Exam (elaborations) ICD 3901

The ______ provides an index of the disease descriptions that are found in the second major part of ICD-10-CM. - ANSWER Alphabetic Index The ICD-10-CM updates released by the National Center for Health Statistics are called ______. - ANSWER addenda The ICD-10-CM code set contains approximately ______ codes, making it much larger than ICD-9-CM. - ANSWER 70,000 ______ are used to report encounters for circumstances other than a disease or injury in ICD-10-CM. - ANSWER Z codes A(n) ______ is an objective indication that can be evaluated by a physician. - ANSWER sign ICD-10-CM uses ______ to indicate an incomplete term. - ANSWER colons Which of the following is not a further breakdown of a disease that may be provided by a subcategory? - ANSWER sequela Typographic techniques that provide visual guidance for understanding information and help coders to understand rules and select the right code are known as ______ in ICD-10-CM - ANSWER conventions Tay-Sachs disease is an example of a(n) ______. - ANSWER eponym The abbreviation ______ is used with a term when there is no code that is specific for the condition. - ANSWER NEC Format & Structure - ANSWER The ICD-10-CM Tabular List contains categories, subcategories and codes. Placeholder character - ANSWER The ICD-10-CM utilizes a placeholder character "X". The "X" s used as a placeholder at certain codes to allow for future expansion. 7th Character - ANSWER Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. NEC - ANSWER "Not elsewhere classifiable" This abbreviation represents "other specified". When a specific code is not available for a condition. NOS - ANSWER "Not otherwise specified" This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified. "and" - ANSWER When the term "and" is used in a narrative statement it represents and/or. Includes Notes - ANSWER This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define or give examples of, the content of the category. Inclusion Terms - ANSWER List of terms is included under some codes. These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. Excludes 1 - ANSWER A type 1 Exclude note is a pure exclude note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Exclude 1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Exclude 1 note. Excludes 2 - ANSWER A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes 2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented y the code but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. It is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate. "With" - ANSWER The word "with" should be interpreted to mean "associated with" or "due to" when it appears in a code title, the Alphabetic Index, or and instructional not in the Tabular List. "See" - ANSWER The "see" instruction following a main term in the Alphabetic Index indicates that another term should be referenced. It is necessary to go to the main term referenced with the "see" note to locate the correct code. "See Also" - ANSWER A "see also" instruction following a main term in the Alphabetic Index instructs that there is another main term that may also be refer