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Outpatient Coding Principles
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What is an abbreviation?
What is a shortened form of a commonly used word.
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When looking up a code, the symbol (red dot) in front of the code indicates what?
What is a category-Need to look further, more detail
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ICD-9 codes have how many digits?
What is three, four or five digits. Diagnosis codes must be reported to the greatest level of specificity that may be determined from the medical records.
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What volumes should a coder use when determining a correct and accurate ICD-9-CM diagnosis code?
What is Volume 2-Alphabetic (first) and then Volume 1-Tabular.
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What setting would you use outpatient coding principles?
What is Physician’s Office (outpatient).
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What is an acronym?
What is an abbreviation consisting of the beginning letters of a multiword term.
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Which ICD-9-CM Volume is the Alphabetic Index of Diseases?
What is Volume 2
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What main advantage does ICD-10 have over ICD-9?
What is ICD-10 is more specific and less vague and unclear.
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Where would a coder look to identify a code that describes medications provided to patients?
What is Table of Drugs.
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The first-listed condition is selected to the greatest degree of specificity that can be ascertained from the medical record (True or False)?
What is True.
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Define Anatomy?
What is the physical structure of the body-individual body parts.
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Where are the E codes located in the ICD-9-CM manual (volume and section)?
What is Volume 2, Section 3: Alphabetic Index to External Causes of Injury and Poisoning.
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In an ICD-9-CM diagnosis code, which characters may be required to indicate greater specificity for the code selection?
What is fourth and fifth-When a "4th" or "5th" symbol appears with three-digit or four-digit codes, an additional digit is necessary to designate a more specific code.
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How does the Tabular List of Diseases (Volume 1), organize disease classifications?
What is by etiology and anatomical site.
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If a patient receiving outpatient surgical care develops a complication of care that requires hospital admissions for observation, what should the coder assign as the first-listed diagnosis?
What is the reason for the original surgery.
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What is Physiology?
What is how the body works-function.
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Where is the Neoplasm Table located within the ICD-9 manual (volume and section)?
What is Volume 2, Section 1.
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ICD-9 is based on which classification system?
What is ICD-9 by WHO; International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification, by the WHO. Therefore, owned and maintained by the WHO. Mandated by HIPAA under the direction of CMS.
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How is the Alphabetic List of Diseases (Volume 2) organized?
What is by disease or condition.
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What does a coder need to know to correctly report surgical procedures?
What is the reason the surgeon performed the procedure.
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What is an eponym?
What is a name usually based on or derived from a person’s name-in medicine they are associated with a disease, anatomical structure, and/or surgical procedure
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Which diagnostic codes would a coder find in ICD-9-CM, Volume 2, Section 3 (and give an example)?
What is E codes. (eg. Injury caused by a dog bite)
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What is the complete name for V codes?
What is Supplementary Classification of Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services (V01-V91).
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How does the ICD-9-CM Volume 3: Tabular List and Alphabetic List for Procedure Codes, categorize codes?
What is by the anatomical system being operated on.
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When a patient receives outpatient diagnostic care, should the coder assign diagnostic codes for the results?
What is only if they are known at the time of the encounter.