Chapter 5 And 6 Coding

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Tabular list of diseases

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The portion of the ICD-9-CM book listed in numerical order

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Alphabetical index to diseases

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The portion of the ICD-9-CM book listed in alphabetical order from A to Z

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Condition

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The situation, such as infection, fracture, or wound

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Anatomical site

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The place in the body, such as the knee or heart

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Eponyms

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A condition named after a person, such as Epstein-Barr syndrome or Cushing's disease

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Neoplasm

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Abnormal tissue; malignant neoplasm is another term for cancer; carcinoma is any variety of types of malignant neoplasms

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V code

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Code used to describe an encounter between a provider and individual without a specific current health care illness or injury

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E code

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Code that explains how an injury or poisoning happened, and/or where it happened

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Greatest specificity

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the most detail available

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Underlying condition

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one disease that affects or encourages another condition. also referred to as a casual condition

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manifestation

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a condition caused by or developed from the existence of another condition, similar to a side effect

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adverse reaction

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when an individual is harmed or put in danger after interacting with a drug or chemical

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mortality

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the proportion of deaths to the population as a whole, also known as death rate

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morbidity

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the study of disease and the causes of disease in a given population or society

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Health-related risk factors

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Lifestyles and behaviors, such as alcohol intake, cigarette smoking, and dietary issues that affect one's well-being

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laterality

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the location of the condition, such as right, left, upper, lower, anterior, and posterior. Bilateral means both sides

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Etiology

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the identification of the disease or the cause of the disease

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Excludes1

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This notation identifies codes that are mutually exclusive with the code listed above

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Excludes2

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This notation identifies conditions that are specifically not included in the description of the code

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Highest degree of certainty

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what we know for a fact