DSM-IV Codes

Dora the Explorer is a frequently viewed show amongst the younger age group, from toddlers and up, that has been around for almost 15 years. Dora is a young girl that goes on endless adventures with her monkey friend Boots. Her relationship with her family seems stable, as we have seen her greet and interact with them after adventures and she has worked alongside her cousin Diego. Dora also seems rather friendly and social, with humans and animals alike. The audience is engaged by picking the path that Dora needs to follow when she becomes sidetracked and asks for assistance. I selected her for this assignment because her family situation and behavior that she exhibits is strange. Her lack of parental interference is apparent with her ability to travel around the world alone. Not only that, but age plays a huge factor. She is depicted as a child wandering the world. In addition, her incapability to remember things and constant need for guidance is also abnormal. She has a hard time remembering events that occurred seconds before, hence why she repeatedly asks the audience questions a number of times. I’ve never seen Dora in a home setting. The location of the show takes place outdoors, following Dora from one place to another, but not once in the 15 years the show has aired, have I ever seen Dora not wandering the country. Her interaction with animals and objects are also peculiar. It is apparent that Dora suffers from numerous mental health disorders. With that being said,…

start thinking about the existing data. My theoretical framework to analyze this data is Grounded Theory, which utilizes inductive sorting, and that allows the researcher to use data itself to make ideas theories (Galman, 2013). In order to reach most meaningful material, I will code each transcript by hand on the Microsoft Word`s Comment feature, which is under the Review tap. I will look at find data chunks in each transcript, which Saldana (2013) defined this process as a First Cycle…

A medical billing and coding career can be a desirable career path for many people interested in the healthcare industry. Medical coders play a key role in the health care billing process, assigning the codes that turn treatments into bills. Medical billing and coding specialists are vital to keeping costs down, reducing medical mistakes and generally ensuring there’s a free flow of information about patients’ medical histories. The health care industry is constantly striving to become more…

Both of these styles are using E-Codes and V-codes for coding. V-Codes are used to classify the factors that are brought on by the health status and that contact with the all the health services. Also you have the E-Codes describes the external causes for injury’s. Also both of these coding styles use a decimal after three characters. In the ICD-10-CM codes there are seven different characters and it uses a combination of letters of the alphabet with the exception of the letter U. On the…

Procedure to Procedure edit 50010/0213T indicated Misuse of column two codes with column one code meaning 50010 in column 1 is the code that should be bill and is payable. 0213T located in column 2 of the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) code table. The main reason beyond the implementation of the NCCI is to prevent improper payment in other words to prevent physicians, non-physician practitioners, and Ambulatory Surgery Centers from billing twice for one…

In the healthcare industry, the acronym known as ICD 10 is a very powerful 5 character term, however what exactly is ICD 10? Why is it so important in the overall field of healthcare and what does is mean for the providers and the patients that they serve? ICD 10 stands for International Classification of Disease, Tenth Edition. It is the global coding system that all healthcare systems use, even internationally. ICD was formed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1989. It was made to…

I will examine types of clinical terminology, classification, and a code system. My goal is to compare and contrast their general characteristics, purpose, use, content, and structure. Clinical terminology will be examined in the paragraph below. The clinical terminology examined will be SNOMED CT. SNOMED CT provides codes for clinical documentation and reporting. There is no book for SNOMED CT codes. Software applications are used to implement the codes using identifiers assigned to a…

systems that medical practices rely on to be financially stable? Firstly, there are many, many more codes. ICD-9 contains approximately 13,000 codes, a daunting number to deal with already. ICD-10 will contain a total of approximately 68,000 available codes. ICD-9 coders and ICD-9 billers are professionally trained and certified to translate medical records into 13,000 codes. The complexity…

The demand for Medical Coders is expected to increase by 22% between 2012 and 2022 primarily due to the number of the population aging. More medical services will be required as these aging individuals will develop conditions and diseases (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Becoming a successful medical coder takes time and dedication if you have little or no experience in the healthcare field. Medical coders play an important role in the healthcare industry as timely reimbursement is based on the…

classification used in cause of death coding in the United States. ICD 10 cm is divided into two main parts the index an alphabetical list of terms and their corresponding code and the tabular list a sequential alphanumeric list of codes divided into chapters based on body system or condition. ICD-9 contains approximately 13,000 codes, a daunting number to deal with already. ICD-10 will contain a total of approximately 68,000 available codes. ICD-9 coders and ICD-9 billers are professionally…