ICD-9
ICD-9
Patient Encounters & Billing Info
ICD-9
Insurance
100
What is cause or origin of a disease
Etiology
100
What is indicates the code to use when no information is available for assigning the illness or condition a more specific code
NOS (not otherwise specified)
100
What is patient’s description of the symptoms or reasons for seeking medical care
Chief complaint (CC)
100
What is alphanumeric ICD code that identifies factors influencing health status and encounters not due to illness or injury
V Code
100
What is illness or condition featuring severe symptoms and a short duration
Acute
200
What is characteristic sign or symptom of a disease
Manifestation
200
What is three-digit code that covers a single disease or related condition, example: 250
Category
200
What is form that includes a patient’s personal, employment, and insurance company data
Patient information/Registratgion form
200
What is alphanumeric ICD code for an external cause of injury or poisoning (Never used as primary codes)
E Code
200
What is illness or condition with a long duration
Chronic
300
What is nonessential word or phrase that helps define a code in the ICD-9-CM
Supplementary term
300
What is incompletely described condition that must be coded with an unspecified ICD code
Unspecified
300
What is authorization allowing benefits to be paid directly to a provider
Assignment of benefits
300
What is patient’s unintentional, harmful reaction to a proper dosage of a drug(2codes)
Adverse effect
300
What is report that lists the diagnoses, services provided, fees, and payments received and due after an encounter
Walkout receipt
400
What is name or phrase formed from or based on a person’s name
Eponym
400
What is five-digit subdivision of a subcategory, example: 250.00
Subclassification
400
What is document a patient signs to guarantee payment when a referral authorization is pending
Referral waiver
400
What is reference listing of drugs and chemicals in the ICD-9-CM Alphabetic Index?
Table of Drugs and Chemicals
400
What is the form (electronic or paper) that completed by a provider to summarize billing information for a patient’s visit
Encounter Form
500
What is typographic techniques or standard practices that provide visual guidelines for understanding printed material
Convention
500
What is single code that classifies both the etiology and the manifestation of an illness or injury
Combination code
500
What is health plan that covers services not normally covered by a primary plan
Supplemental insurance
500
What is condition that remains after an acute illness or injury
Late Effect
500
What is participating physician’s agreement to accept allowed charge as full payment
Accept assignment
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