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Intro to ICD-10
Chapter 24 Introduction to ICD-10-CM
Question | Answer |
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All letters are used in ICD-10-CM for classification systems except which letter which is reserved for what? | U, reserved for new diseases of uncertain etiology. |
In contrast to ICD-9-CM, which classifies injuries by type (sprain, fracture), ICD-10-CM groups injuries by what? | site (arm, leg) |
What does the 7th digit extention in ICD-10-CM represent? | Visit encounter or sequelae for injuries and external causes. |
ICD-9-CM V codes change to what letter codes in ICD-10-CM? | Z codes |
What fourth-character number placed after a decimal point is used to indicate some "other" specified category when a condition does not warrant its own subdivision? | .8 |
What fourth-character number placed after a decimal point is used to indicate an unspecified condition, which means that not enough information is available to code to a more specific condition? | .9 |
In 5-character codes what does a zero used as the last character represent? How about a 1? | 0 without 1 with |
In 6-charcter codes what does a one used as the last character represent? How about a 9? | 1 with 9 without |
Coders should recognize that a code with this notation should only be assigned when no additional infomation about the condition has been documented. | (NOS) not otherwise specified |
Notes designate codes that can never be used together because the two conditions represented by the codes would never occur together. This type of excludes note is easy to apply. | Excludes 1 |
notes indicate that the excluded condition is a seperate condition that is not a part of or included in the condition represented by the code. | Excludes 2 |
What does the 1st section in ICD-10-CM contain? chapters, index & tables? | Chapters 1-19 & 21. & the table of neoplasms |
What does the 2nd section in ICD-10-CM contain? chapters, index & tables? | Index to the terms related to the external causes of morbidity and terms classifiable to ch 20. |
What does the 3rd section in ICD-10-CM contain? chapters, index & tables? | Table fo Drugs and chemicals, which is used to code poisonings and adverse effects of drugs and classifiable to ch 19 & 20. |
In the switch from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM medical software changes will accomodate _characters after the decimal point for ICD-10-CM since iCD-9-CM accomidated _#. | ICD-10-CM four characters after the decimal point.ICD-9-CM max was 2 numbers after the decimal. |