These ________________ are incorporated within the Alphabetic Index and Tabular List of the ICD--CM
as instructional notes - ✔✔conventions
The conventions and instructions of the classification take precedence over ___
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These ________________ are incorporated within the Alphabetic Index and Tabular List of the ICD--CM
as instructional notes - ✔✔conventions
The conventions and instructions of the classification take precedence over ______________________ -
✔✔guidelines
The ______________ ___________________ is an alphabetical list of terms and their corresponding
code. - ✔✔Alphabetic Index
The ________ ______________ is a structured list of codes divided into chapters based on body system
or condition. - ✔✔Tabular Index
The Alphabetic Index consists of what four parts? - ✔✔- Index of Diseases and Injury
- Index of External Causes of Injury
- Table of Neoplasms
- Table of Drugs and Chemicals
The ICD-10-CM Tabular List contains categories, ______________, and codes. - ✔✔categories,
subcategories, and codes
Characters for categories, subcategories, and codes in the ICD-10-CM Tabular List may be either a
____________ or a _____________. - ✔✔letter or number
A _____________ character category that has no further subdivision is equivalent to a code. - ✔✔three
Subcategories are either _____________ or _______________ categories - ✔✔4 or 5Codes may be 3,4,5,6, or 7 _____________________. - ✔✔characters
Each level of subdivision after a category is a ___________________. - ✔✔subcategory
The final level of subdivision is a __________________. - ✔✔code
Codes that have applicable 7th characters are still referred to as codes, not ___________________. -
✔✔subcategories
A code that has an applicable 7th character is considered ___________without the 7th character. -
✔✔invalid
The ICD-10-CM coding system uses an _____________ format for ease in reference. - ✔✔indented
ICD-10-CM utilizes a placeholder character _____________. - ✔✔"X"
The placeholder ___________________ is used as a placeholder for future __________________. -
✔✔"X" expansion
For reporting purposes only ____________________ are permissible, not categories or subcategories,
and any applicable 7th character is required. - ✔✔codes
When a placeholder exists, the X must be used in order for the code to be considered a
______________________ code. - ✔✔valid
NEC - ✔✔Not Elsewhere Classified
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