coding

ICD -9

100

TABULAR LIST

What is VOLUME 1

200

INDEX TO PROCEDURE AND TABULAR

What is VOLUME 3

300

INDEX TO DISEASES

What is VOLUME 2

400

MORPHOLOGY OF NEOPLASM (M CODES)

What is APPENDIX A

500

DETERMINATION THAT A SERVICE OR PROCEDURE IR REASONABLE AND NECESSARY

What is MEDICAL NECESSITY

OUTPATIENT CODING

100

MEDICAL SPECILTIES

What is DERMATOLOGY, FAMILY, PRACTICE, GYNECOLOGY ECT.

200

REASON FOR THE VISIT

What is FIRST LISTED DIAGNOIS

300

LENGHT OF STAY < 24 HOURS

What is HOSPITAL OBSERVATION

400

NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

What is "NOS"

500

DISEASES OR SYNDROMES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE

What is EPONYM

CONVENTIONS

100

NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

What is "NEC"

200

VALID 5TH DIGITS

What is BRACKETS BENEATH A CODE

300

MULTIPLE CODING (TWO CODES REQUIRED)

What is SLANTED BRACKETS

400

MAIN TERM

What is BOLDFACE TERMS

500

EXCLUSIONS

What is ITALICIZED NOTES

BOOK ORGANIZATION

100

INFECTIONS AND PARASITIC DISEASE

What is CHAPTER 1

200

NEOPLASMS

What is CHAPTER 2

300

SIX

What is THE NUMBER OF CLASSIFICATIONS IN CHAPTER 2

400

CIRCULATORY

What is CHAPTER 7

500

CLOSED/SIMPLE FRACTUES

What is SPIRAL, SLIPPED OR LINEAR FRACTURES

CODING RULES

100

MUST CODE FIRST

What is UNDERLYING DISEASE

200

DO NOT ASSIGN A CODE

What is OMIT CODE

300

NEOPLASMS

What is MORPHOLOGY CODES

400

INSTRUCTION FOR CODER TO SEARCH FOR CONDITION

What is "CONDITON"

500

CAN NOT BE USED AS PRIMARY DX AND ARE USUALLY ITA LIC

WHAT IS MANIFESTATION CODES