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List the Common Category Letter for the Diagnosis: Diabetes

The Letter E - Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases(E00-E89). E is For Endocrine. Diabetes is a disease of the Endocrine System.

100

List the Common Category Letter for the Diagnosis: Breast Cancer

The Letter C for Neoplasm Diagnoses (C00-D49). Cancer is a malignant neoplasm.

100
List the Common Category Letter for the Diagnosis: Herpes
A for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99). When we think of an Infectious Disease we think of the AIDS. A is for AIDS and it is an infectious Disease
100
List the Common Category Letter for the Diagnosis: Sickle Cell Anemia?
D is for Disease of Blood and Blood-Forming Organs and Certain Disorders Involving the Immune Mechanism D50-D89). D is for blooD
100
List the Common Category Letter for the Diagnosis: Low Birth Weight
What is P for Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (P00-P-99). P is for Premature.
200

List the Common Category Letter for the Diagnosis: Hypertension

I is for diseases of the circulatory System (I00-I99). I is for Infarction as in Acute Myocardial Infarction (heart attack)

200
List the Common Category Letter for the Diagnosis: Acne
L is for Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (L00-L99). L is for Lesion or Layers of Skin.
200
List the Common Category Letter for the Diagnosis: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Nis for Diseases of the Genitourinary System (N00-N99). N is for Naughty Parts.
200
List the Common Category Letter for the Diagnosis: Automobile Accident
V - External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99): V is for Vehicle accident with a Van V87.2
200
List the Common Category Letter for the Diagnosis: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
K is for Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K99), the middle of the digestive system looks like the letter K
300
Conventions: What does the parentheses mean in the Index to Diseases and Injuries?
Nonessential modifiers/supplementary words.
300

Which convention is used in the tabular list to clarify conditions included within a particular chapter, section, category, subcategory or code? (Hint) It is located at the coded level and precedes the code)

What is: Incudes notes

300

In the index, what advises the coder to refer to the main term of a condition?

What is: See Condition?

300

In the Index and Tabular List what should be interpreted as meaning And/or when it appears in a code title?

What is: And?

300

In terms of Laterality, this number means bilateral.

What is the number 3?

400

This means "Not included here"; however if you have the diagnosis found within the category as well as in the list underneath this note, you can code it?

What does Excludes 2 mean?

400

This indicates that a causal relationship between 2 conditions is present. You will need to follow the index for sequencing guidance, however what ever the disease is due to is typically the etiology and should be sequenced first.

What is Due to?

400
Which 2 characters located at the end of a code means unspecified diagnosis?
What is 0 or 9>
400
The reason for the encounter according to the physician is:
What is the First-listed or primary diagnosis
400

That does the acronym NEC mean?

What is Not Elsewhere classifiable. In other words, there is no place in the BOOK that that code can be classified.

500

What is the term is used to describe a code that is highly specific in that it not only provides the diagnosis of the an illness/disease, but pinpoints the exact location of an illness/disease on the body and even identify the type of encounter associated with the diagnosis?

What is granularity?

500

What does the letter X mean in a Code?

It is a placeholder for future expansion of the code.

500

What comes first Volume I or Volume II?

Volume II

500

What is the name of the Volume I?

The Tabular list? (The colored pages)

500

What is the name of Volume II?

The Index. (Black and White pages)

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