ICD-10-AM Tabular List and Abbreviations Flashcards
What does ACHI stand for?
The Australian Classification of Health Interventions
What does ICD-10-AM stand for?
International Classification of Diseases 10th revision Australian Modification
What does ACS stand for?
The Australian Coding Standards.
What does DRG stand for?
Diagnosis Related Groups
What does AIHW stand for?
Australian Institute of Health & Welfare. Which is based in Canberra.
What does ICD stand for?
International Classification of Diseases.
What does WHO stand for?
World Health Organisation
What does NCCH stand for?
National Centre for Classification in Health.
What does NEC stand for?
Not elsewhere classified
What does NOS stand for?
Not otherwise specified
What does AR-DRGs stand for?
Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups
What refers to the mix of cases treated in a hospital or other health care facility?
Casemix. It is a way of describing the range & type of patients treated.
What is the word for the analysis of disease and health problems in populations of people?
Epidemiology. The purpose of ICD internationally is to help with Epidemiology.
What are the six special groups (Chapters)
Infections - cancer (neoplasms) - pregnancy - newborns - congenital conditions (born with) and injuries.
What is the term for conditions that affect more than just one site or system in the body?
Systemic. They can affect the whole body or the whole system.
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?
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
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?
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.
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?
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.
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?
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
What does adnexa mean?
appendages of an organ
What does NCCC stand for?
The National Casemix & Classification Centre
