whereas “other” is a specific part but doesn’t have its own code. e.g not specified in 1-8

Question 20

What does adnexa mean?

Answer 20

appendages of an organ

Question 21

What does NCCC stand for?

Answer 21

The National Casemix & Classification Centre