History of ICD-10
Coding Conventions
Changes found in ICD-10-CM
The First Character
Miscellaneous
100
The US has been using ICD-10CM since 1999 to report?
What is mortality statistics for death certificates.
100
It has 2 uses- 1)as the fifth character for certain character codes 2) it provides for future expansion without disturbing the 6th character structure.
What is Placeholder "X"
100
Injuries in ICD-10-CM are grouped by?
What is anatomical site rather than by type of injury
100
Codes that start with the letters A00-B99?
What is certain infectious and parasitic diseases
100
When a primary malignancy has been previously excised or eradicated from its site, there is no further treatment (of the malignancy) directed to that site, and there is no evidence of any existing primary malignancy the code assignment of ____________________ should be used to indicate the former site of the malignancy.
What is Personal history of malignant neoplasm.
200

The abbreviation is ICD-10-CM.

What is International Classification of Diseases 10th clinical modification?

200
This character provides further specificity about the condition being coded.
What is the 7th character?
200
What have been reclassified to different chapters or sections in order to reflect current medical knowledge?
What is certain diseases.
200
Codes that start with the letters E?
What is The endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases E00-E90
200
True or False Leukemia is not coded from the Neoplasm Table, but rather indexed under the term Leukemia.
What is True.
300
Who developed the International Classification of Diseases tenth edition clinical modification?
What is the World Health Organization or WHO, the public health sector of the United Nations, which focuses on international health and outbreaks.
300
When this note appears, it is acceptable to code both conditions.
What is "Excludes 2" note?
300
ICD-10CM codes may consist of up to seven characters, with the seventh character representing _______?
What is visit encounter or sequelae for injuries and external causes.
300
Codes that start with the letter G
What is diseases of the nervous system?
300
Use this when the information in the medical record provides detail for a specific code that does not exist.
What is “other” or “other specified?"
400
What year was ICD-10-CM finally developed and how long did it take to develop?
What is ICD-10-CM was developed in 1992 and it took 10 years to develop.
400
ICD-10-CM contains how many characters and what is always the first character?
What is 3-7 character and the first character is always alpha?
400
How many chapters are in the ICD-10-CM code set as compared to the ICD-9-CM alphabetic index?
What is 21 chapters in ICD-10-CM compared to 19 in ICD-9-CM.
400
Codes that start with the letter Q?
What is congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities?
400

Late effect or a a lasting effect of an injury or disease is called what in the ICD-10-CM?

What is a Sequela?

500
What country was the first to adopt and utilize the use of the ICD-10 code set and in what year?
What is Australia in 1998.
500
In ICD-10-CM all inclusion notes contain all conditions for which a particular code number is to be used and are considered to be “exhaustive.” True or False?
What is false? Inclusion notes contain terms that are the condition for which that code number is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or in the case of “other specified” codes, the terms are a list of various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive.
500
How many existing codes are in ICD-10-CM?
What is 68,000 existing codes, as opposed to the 13,000 in ICD-9.
500
Codes that begin with the letter N? Codes that begin with the letter K?
What are diseases of the genitourinary system and diseases of the digestive system?
500
The patient is seen for muscle atrophy after a previous bout with encephalitis. The condition or nature of the sequela is coded_______.
What is first?
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