Vocabulary Word Chapter 17

Services that support pat dx (e.g. laboratory or radiology services)

Services that support pt tx (specialist)

In the contex of ICD-9CM, the word and should be interpreted as and/or

Broad sections of the ICD-9CM coding manual grouped by diseasesor illness.

Used when more than one code is necessary to fully identify a given condition, "code also" or "use additional code" is used

Converting verbal or written descriptions into numeric and alphanumeric designations

Determination of the nature of a diseas, injury, or congenital defect.

The determination of the nature of a disease, injury, or congenital defect

The cause of the disorder; a claim may be classified according to etiology

Exclusion terms are always written in italics,and the word "excludes" is often enclosed in a box todraw particular attentionto these instructions.

This term appearing under a subdivision, such as a category (three digit code) or two digits procedure code, indicates that the code and tiele include these terms.

System for classifying disease to facilitate collection of uniform and comparable health information for statistical purposes and indexing medical records for data storage and retrieval.

In the context of ICD-9-CM, the term "with" "with mention of," and "associated with" IN A TITLE DICTATE THAT BOTH PARTS OF THE TITLE BE PRESENT IN THE STATEMENT OF THE DX ORDER TO ASSIGN THE PARTICULAR CODE

This term appears only in Volume I in those subdivisions in which the user should add further information by means of an additional code to give a more complete picture of the dx.

A direction given to the coder to see a specific category (three digit code. This must always be followed