DIAGNOSIC TERMS
DIAGNOSTIC ABREVIATIONS
GUIDELINES
NEED TO KNOW
FRUIT SALAD
100
METASTASIS MEANS?
What is SPREADING/MOVING
100
HTN MEANS?
What is HYPERTENSION
100
WHERE DO WE FIND A PRIMARY MALIGNANCY CODE IN THE ALPHA INDEX?
What is THE NEOPLASM TABLE
100
WHAT DOES A NATIVE ARTERY MEAN?
What is IT HAS BEEN WITH THE BODY SINCE BIRTH
100
A HX OF A CANCER IS WHAT TYPE OF CODE?
What is HISTORY
200
WHAT IS AGORAPHOBIA?
What is FEAR OF THE OUTSIDE, OUTDOORS, MARKET
200
CHF STANDS FOR?
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
200
WHAT IS THE SEQUENCE FOR A PATIENT WITH BREAST CANCER COMING IN FOR CHEMOTHERAPY?
What is CHEMO THEM BREAST CA
200
WHAT IS THE SEQUENCING OF DIABETES WITH CATARACTS?
What is DM COMBO CODE THEN CATARACT
200
IF A PATIENT HAD "SEIZURE LIKE ACTIVITY" HOW WOULD YOU CODE IT?
What is A SIGN AND SYMPTOM CODE FOR A SEIZURE
300
NAME THREE TYPES OF ANEMIA
What is VARIOUS INCLUDING: SICKLE CELL, VEGANS, PERNICIOUS, IRON DEFICIENCY
300
MeV IS USED FOR WHAT TYPE OF THERAPY?
What is RADIATION THERAPY
300
WHAT IS THE SEQUENCE FOR A PATIENT WITH HTN AND ESRD?
What is HTN COMBO CODE THEN ESRD CODE (STAGE CODE)
300
WHAT IS THE GO TO CODE IF WE DON'T KNOW THE INFECTIOUS ORGANISM BUT WE KNOW THAT THE PATIENT HAS SEPSIS?
What is 038.9
300
WHAT IS A GLIOMA?
What is A TUMOR OF THE GLIAL CELLS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
400
WHAT DOES PSYCHOGENIC MEAN?
What is PRODUCED BY THE MIND
400
WHAT IS COPD?
What is CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISORDER
400
WHAT IS THE SEQUENCE OF SEVERE SEPSIS?
What is UC, 995.92, ORGAN FAILURE
400
IF A PATIENT IS HAVING ALCOHOL WITHDRAWL WHAT OTHER CODE(S) MIGHT WE PUT ON THE PATIENTS RECORD?
What is ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE CODE
400
GRAVES DISEASE HAS A VERY DISTINCTIVE EYE CONDITION THAT GOES WITH IT, WHAT IS IT CALLED?
What is EXOPHATHALMOUS
500
WHAT HAPPENS IN MUNCHAUSEN'S SYNDROME?
What is THE PERSON PURPOSELY HURTS THEMSELVES OR FEIGNS ILLNESS TO GET ATTENTION FROM THE MEDICAL FIELD.
500
WHAT IS AML?
What is ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
500
IF THE PATIENT DEVELOPS A COMPLICATION AFTER OUTPATIENT SURGERY AND THEY GET ADMITTED TO OBSERVATION WHAT IS THE ADMITTING DIAGNOSIS CODE?
What is THE COMPLICATION THAT BROUGHT THE PATIENT TO OBSERVATION
500
WHERE ELSE CAN YOU LOOK FOR ATHEROSCLEROSIS?
What is ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
500
WHAT IS A PSEUDOSEIZURE?
What is CONVULSION/SEIZURE BROUGHT ON BY STRESS OR OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
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