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)
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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 conditionThe 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 phrasesWhen 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 - ✔✔INCLUDES TERMS
(Located under the INCLUDES notes)Appear immediately under certain categories to further define, clarify, or give examples of the content
of a code category is called - ✔✔INCLUDES NOTES
(Includes Notes are indicators)
The diagnoses listed in _________ can not use the diagnoses code listed, UNLESS EXCLUDES TWO
includes the diag
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