MEDICAL CODING STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
ICD-9-CM - ANSWER International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification
Main terms - ANSWER represents diseases, injuries, problems, complaints, drugs, and external causes of
diseases or conditions
Subterms - ANSWER words that are identified under main term
Sub-subterms - ANSWER indented 3 character spaces from the term above it
V-codes - ANSWER reports circumstances other than disease or injury
E- codes - ANSWER Supplementary Classification of External Causes of Injury and Poisoning. These codes
classify the causes of injury, poisoning, and adverse events and are used to gather statistics relating to
these occurences.
ICD-9-CM codes range - ANSWER 3 to 5 digits
Tabular List Format - ANSWER Chapter, Section, Category, Subcategory, Subclassification,
Alphabetic Index is - ANSWER Vol. 2, contains medical terms and is used first
Tabular List is - ANSWER Vol. 1
Alphabetic Index lists words describing - ANSWER pneumonia, bronchitis, infection, and fracture
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