ICD-10-CM MANUAL (Coding for Beginners) Part 2 (2022) COMPLETE SOLUTION

ICD-10-CM MANUAL (Coding for Beginners) Part 2 (2022) COMPLETE SOLUTION What is the Level of Detail in Coding - ✔✔ICD-10 codes are to be used and reported at their highest number of characters possible (specificity) ...

ICD-10-CM MANUAL (Coding for Beginners) Part 2 (2022) COMPLETE SOLUTION What is the Level of Detail in Coding - ✔✔ICD-10 codes are to be used and reported at their highest number of characters possible (specificity) What is the Level of Detail in Coding Example - ✔✔(in this example do not stop at "Hypertension 110" go to the highest level specificity (I12.9 Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease) What is a guideline? - ✔✔A guideline is a rule In the guidelines how many CATEGORIES are set up in the Alphabetic Index - ✔✔Three In the guidelines how many SECTIONS are there in the Alphabetic Index - ✔✔Four Four Sections are in which part of ICD-10 Index - ✔✔Alpha Index Section one guidelines is on the _______ side of the book - ✔✔Right side CONVENTIONS is in what section of the Alpha Index guideline - ✔✔Section One CONVENTIONS ARE - ✔✔Guidelines How many conventions are there - ✔✔19 What is NOS - ✔✔NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED The doctor did not specify the type of the condition used when a condition cannot be described more specifically. Should be AVOIDED unless no other option is available. What does NEC mean - ✔✔NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIABLE The condition is not listed in the book What does NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFED means - ✔✔When the Dr. specifies the diagnosis, but it is not in the book NEC 4th or 6th character is often the number - ✔✔eight (8) NEC 5th charecter is often the number - ✔✔nine (9) How can you tell if a code is an NEC code in the Alpha Index list - ✔✔4th or 6th character is an 8 or 5th character is a 9 How can you tell if a code is an NEC code in the Tabular List - ✔✔4th or 6th character is an 8 or 5th character is a 9 What does OTHER SPECIFIED means - ✔✔The doctor specified it, but it's not in the book What does NOS Means - ✔✔The Doctor was not specific NOS 4th or 6th character is often the number - ✔✔NINE (9) NOS 5th character is often the number - ✔✔Zero (0) Saying UNSPECIFIED is the same as saying - ✔✔NOS The doctor did not specify the type of the condition The doctor specified the type of phobia (bubblegum phobia) but it is not in the book its called - ✔✔NEC Not Elsewhere classified Code 4th or 6th character is an 8 or the 5th character is a 9 The doctor did not specify the type of phobia - ✔✔NOS Not otherwise specified 4th or 6th character is an 8 or 5th character is a 0 The parenthesis in the Alphabetic Index and Tabular List is used to enclose - ✔✔Nonessential modifiers and supplementary words Words enclosed in parenthesis may or may not be present in the statement of a disease without ___________________ - ✔✔Effecting the code In the Alphabetic Index, a code between the brackets means - ✔✔It is a manifestation code What is a manifestation code - ✔✔A sign, symptom or condition that is related to an underlying illness or disease What kind of code cannot be a principal diagnosis code - ✔✔Manifestation Code If it is in the bracket it cannot be a principal diagnosis code When you have a manifestation of an illness or disease you have to ___ - ✔✔Code it You know an illness or disease is a manifestation when - ✔✔Its in the bracket In the Tabular List the code between the brackets encloses - ✔✔Synonyms, alternative wording or explanatory phrases When you see e colie in brackets it is - ✔✔An alternative word (for escoricia ecoli in this example) Colons are used in the __________ after an incomplete term that needs one or more of the modifiers following that colon to make it assignable to a given category - ✔✔Tabular List Helps you easily follow the indented levels - ✔✔SHADED GUIDES The ___________ is related to the category directly above it - ✔✔INDENTED TERM The indented word "chronic" only pertains to the term "paroxysmal" Read as "Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania" Indented codes in the gray areas only pertain to - ✔✔The category directly above it The indented word "intractable" only pertains to "chronic paroxysmal hemicrania" Read as "Chronic Proximal Hemicrania Intractable" When you see a black icon box after certain codes with a check in it what does that signify - ✔✔ADDITIONAL CHARACTER REQUIRED (you will not be using or coding this category Whenever you see the word "and" in ICD-10-cm it means both - ✔✔and/or Unspecified codes has __________ in front or over it - ✔✔a gray box What is within the INCLUDES NOTES - ✔✔I