Alphabetic entries with this abbreviation indicate that the diagnosis will be indexed to a code for diagnoses that aren't specifically classified to a unique code (designates "other" codes).
Hint: It does not mean unspecified.
What is NEC?
100
Locate the diagnosis term in this place first before proceeding to the place where all the codes are listed.
What is Alphabetic Index?
100
When you see this word as a subterm in the index ICD-10-CM presumes a cause-and-effect relationship between the two conditions linked by this word.
What is "with"?
100
That condition established _____ ______ to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital for care.
What is "after study?"
200
Entity responsible for maintaining ICD-10
What is World Health Organization?
200
Parentheses are used to enclose words that may or may not be present in the statement of the disease without affecting code assignment.
What is nonessential modifier?
200
It is essential to use both the ______________ and _________________ when locating and assigning a code.
What is Alphabetic Index and Tabular List?
200
This index is used to look up external cause codes.
What is ICD-10-CM External Cause of Injuries Index?
200
The type of encounter where probable, suspected, likely, and possible conditions are coded as if they existed.
What is inpatient encounter?
300
This code set used to classify morbidity data from patient records
What is ICD-10-CM?
300
NOT CODED HERE!
What is Excludes1 note?
300
The minimum number of characters found in an ICD-10-CM code.
What is three?
300
This is the only outcome of delivery that can be reported with ICD-10-CM code O80 for normal delivery.
What is the outcome of delivery of a single live birth (or what is code Z37.0)?
300
UHDDS stands for
What is Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set?
400
This code set is in use in the U.S. and in other countries to report mortality data.
What is ICD-10?
400
Not included here.
What is Excludes2 note?
400
The maximum number of characters found in an ICD-10-CM code.
What is seven?
400
What is used to look up the drugs that caused an adverse effect?
What is Table of Drugs and Chemicals?
400
UHDDS defines these to be all conditions that coexist at the time of admission, that develop subsequently, or that affect the treatment received and/or the length of stay.
What is "other diagnoses?"
500
This is the date ICD-10-CM was implemented in the United States
What is October 1, 2015?
500
This instruction following a main term in the Alphabetic Index indicates that another term should be referenced.
What is "see" instruction?
500
The decimal point in an ICD-10-CM follows this character of the code
What is the third character?
500
This refers to a reaction to the improper use of a medication taken in error.
What is a poisoning?
500
Coding guidelines that pertain to inconclusive diagnoses were developed for ____________ encounters and they do not pertain to _____________encounters.