Coding

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What is coding

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coding is the transformation of verbal descriptions into numbers.

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what is diagnosis ?

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a diagnosis is a word or phrase used by a phydician to identify a disease from which an individual suffers or a condition for which the patient needs , seeks, or receives medical care.

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what is a surgical or therapeutic procedure ?

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a surgical or therapeutic procedure is any single , separate, systematic process upon or within the bofy that can be complete in itself.

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what is Clasification System?

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clasification system is grouping of similar disease and procedures , and organizing related information for easy retrieval.this type of system is used for assigning numeric or alphanumeric code numbers to represent specific dusease or procedures.

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ICD 9 CM

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volume 1 :Tabular list of disease and injuries. Volume:2 alphabetic index to desease. Volume:3 Tabular list and alphabethic index to procdures.

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ICD 9 CM volume 1: Tabular list of diseases and injuries.

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the tabular list of disease and injuries volume 1 contains the following major subdivisions. Clasification of diseases and injuries. Suplementary classification v codes E codes appendices.

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format

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each chapter of volume 1 is structured into tge following subdivisions:Section, categories, and subcategories

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section

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a section consits of a group of three digit categories that represent a single dusease entity or a group of similar or closely related conditions

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gategories

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a three digit category represents a single dusease entity or a group of similar or closely related conditions

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subcategories

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the fourth digits subcategory provides more specificity or information regarding tge etiology cause of dusease or illness site location or manifestation display characteristics signs symptims or secondary pricesses of a disease or illness .fourth digit subcategories are colapsible to the three digit level.

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fifth digit subclassifications

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the fifth digit subclassifications to provide even greater specificity.

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residual subcategories

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are codes with titles of other and unspecified. they were developed to classify conditions not assigned a separate subcategory, thus.ensuring that every disease has a code.Residual subcategories titled other are easily distinguished because the fourth digit is often number 8.those codes describing unspecified conditions are usually asdigned a fourth digit of 9.

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Suplementary classification

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exists in addition to the main classification for disease and injuries . unlike the numeric codes in the disease classification, the Suplementary clasdifications contain alphanumeric codes.

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supplementary classification V Codes

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v codes stand person encountering healtg services for specific procedures not carried out.

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Suplementary classification E CODES

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stand for suicide and slef inflicted injury by hanging strangulation and suffocation.

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what is main terms ?

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are set of flush with the left margin of each column for easy reference .

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Carryover are needed because the number of words that can fit on a single line of print in the alphabetic index is limited.

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nonessential modifiers

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are a series of terms in parentheses that sometimes directly follow main terms as well as subterms.the presence or absence of these parebthetical terms in the diagnosis has no effect on the selection of the code listed for that main term or subterm.