Current Procedural Terminology - Answers to provide a system for coding the clinical procedures and
services
provided by physicians and other clinical professionals
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Revision - Answers to provide a means to
record information about patients treated for
substance abuse and mental disorders
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System - Answers to promote uniform reporting and statistical
data collection for medical procedures, supplies, products and services
International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition - Answers to provide a detailed
classification system for coding the histology,
topography, and behavior of neoplasms
International Classification of Diseases, 10 th Revision, Clinical Modification - Answers the planned
replacement for ICD 9 CM
Volumes 1 and 2
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terminology - Answers to provide a standardized
vocabulary for facilitating the development of computerbased patient records
reliability - Answers the degree to which the same results are achieved consistently
validity - Answers the degree to which codes accurately reflect the patient's diagnoses and procedures
completeness - Answers the degree to which the codes capture all the diagnoses and procedures
documented in the patient's health record
timeliness - Answers the time frame in which health records are coded
Computer software programs that assist in the assignment of codes used with diagnostic and procedural
classifications are called - Answers encoders.
CPT Assistant - Answers American Medical Association
Coding Clinic - Answers American Hospital Association
Standards of Ethical Coding - Answers American Health Information Management Association
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision - Answers World Health Organization
, Which of the following classifications is used exclusively for classifying cases of malignant disease? -
Answers ICD-O-3
Which organization originally published ICD9? - Answers World Health Organization
Which of the following ICD-9-CM codes classify environmental events and circumstances as the cause of
an injury, poisoning, or other adverse effect? - Answers . E codes
Which of the following provides a set of codes used for collecting data about substance abuse and
mental health disorders? - Answers DSM-IV-TR
Which of the following is a standard terminology used to code medical procedures and services? -
Answers CPT
Which of the following practices is not an appropriate coding compliance activity? - Answers providing a
financial incentive for coding claims improperly
Which of the following is not a knowledge source for users of the Unified Medical Language System? -
Answers the concept table
At which level of the classification system are the most specific ICD-9-CM codes found? - Answers sub-
classification level
Which of the following terms refers to the incidence of disease? - Answers morbidity
Which of the following ICD-9-CM codes are always alphanumeric? - Answers V codes
Nosology can be defined as - Answers the branch of medical science that deals with classification
systems
What are five-digit ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes referred to as? - Answers subclassification level
Which of the following provides the most comprehensive controlled vocabulary for coding the contents
of a patient record? - Answers SNOMED CT
Which volume of ICD-9-CM contains the numerical listing of codes that represent diseases and injuries? -
Answers volume 1
Which of the following terms refers to the incidence of death? - Answers mortality
Which of the following organizations is responsible for updating the procedure classification of ICD9CM?
- Answers Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. i.e. CMS
What are four digit ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes referred to as? - Answers subcategory codes
Which volume of ICD-9-CM contains the alphabetic index for the diagnostic codes? - Answers ...