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These have three digits before the decimal.
What are ICD-9-CM codes?
100
ICD-9-CM
What is International Classifications of Diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification?
100
This note directs you to code elsewhere.
What is excludes?
100
The ICD-9-CM was developed, and maintained, by which organization?
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)
100
This note further define or provided examples to clarify assignment of codes.
What is includes?
200
These have two digits before the decimal.
What are in-patient procedure codes?
200
NEC
What is Not Elsewhere Classifable?
200
These are subterms located under the main terms
What are essential modifiers?
200
They are updated annually.
What are ICD-9-CM codes?
200
All ICD-9-CM codes must be supported by this.
What is documentation?
300
This volume contains the index and tabular for all in-patient procedures.
What is Volume 3?
300
NOS
What is Not Otherwise Specified?
300
These enclose supplementary words that may be present or absent in the statement of a disease or procedure without affecting coding assignment.
What are parentheses?
300
Sequencing is important when using multiple codes.
What is Etiology and Manifestation?
300
Once a code has been located in Vol. 2 (index), you must verify it in Vol. 1 (tabular).
What is cross-reference?
400
These explain the cause of an injury or poisoning.
What are E-codes?
400
Four groups whose function it is to deal with in-depth coding principles and practices.
Who are the AHA, AHIMA, NCHS and CMS?
400
These are used in the Alphabetic Index, Vol. 2, to enclose the manifestation of the underlying condition.
What are slanted brackets?
400
These are symbols, abbreviations, punctuation, and notations in the ICD-9-CM.
What are conventions?
400
ICD-9-CM codes and the service or procedure must correlate, when translated from verbal or narrative. If not, then this has not been established.
What is medical necessity?
500
These classify the factors influencing health status and contact with health services.
What are V-codes?
500
Outpatient claims are written on this form.
What is the CMS-1500 claim form?
500
These describe syndromes named after a person.
What are Eponyms?
500
This convention means and/or.
What is And?
500
To code these conditions correctly, it is necessary to know if it is benign, malignant, primary, secondary, or in-situ.
What is using the neoplasm table?