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MISC
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A new diagnosis set medical professionals will use beginning October 1, 2015. This code set is more specific and help identify new disease processes and illnesses not known when ICD-9-CM was developed.
What is ICD-10-CM?
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ICD-10 codes are valid with this number of characters. (Example for ICD-9 it was 3-5)
What is 3 - 7 characters.
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It means "and" or "or"
What is "and" - page 11 of the official guidelines
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A code to identify the patient's BMI index.
What is the code needed in addition to Morbid Obesity.
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These are assigned until a definitive diagnosis is established or confirmed
What are symptom codes. Page 13 of the guidelines
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This type excludes note means these two conditions or codes are NOT assigned together.
What is Excludes 2 note
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The number of chapters in ICD-10-CM
What is 21
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Enclose supplementary words that may be absent in the statement of the disease without effecting the code assignment.
What are ( ) Parentheses Page 8 of the official guidelines
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These letters mean Initial, Subsequent, and Sequela as seventh characters and are used for some of the injury codes
What are A - Initial, D- Subsequent, and S - Sequela. The 7th character if needed should be reviewed to make sure you are using the correct 7th character indicator reference list.
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All letters are used for chapters in ICD-10 except
What is U
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What are the two organ systems now provided their own chapters in ICD-10-CM -
What is Eyes and Ears
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list of terms included under some codes, these may be synonyms of the code title - - these are never considered exhaustive.
What inclusion terms - - Page 9 of the guidelines
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AIDS is now assigned as a diagnosis for the patient rather than HIV positive since that has occurred.
What is an HIV positive patient has an opportunistic disease. Review page 17 of the official guidelines
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The alpha characters S and T are in this chapter as the first alpha character.
What is Injury, Poisoning, and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes. (Injury Codes)
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I am the placeholder for ICD-10-CM when 7 characters are needed but the code is not that long.
What is "X"
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Used in the TABULAR to enclose synonyms or alternative wording
What are [ ] BRACKETS page 8 of the guidelines
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Means "associated with" or "due to"
What is "WITH" - - page 11 of the gudielines
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Many of the codes require an additional code to identify the patients exposure to or status of tobacco use.
What is Respiratory System (J00 - J99)
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DOUBLE Points - - Washington state does not require these codes to be assigned to medical claims.
What are place of occurrence and External Cause codes.
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True of False - In ICD-10 all codes are 7 characters long
What is FALSE
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We enclose MANIFESTATIONS in the Alphabetic index
What are [ ] BRACKETS
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DOUBLE POINTS - - this "note type" instructs you two codes are needed to fully describe a condition but DOES NOT provide sequencing directions.
What is a "Code Also Note" - - page 11 of the guidelines
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A code to specify a week of the condition/status is required for these codes
What are pregnancy codes
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TRUE or FALSE - - In the neoplasm table we only need to look in the Tabular of the book if there is a dash at the end of the code indicating the code is NOT complete.
What is TRUE - - However, it is not inappropriate to look in the tabular to verify correct code assignment for all codes. The tabular should be used for ALL other codes as a basic rule; especially if the first main code is located in the Alphabetic index.
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