Medical coding study guide Questions and Answers Graded A

Medical coding study guide Questions and Answers Graded A ICD-9-CM - ANS- International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification Main terms - ANS- represents diseases, injuries, problems, complaints, drugs, and external causes of diseases or conditions Subterms - ANS- words that are identified under main term Sub-subterms - ANS- indented 3 character spaces from the term above it V-codes - ANS- reports circumstances other than disease or injury Tabular List (3) divisions - ANS- diagnoses codes, supplementary classification, appendixes E- codes - ANS- Supplementary Classification of External Causes of Injury and Poisoning. These codes classify the causes of injury, poisoning, and adverse events and are used to gather statistics relating to these occurences. ICD-9-CM codes range - ANS- 3 to 5 digits Tabular List Format - ANS- Chapter, Section, Category, Subcategory, Subclassification, Alphabetic Index is - ANS- Vol. 2, contains medical terms and is used first Tabular List is - ANS- Vol. 1 Alphabetic Index lists words describing - ANS- pneumonia, bronchitis, infection, and fracture External causes of diseases - ANS- fall, accident, burn, and cut Category codes are - ANS- 3 digits Subcategory codes are - ANS- 4 digits Subclassification codes re - ANS- 5 digits Classifies procedures used in hospitals only - ANS- Vol. 3 Basic coding - ANS- Review complete medical documentation and Abstract the medical conditions and procedures that should be coded Modifiers - ANS- parenthetical or nonessential modiers, terms surrounded by parentheses cross-references - ANS- terms see, see also, and see category. Coder must look elsewhere HIPPA Final Rule - ANS- in addition to mandating the ICD-9-CM code set, also requires the use of ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, when codes are selected brackets - ANS- are used to enclose synonyms, alternative wordings, ans explanatory phrases in the tabular list of diseases and injury