with accurate detailed answers || || ||
When abstracting from an outpatient record to assign the ICD-9-CM code, which of the following
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should an EHR specialist look for? - ✔✔Diagnosis listed first in the documentation
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Surgical procedure codes - ✔✔Surgical procedure codes with a 2-digit classification followed by
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one or two digits are in the ICD-9-CM manual and are used for coding inpatient procedures.
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Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes — - ✔✔Numeric codes developed by the
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American Medical Association (AMA) to standardize medical services and procedures
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Encounter form — - ✔✔A form the provider fills out as she sees the patient; lists the service
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charges and how much the patient paid for the services; can be submitted for billing
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Face sheet — - ✔✔A standard structured document that contains patient information, such as
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name, date of birth, insurance information, reason for seeking medical care, and religious
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preference; medical staff uses the document to quickly see the relevant points for patient care
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Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) — - ✔✔A numeric and alphabetic || || || || || || || || || || || ||
coding system used for billing and pricing of procedures, medical supplies, medications, and
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durable medical equipment || ||
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) || || || || || || || || ||
codes — - ✔✔Alphanumeric codes used to classify injuries, diseases, symptoms, and cause of
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death
Insurance verification — - ✔✔Process used to make sure the service received by the patient is
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approved and paid for by the insurance company || || || || || || ||