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Chapter 16 Kinn's Administrative Medical
Assistant. Exams Questions With Correct
Answers.
Describe the historical use of the International Classification of Disease (ICD) in the United
States and describe how diagnostic coding is related to medical necessity. - answer✔✔In 1946,
the International Commission of the World Health Organization (WHO) established a code set
called the Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes
of Death (ICD). Eventually, WHO approved an adaptation of this code set for use in the United
States; the ninth edition, the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical
Modification (ICD-9-CM), was approved and put into use in 1975. The United States adopted
ICD-10-CM diagnostic coding on October 1, 2015.
349The diagnostic code tells the insurance company why a procedure was done. If the diagnosis
does not match the procedure, then the insurance company can say that it was not medically
necessary and not pay for the procedure.
Identify the structure and format of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision,
Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). - answer✔✔Depending on the publisher, the ICD-10-CM
coding manual will vary somewhat in layout, symbols, color coding, and some other features.
However, the format, conventions, tables, appendixes, content, and basic structure are always the
same.
Every ICD-10-CM code begins with an alphabetic letter that indicates the chapter of disease and
injury in which the code is listed. (All the letters in the English alphabet are used except U,
which WHO has reserved to assign to new diseases with uncertain etiologies.) Codes contain up
to 7 alphanumeric characters; the first 3 characters are followed by a period. Codes that require a
7th character may use an X as a placeholder for the 4th, 5th, and 6th characters if no other code
can be used for those characters.
Describe how to use the Alphabetic Index to select main terms, essential modifiers, and the
appropriate code (or codes) and code ranges. - answer✔✔The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and
Injuries (commonly called the Alphabetic Index) consists of an alphabetic list of diagnostic terms
and related codes. This index includes main terms, nonessential modifiers, essential modifiers,
and subterms. Fig. 16.3 provides an example of the main term Colitis; which is followed by the
Chapter 16 Kinn's Administrative Medical
Assistant. Exams Questions With Correct
Answers.
Describe the historical use of the International Classification of Disease (ICD) in the United
States and describe how diagnostic coding is related to medical necessity. - answer✔✔In 1946,
the International Commission of the World Health Organization (WHO) established a code set
called the Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes
of Death (ICD). Eventually, WHO approved an adaptation of this code set for use in the United
States; the ninth edition, the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical
Modification (ICD-9-CM), was approved and put into use in 1975. The United States adopted
ICD-10-CM diagnostic coding on October 1, 2015.
349The diagnostic code tells the insurance company why a procedure was done. If the diagnosis
does not match the procedure, then the insurance company can say that it was not medically
necessary and not pay for the procedure.
Identify the structure and format of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision,
Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM). - answer✔✔Depending on the publisher, the ICD-10-CM
coding manual will vary somewhat in layout, symbols, color coding, and some other features.
However, the format, conventions, tables, appendixes, content, and basic structure are always the
same.
Every ICD-10-CM code begins with an alphabetic letter that indicates the chapter of disease and
injury in which the code is listed. (All the letters in the English alphabet are used except U,
which WHO has reserved to assign to new diseases with uncertain etiologies.) Codes contain up
to 7 alphanumeric characters; the first 3 characters are followed by a period. Codes that require a
7th character may use an X as a placeholder for the 4th, 5th, and 6th characters if no other code
can be used for those characters.
Describe how to use the Alphabetic Index to select main terms, essential modifiers, and the
appropriate code (or codes) and code ranges. - answer✔✔The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and
Injuries (commonly called the Alphabetic Index) consists of an alphabetic list of diagnostic terms
and related codes. This index includes main terms, nonessential modifiers, essential modifiers,
and subterms. Fig. 16.3 provides an example of the main term Colitis; which is followed by the
