Injuries
What type of fracture is considered traumatic?
a. Pathological fracture b. Stress fracture
c. Spontaneous fracture d. Comminuted fracture
A comminuted fracture is a type of traumatic fracture where the bone is crushed or splintered into several pieces
Who created ICD-10-CM?
WHO
In 1957 and 1968 WHO released?
ICD-7 and ICD-8
The __________________ encompasses the Index of Diseases and Injury, the Index of External Causes of Injury, the Table of Neoplasms, and the Table of Drugs and Chemicals, all of which are designed to streamline the process of locating the necessary diagnosis codes and ICD-10 coding instructions.
Alphabetic Index
What is the first step in the medical coding process?
Identify the main term in the alphabetic index
Can Z codes be listed as a primary code?
ICD-10-CM guideline I.C.21.a indicates Z codes may be used as either a first listed (principal diagnosis code in the inpatient setting) or secondary code, depending on the circumstances of the encounter. Z codes are not external cause codes. The external cause codes are listed in chapter 20 in the Tabular List and begin with alpha characters V, W, or Y, and can only be reported as secondary codes.
How many chapters are in the Tabular List of the ICD-10-CM manual?
21
ICD-10-CM allows medical coders to now capture anatomical sites, __________, comorbidities, complications as well as severity of illnesses
etiologies
Allows the medical coder to locate codes based off the anatomical site, along with six traits of malignant primary, malignant secondary, Ca in situ, benign, of uncertain behavior or of unspecified behavior is the?
Table of Neoplasms
The 7th Character in ICD-10-CM serves in identifying _________, identifying if this is the initial encounter for the medical condition, subsequent encounter or sequela arising from another medical condition
Laterality
The _____degree of burn is reported as the primary code.
Highest
The title of the first edition of the ICD Coding Manual was?
International List of Causes of Death
What does ICD-10-CM stand for?
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification
This index play an important role in Workers’ Compensation Claims?
Index of External Causes of Injury
Codes that may require a 7th character that do not have sixth characters for their height of specificity will require?
Placeholder "X"
What does the 7th character A indicate in Chapter 19?
According to ICD-10-CM guideline I.C.19.a. the 7th character A represents the initial encounter for each encounter where active treatment is received for the condition.
Who completes the updates of the ICD-10-CM manual every October 1st?
CDC
Which ICD Coding Edition has higher specificity?
ICD-10-CM
Organized into 21 chapters according to body system or condition, with diagnosis codes listed alphanumerically is referred to as the?
Tabular List
Once the medical code is identified in the Alphabetic Index, the next step in our medical coding process is to go to the?
Tabular List
A patient underwent debridement of the acromion, subacromial bursectomy, division of the coracoacromial ligament, and an abrasion acromioplasty with Mitek suture placement for recurrent dislocation of the right shoulder in the hospital outpatient surgery department. What ICD-10-CM code is reported?
M24.411 Look in the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index for Dislocation/recurrent/shoulder which directs you to M24.41-. This code requires a 6th character to specify laterality. Verify code selection in the Tabular List.
ICD-10-CM can be up to 8 characters? True or False
False
The ICD-10-CM manual is updated bi-annually? True or False
False
Index of External Causes of Injury play an important role in what type of medical claims?
Workers' Compensation
A medical condition that is the consequence of a previous disease or injury is known as what type of encounter?
Sequela