Medical Coding Terms
- 1.
Brackets
- A.
Disease, procedure, or syndrome named for a person
- B.
Encloses synonyms, alternative words, or explanatory phrases.
- C.
Directs you to a specific term.
- D.
Feature of the Index directs you to other terms by the use of see and see also.
- E.
Are symbols, abbreviations, punctuation, formatting, and notations used in the ICD.
Correct Answer
B. Encloses synonyms, alternative words, or explanatory phrases. -
- 2.
Eponym
- A.
Feature of the Index directs you to other terms by the use of see and see also.
- B.
Directs you to a specific term
- C.
Disease, procedure, or syndrome named for a person
- D.
Are symbols, abbreviations, punctuation, formatting, and notations used in the ICD.
Correct Answer
C. Disease, procedure, or syndrome named for a person -
- 3.
Conventions
- A.
Directs you to Volume 1, Tabular list for specific information about the use of the code.
- B.
Directs you to another term if all the information cannot be found under the initial term.
- C.
Feature of the Index directs you to other terms by the use of see and see also.
- D.
Are symbols, abbreviations, punctuation, formatting, and notations used in the ICD.
- E.
Directs you to a specific term
Correct Answer
D. Are symbols, abbreviations, punctuation, formatting, and notations used in the ICD. -
- 4.
Cross Reference
- A.
Feature of the Index directs you to other terms by the use of see and see also.
- B.
Directs you to a specific term
- C.
Directs you to another term if all the information cannot be found under the initial term.
- D.
Directs you to Volume 1, Tabular list for specific information about the use of the code.
- E.
Adds information by assigning an additional code to provide a more complete diagnosis or procedure.
Correct Answer
A. Feature of the Index directs you to other terms by the use of see and see also. -
- 5.
See
- A.
Directs you to another term if all the information cannot be found under the initial term.
- B.
Directs you to a specific term
- C.
Directs you to Volume1, Tabular list for specific information about the use of the code.
- D.
Adds information by assigning an additional code to provide a more complete diagnosis or procedure.
Correct Answer
B. Directs you to a specific term -
- 6.
See also
- A.
Adds information by assigning an additional code to provide a more complete diagnosis or procedure.
- B.
Directs you to Volume 1, Tabular list for specific information about the use of the code.
- C.
Directs you to another term if all the information cannot be found under the initial term.
- D.
Is used in categories in Volume1. At times, the code , title, and instructions apprear in italic, which indicates the underlying disease is reported first.
- E.
Is an instructional notes appearing in the Tabular, which instructs the coder to report the casual condition first.
Correct Answer
C. Directs you to another term if all the information cannot be found under the initial term. -
- 7.
See category
- A.
Directs you to volume 1, tabular list for specific information about the use of the code.
- B.
Adds information by assigning an additional code to provide a more complete diagnosis or procedure.
- C.
Us used in categories in Volume 1. At times, the code, title and instructions appear in italic , which indicates the underlying disease is reported first.
- D.
Is an instructional notes appearing in the Tabular, which instructs the coder to report the casual condition first.
- E.
Are used to define terms and give further coding instructions.
Correct Answer
A. Directs you to volume 1, tabular list for specific information about the use of the code. -
- 8.
Use Additional code
- A.
Is an instructional notes appearing in the Tabular, which instructs the coder to report the casual condition first.
- B.
Is used in categories in Volume1. At times, the code, title and instructions appear in italic, which indicates the underlying disease is reported first.
- C.
Adds information by assigning an additional code to provide a more complete diagnosis or procedure
- D.
Are used to define terms and give further coding instructions.
- E.
Is a disease or syndrome named for a person.
Correct Answer
C. Adds information by assigning an additional code to provide a more complete diagnosis or procedure -
- 9.
Code First Underlying disease
- A.
Is used in categories in Volume 1. At times, the code, title and instructions appear in italic , which indicates the underlying disease is reported first.
- B.
Is a instructional notes appearing in the Tabular, which instructs the coder to report the casual condition first.
- C.
Are used to define terms and give further coding instructions.
- D.
Is a disease or syndrome named for a person
Correct Answer
B. Is a instructional notes appearing in the Tabular, which instructs the coder to report the casual condition first. -
- 10.
Notes
- A.
Are used to define terms and give further coding instructions.
- B.
Is an instructional notes appearing in the Tabular , which instructs the coder to report the casual condition first.
- C.
Is a disease or syndrome named for a person.
- D.
Directs coder to use Volume1, Tabular list, for additional information.
Correct Answer
A. Are used to define terms and give further coding instructions. -
- 11.
Code, if Applicable, Any Casual condition
- A.
Terms indented under main terms, Considered essential modifiers.
- B.
Is a disease or syndrome named for a person
- C.
Is an instructional notes appearing in the Tabular, which instructs the coder to report the casual condition first.
- D.
Directs coder to use Volume1, Tabular list, for additional information.
Correct Answer
C. Is an instructional notes appearing in the Tabular, which instructs the coder to report the casual condition first. -
- 12.
