the thin, fibrous, double layered sac that surrounds the heart
What is pericardium?
200
disease of the arteries in which fatty material is deposited in the wall of the artery
What is atherosclerosis?
200
a patient with known hypertension but not specified what type by Physician
What is benign hypertension? 401.1
300
physician specializing in the heart
What is a cardiologist?
300
front side of the body
What is Ventral?
300
what chambers of the heart are the discharging chambers
What are the ventricles?
300
athersclerotic blockages of the lower extremity
What is peripheral vascular disease or peripheral artery disease? PVD/PAD
300
ASCHF
What is acute systolic congestive heart failure? 428.21
400
specialized language used by health care practitioners
What is medical terminology?
400
on the same side
What is ipsillateral?
400
name the valves of the right side of the heart
What are the tricuspid and pulmonary valves?
400
abnormal dilation of a blood vessel
What is an aneurysm?
400
IHSS
What is 425.11 or idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic sclerosis (stenosis)
500
part of the medical term that comes at the end and modifies the central meaning
What is a suffix?
500
Patient arrives with pain in their RLQ where would the physician be checking
What is the right lower quadrant?
500
which is the deoxygenated side of the heart
What is the right side of the heart?
500
when the hearts natural pacemaker ______________ is not working properly this is called___________
What is the sinus node?
What is sick sinus syndrome (SSS)?
500
describe the process of choosing an ICD 9 code.
What is find word root of the condition within the index, then find within the tabular list and confirm what you chose is describing to the highest specificity given?