Coding & Classification ICD-10-CA/CCI Questions And Answers Already Graded A+

Adverse effect - Any response to a drug which is noxious and unintended and occurs with proper usage of the drug. Aftercare - An encounter for something planned in advance, for example, cast removal. Alphabetical index - The volume of ICD10CA which lists diagnoses, disorders and injuries in alphabetic order and provides the category or code from the tabular list to which the condition is classified. The section of CCI which lists the health interventions in alphabetic order and provides the rubric to which the intervention is classified. Block - A level of grouping between chapters and categories. A block groups together one of more contiguous categories into a related group of diseases. Body system - A combination of organs or parts of the body which together form a complete system, as in the respiratory system and digestive system. In ICD10CA, body systems comprise 9 of the 21 chapter headings. Canadian Coding Standards (CCS) - Published by and available for download from the CIHI website, these standards are a compilation of the international rules of coding as established by the WHO, Dx typing standards developed by CIHI to denote case complexity in Canada facilities, and other directives developed to promote accuracy, consistency and completeness in classification to meet Canada reporting needs. Case Mix Group (CMG) - A way of aggregating health care data so that the hospital product is defined in a meaningful and comparable way. Used to identify groups of patients who are similar in terms of resource use as measured by patient days. Category - The 3-character level within the classification system. There are over 2000 of these, each comprising a character followed by two digits, which together cover the complete range of diseases contained in the ICD10CA classification.Chapter - A major group of diseases, conditions or body systems within the classification. Classification - A list of all the concepts belonging to a well defined group (eg. diseases, diagnoses) compiled in accordance with criteria enabling them to be arranged systematically, and permitting the establishment of a hierarchy based on the natural or logical relationship between them. Coding - The process of transferring written or verbal descriptions of diseases, injuries and interventions into numerical designations. Dagger and asterisks codes - The allocation of 2 codes to a diagnosis to classify both the specific condition and the body site. Eponym - A medical procedure, condition or syndrome named after a person or place. Etiology - The cause(s) or origins of a disease. Exclusion term - An instruction in the classification denoting a disease or operation which is specifically excluded from a particular chapter, block, category, or subcategory. External cause code - Specific codes in ICD-10-CA used to identify the cause of injury, poisoning and other adverse effects. Health intervention - Defined in CCI as a service performed for or on behalf o a client whose purpose is to improve health, to alter or diagnose the course of a disease (health condition), or to promote wellness. Hierarchy - A system which ranks items one above another. Inclusion term - An instruction in the classification denoting a disease or intervention which is specifically included in a particular chapter, block, category, or subcategory.