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D521-INTRODUCTION
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Diagnosis - answer identification of a disease by a
licensed provider


Morbidity - answer Refers to ill health in an individual and
the levels of ill health in a population or group.


Mortality - answer the state of being subject to death


Comorbidity - answer a secondary condition that is
present on admission and causes an increase in length of
stay (LOS)


Complication - answer a secondary condition that arises
during hospitalization and causes an increase in length of
stay (LOS)

, Principal diagnosis - answer that condition established
after study, which is found to be primarily responsible for
admission of the patient to the hospital


What is a characteristic of ICD-6? - answer The first
version of ICD used for both death classification and
disease indexing


What was the first ICD revision for which an alternate was
made due to disagreements? - answer The United States
developed its own version of ICD-8 based on
disagreements over the circulatory section.


Which characteristic of ICD-10-PCS represents a
difference from ICD-9-CM? - answer No diagnostic
information is included.


American Health Information Management Association
(AHIMA) - answer a professional organization for health
information management (HIM) professionals


American Hospital Association (AHA) - answer Non profit
group or alliance of member hospitals and health care
organizations that promote the interests of hospitals. It is
an advocacy group for health care organizations,
particularly hospitals

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