Eponym????
- A.
Terms indented under main terms, considered essential modifiers.
- B.
Is a disease or syndrome named for a person
- C.
Directs coder to use Volume 1, Tabular list, for additional information.
- D.
Explicit direction to look elsewhere.
- E.
Define and give instructions.
Correct Answer
B. Is a disease or syndrome named for a person -
- 13.
See category???
- A.
Directs coder to use Volume1, Tabular list, for additional information.
- B.
Terms indented under main terms, considered essential modifiers.
- C.
Explicit direction to look elsewhere.
- D.
Defines and gives instructions.
- E.
Terms in parentheses or following main terms; they may or may not be essential.
Correct Answer
A. Directs coder to use Volume1, Tabular list, for additional information. -
- 14.
Subterms????
- A.
Explicit direction to look elsewhere.
- B.
Terms indented under main terms, considered essential modifiers.
- C.
Defines and gives instructions.
- D.
Terms in parentheses or following main terms; they may or may not be essential.
- E.
Directs coder to look under another term if all information is not located under the first term.
Correct Answer
B. Terms indented under main terms, considered essential modifiers. -
- 15.
See????
- A.
Terms in parentheses or following main terms; they may or may not be essential.
- B.
Defines and gives instructions.
- C.
Explicit direction to look elsewhere.
- D.
Directs coder to look under another term if all information is not located under the first term.
- E.
Typeface used for all exclusion notes or diagnosis codes not to be used for first listed diagnosis.
Correct Answer
C. Explicit direction to look elsewhere. -
- 16.
Notes????
- A.
Defines and gives instructions.
- B.
Terms in parentheses or following main terms; they may or may not be essential.
- C.
Directs coder to look under another term if all information is not located under the first term.
- D.
Typeface used for all exclusion notes or diagnosis codes not to be used for first listed diagnosis.
- E.
Must be modified by an additional term to complete the code description.
Correct Answer
A. Defines and gives instructions. -
- 17.
Modifiers?????
- A.
Typeface used for all exclusion notes or diagnosis codes not be used for first listed diagnosis.
- B.
Directs coder to look under another term if all information is not located under the first term.
- C.
Terms in parentheses or following main terms; they may or may not be essential.
- D.
Must be modified by an additional term to complete the code description.
- E.
Indicates terms that are to be coded elsewhere.
Correct Answer
C. Terms in parentheses or following main terms; they may or may not be essential. -
- 18.
See also????
- A.
Typeface used for all exclusion notes or diagnosis codes not to be used for first listed diagnosis.
- B.
Directs coder to look under another term if all information is not located under the first term.
- C.
Must be modified by an additional term to complete the code description.
- D.
Indicates terms that are to be coded elsewhere.
- E.
Appears under a code to further define or explain the content.
Correct Answer
A. Typeface used for all exclusion notes or diagnosis codes not to be used for first listed diagnosis. -
- 19.
Italics?????
- A.
Typeface used for all exclusion notes or diagnosis codes not to be used for first listed diagnosis.
- B.
Must be modified by an additional term to complete the code description.
- C.
Indicates terms that are to be coded elsewhere.
- D.
Appears under a code to further define or explain the content.
- E.
Encloses a series of terms that modify the statement to the right.
Correct Answer
A. Typeface used for all exclusion notes or diagnosis codes not to be used for first listed diagnosis. -
- 20.
Colon?????
- A.
Indicates terms that are to be coded elsewhere.
- B.
Must be modifed by an additional term to complete the code description.
- C.
Encloses a series of terms that modify the statement to the right.
- D.
Indicates the use of code assignment for other when a more specific code does not exist.
- E.
Typeface used for all codes and titles in Volume 1.
Correct Answer
B. Must be modifed by an additional term to complete the code description. -
- 21.
Includes??????
- A.
Encloses a series of terms that modify the statement to the right.
- B.
Indicates terms that are to be coded elsewhere.
- C.
Appears under a code to further define or explain the content.
- D.
Indicates the use of code assignment for other when a more specific code does not exist.
- E.
Typeface used for all codes and titles in Volume 1.
Correct Answer
C. Appears under a code to further define or explain the content. -
- 22.
Excludes????
- A.
Typeface used for all codes and titles in Volume 1.
- B.
Indicates the use of code assignment for other when a more specific code does not exist.
- C.
Encloses a series of terms that modify the statement to the right.
- D.
Indicates terms that are to be coded elsewhere.
Correct Answer
D. Indicates terms that are to be coded elsewhere. -
- 23.
Brace????
- A.
Typeface used for all codes and titles in volume 1.
- B.
Indicates the use of code assignment for other when a more specific code does not exist.
- C.
Encloses a series of terms that modify the statement to the right
Correct Answer
C. Encloses a series of terms that modify the statement to the right -
- 24.
True or False Statement.. NEC indicates the use of code assignment for other when a more specific code does not exist...
Correct Answer
True... - 25.
True or False Statement.. Bold Type is a typeface used for all codes and titles in Volume 1.
Correct Answer
True..
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