The three main word parts, or building blocks, used to develop medical terms.
What is the Root Word, Prefix and Suffix
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The root component(s) of Osteosarcoma?
What is a Oste/o = bone and sarc/o = Malignant
100
The primary axis of classification in ICD-10-CM.
What is Anatomy?
Other axes are: Etiology, Site, Type and Morphology
100
Definitions of the language used by ICD-10-PCS are controlled and contained withing the system.
What is standardized terminology.
100
The full name of ICD-10-CM.
What is International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification
200
The core meaning, usually found in the middle of the medical term.
What is Root Word
200
Describe the components of the word Pancytopenia
What is
Prefix: -pan = all
Root: -cyto/o = cell
Suffix: -penia = low number
a condition in which all the blood elements are depleted
200
The category codes are the first 3 digits of an ICD-10-CM code. How many additional codes can be added?
What is 4. A total of 7 characters provide greater specifity.
200
This information was taken out of procedure codes because it limits the flexibiltiy and functionality of PCS. It has the effect of placing a code "off limits".
What is diagnostic information.
Examples: hernia, enterocele, aneurysm, ulcer.
200
The full name of ICD-10-PCS
What is International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedural Coding System
This is the American version of procedure coding
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Identifies a subdivision or part of the word and is found at the beginning of a medical term.
What is the Prefix
300
Describe the componenets of Dermatopolymyositis.
What are
Root: -derm/o = skin
Suffix: -poly = multiple
Suffix: -myo/s = muscle
Suffix -itis = inflammation
The redness on her hands is dermatopolymyositis.
300
The concept where conditions such as fractures, burns, neoplasms and pressure ulcers will indicate right side versus left side.
What is Laterality?
300
This code assignment technique allows for a code for every procdure, including new procedures.
What is code creation.
300
Describe the components of the word glomerulonephritis
What is
Root: -glomer/o = glomerulus
Root: -nephr/o = kidney
Suffix: -itis inflammation
Glomerular nephritis is a serious kidney condition. The glomerulus are a group of capillaries in the kidneys and function as the first step of the filtration process.
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A group of symptoms that occur together and characterize a disease, disorder or abnormal condition.
What is a syndrome
400
Describe the componenets of Hyperosmolarity.
What is
Prefix: -hyper = an increase
Root: -osmolarity = concentration of an osmotic solution, ususally expressed in terms of osmoles.
An increase in the concentration of osmotic solution. Yes those are chemistry terms.
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This character meaning varies by chapter and can indicate initial encounter, subsequent encounter or sequelae.
What is the 7th Character.
400
No device and No qualifier are this sixth or seventh character value.
What is "Z"
NOS and NEC are not built into ICD-10-PCS.
400
Codes that include
*Two diagnoses that often occur together
*Diagnoses with a commonly associated manifestation
*Diagnoses with a commonly associated complication
*Diagnoses with more accurate biomedical description and specificity
What are combination codes
500
Used to link the root word and the suffix to create a medical term.
What is the Combining Vowel
500
Describe the components of Mononeuropathy.
What is
Prefix: -mono = one or single
Root: -neur/o = nerve
Suffix: -pathy = disease
Max has mononeuropathy in his right hand
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Indicate an abnormal responce or occurance to a procedure and are moved within the body system chapter specific to its organs and structures. Must be sequenced first, followed by codes for specific details if applicable.
What is complication of care codes?
500
Cutting out or off, without repacement, a portion of a body part.
What is excision.
500
Debridement is not one of the 31 Root Operations. Instead, the root operation definiton of being pulled off a protion of the body part by use of force.