ICD-10-CM

Question 1

NEC

Answer 1

Not elsewhere classified. When system does not provide a code specific for the patient’s condition.

Question 2

NOS

Answer 2

Not otherwise specified. Unspecified meaning lack of information necessary to code to a more specific diagnosis

Question 3

Brackets [ ]

Answer 3

Used in tabular list to enclose synonyms. Used in Alpha Index to identify manifestation codes

Question 4

Code First

Answer 4

Report underlying disease first

Question 5

Colon :

Answer 5

Used after incomplete term that needs one or more of the modifiers that follow to make it assignable to a given category

Question 6

Combination Codes

Answer 6

Single code used for two diagnosis

Question 7

COPD

Answer 7

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Question 8

Default Code

Answer 8

The code listed next to the main term and represents the condition most commonly associated with the main term

Question 9

Etiology

Answer 9

Cause of the disease

Question 10

Eponym

Answer 10

Disease or syndrome named after a person

Question 11

Essential Modifiers

Answer 11

Subterms that are listed below the main term in the aph