Code that code
What is the code for a patient diagnosed with Parathyphoid Fever A?
A01.1
How many characters a required to complete code assignments for category B55?
Four (4)
What does the yellow shaded convention symbol represent?
Unspecified Codes
What does the back triangle represent next to a code?
Revised code title
What does category A52 Represent?
Late Syphillis
What is the code for a patient diagnosed with whooping cough due to Bordetella Species with Pneumonia?
A37.81
What type of codes do we find in categories B90-B94?
Sequelae of infectious and parasitic diseases.
What does the gray shaded convention symbol represent when a provider specifies a condition that we do not have a specific code for?
Other Specified Code
When you see the use additional symbol, are those codes primary or secondary?
Secondary
What category does B37 represent?
candidiasis
What is the code for a patient diagnosed with St. Louis Encepahlitis?
A83.3
Based upon the special notes regarding smallpox-Code B03, what happened to this diagnosis in 1980?
It was eradicated.
What does the blue shaded convention symbol represent?
Manifestation Code
What does the asterix symbol represent/
New Text
What Category does B95 Represent?
Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, & Enterococcus
Per the convention following a diagnosis of Histoplasmosis, which code has to be coded first?
B20
Verruca Simplex
Verruca Vulgaris
Viral warts due to human papillomavirus
Per the convention following a diagnosis of viral warts, name one of the three conditions included in this category of codes.
What does the black shaded convention symbol represent?
Not coded here unless the two conditions are unrelated.
What symbol is found in the tabular alerting coders that that particular code has guidelines associated with it?
The blue eye
What condition do we find at subcategory B97.4
Respiratory Syncytial Virus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Per the excludes 2 note found at relapsing fever, what other disease should be coded if applicable?
A69.2-
Per the excludes note found at Dengue fever, what other condition cannot be coded?
dengue hemorrhagic fever (A91)
What does the blue 7th character convention symbol represent?
Extension X alert /X has to be added in order to make the code valid or complete
What does the TIP convention provide?
Coding Guidance
What diagnostic conditions are covered between categories B35-B49?
Mycoses