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What do the chapter guidelines in the front of your code book correspond to?
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They correspond to the chapters in the Tabular area of the codebook
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What is the Tabular area of the code book?
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Where you verify your code after you found it in the alphabetical listing in the front of the coding book. Also, it's a list of codes for the main classification of diseases and injuries.
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What does chapter 1 cover in the Tabular area?
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Certain infectious diseases and parasitic diseases
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Each chapter in the Tabular area has a different color page edge to make it helpful to skim thru it
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What chapter discusses diseases of the digestive system in the guidelines?
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Chapter 11, Diseases of the Digestive System
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What is the code range for Chapter 11's Diseases of the Digestive System (listed on page 2 in the code book)?
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K00-K95, and refers you to page 13 for any additional information regarding....there is none.
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What page in the guidelines refers you to the guidelines for Signs and Symptoms?
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Page 18, and chapter 18 is also signs and symptoms
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If you are looking for guidelines for the selection of the principal diagnosis, where would it be in your code book?
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Section II, page 27
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Don't forget about the illustrations that are listed after the guidelines and before the alphabetical index.
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The alphabetical index is where you look for the code first, it is the black/gray pages in the code book
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The neoplasm table index is next and consists of a black index and is listed by anatomical site.
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Next is the Table of drugs and chemicals, these are indexes by gray and are alphabetically listed.
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Index to external causes, black indexed and in alphabetical order.
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Tabular list of diseases and injuries, indexed green and used to double check your alphabetical index code. Listed numerically
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How many chapters does ICD-10-CM tabular have?
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21 chapters
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What are the terms in bold print called in the alphabetical index?
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Main terms, followed by subterms
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Once you find your code in the alphabetical index, what must you do?
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Verify in the Tabular index
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THATS ALL FOR COVERING THE CODE BOOK
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What is the official start date of ICD-10-CM?
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10/1/2015
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Can you find procedure codes in the ICD-10-CM book?
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No, procedure codes are covered by ICD-10-PCS
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Is ICD-10-PCS part of the WHO classification?
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No, it was created by 3M
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What does a closed classification mean?
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Only one place to classify the disease or procedure, both ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS are closed classification
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What is the name of the official coding advice coders should reference when looking for answers to coding questions?
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Coding Clinic
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What is an encoder?
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It is computerized software to look up codes with
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What volumes of the current ICD-9-CM code book does ICD-10-CM replace?
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Volumes I and II
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Why are we implementing ICD-10-CM?
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To improve the U.S. coding system, some categories have vague and imprecise codes, categories are full, to become more comparable to others in the world and more room for expansion of codes
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Do other countries use ICD-10-CM?
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Yes, the U.S. is the only country that hasn't implemented it but we use ICD-10-PCS. Each country has their own system for coding procedures
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Will physicians offices use ICD-10-PCS for procedure coding?
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No, it is used for hospital inpatients only. Physicians offices will use CPT
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When hospitals are moving over to ICD-10-CM for coding how will they know which charts to use ICD-10-CM codes on?
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By the date of discharge or encounter date. They will go by the discharge date of 10/1/15 and code those charts with ICD-10-CM codes
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What is listed at the end of an index entry to show more characters are needed for a code?
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dash (-)
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If a code needs a seventh character but does not have characters for fifth or sixth place you would use a dummy placeholder "x" to fill those character slots.
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True
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Do all codes start with a letter in ICD-10-CM?
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Yes
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What is the least amount of digits/characters an ICD-10-CM code can have?
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Three (3)
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What is the highest amount of digits/characters an ICD-10-CM code can have?
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Seven (7)
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How many excludes notes does ICD-10-CM have?
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Two (2), Excludes1-"NOT CODED HERE" and Excludes2-"NOT INCLUDED HERE"
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Which volume of ICD-10-CM is the Alphabetical index of disease and injuries?
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Volume II
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The Tabular list is which volume?
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Volume I
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Which volume is in numerical order?
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Tabular, Volume I
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What is listed in the Tabular to assist coders in making the right code selection?
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Instructional notes, (such as-includes, excludes) they help coders make the right code selection
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How many characters are in a category in ICD-10-CM?
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Three (3)
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How many characters does a subcategory have?
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4 or 5
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Which chapter has codes regarding the circulatory system?
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Chapter 9
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Is a seventh character required on all codes?
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No
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When looking up main terms in the alphabetical index, what do main terms represent?
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Diseases, conditions or injuries
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Subterms indicate site, type or etiology
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Do subterms start with an uppercase or lowercase letter?
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Lowercase
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Why are carryover lines used?
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When a complete entry can not fit
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Subterms that are "with" or "without" are located right under the main term and not in alphabetical order
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What do the gray highlighted codes mean?
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Other specified codes, that means there are other specified codes for them but the code description does not fully explain what the code is....the definition is on page x in the front of the book
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