Coding Transition from ICD 9 to ICD 10

ICD 9

3-5 digits

ICD 10 - _____ first digit is always a ______, placeholder character which is _______, _______________

3-7 digits, letter, lowercase x, specific and laterality

ICD 10 CM stands for

International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision, Clinical Modification

ICD 10 CM is used mainly for

diagnosis

Alphabetic Index location

front of the book

Components of the Alphabetic Index

Index to diseases and injuries, tables of neoplasm, tables of drugs and chemicals, external causes of injuries

All accidents ICD pages

558-600

Tabular list of diseases and injuries location

back if the book

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries- need for ____________, where you can find the ________________, codes are arranged ______, code it to the ______, follow conventions___________________

cross referencing, true codes, alphanumerically, highest level of specificity, symbols, punctuation and rules in coding

Amount of chapters in the ICD 10 CM

21 chapters

Z-Codes

visiting codes, replaces the ICD 9 which is the V codes

Visiting Codes

if the patient is not sick, annual check-up, follow up surgery and immunizations

Eponym - disease, syndrome or procedure that is named for the ________ who discovered it

individual