These ________________ are incorporated within the Alphabetic Index and Tabular List of the
ICD--CM as instructional notes
conventions
The conventions and instructions of the classification take precedence over
______________________
guidelines
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The ______________ ___________________ is an alphabetical list of terms and their
corresponding code.
Alphabetic Index
The ________ ______________ is a structured list of codes divided into chapters based on
body system or condition.
Tabular Index
The Alphabetic Index consists of what four parts?
- Index of Diseases and Injury
- Index of External Causes of Injury
- Table of Neoplasms
- Table of Drugs and Chemicals
,The ICD-10-CM Tabular List contains categories, ______________, and codes.
categories, subcategories, and codes
Characters for categories, subcategories, and codes in the ICD-10-CM Tabular List may be
either a ____________ or a _____________.
letter or number
A _____________ character category that has no further subdivision is equivalent to a code.
three
Subcategories are either _____________ or _______________ categories
4 or 5
Codes may be 3,4,5,6, or 7 _____________________.
characters
Each level of subdivision after a category is a ___________________.
subcategory
The final level of subdivision is a __________________.
code
Codes that have applicable 7th characters are still referred to as codes, not
___________________.
subcategories
A code that has an applicable 7th character is considered ___________without the 7th
character.
invalid
The ICD-10-CM coding system uses an _____________ format for ease in reference.
indented
, ICD-10-CM utilizes a placeholder character _____________.
"X"
The placeholder ___________________ is used as a placeholder for future
__________________.
"X" expansion
For reporting purposes only ____________________ are permissible, not categories or
subcategories, and any applicable 7th character is required.
codes
When a placeholder exists, the X must be used in order for the code to be considered a
______________________ code.
valid
NEC
Not Elsewhere Classified
NEC represents ____________________
Other specified
When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Alphabetic Index directs the coder to
the ______________ _______________ code in the Tabular List.
other specified
NOS
Not otherwise specified
NOS is the equivalent of ______________________.
Unspecified
NOS and NEC mean the same thing in both the Alphabetic Index and the ______________
__________________.
Tabular List
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