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ICD-10-CM uses up to _____ characters to identify a disease or injury

diagnosis

determining the cause of a condition, illness, disease, injury, or congenital defect describes which of the following terms

mortality

diagnostic coding was originally developed to study causes of

NOS

the abbreviation that is the equivalent of "unspecified" is ___________________

epidemiological

the branch of medicine dealing with the incidence, distribution , and control of a disease....... long paragraph

etiology

the cause of a disorder is its _____________

the HIV viruses is present

the code for HIV indicates which of the following

health maintenance organizations

the health insurance mode that offers the least flexibility for patients is

traditional health insurance

the health insurance model that offers the most flexibility for patients is

none are correct

the international classification of diseases was established by

human immunodeficiency virus

the medical assistant should never code a patient as having _______________ unless it is clearly documented as confirmed in the medical record

mortality

the relative frequency of deaths is a specific population describes which of the following terms

instructional notations

_________________ are notes included in the tabular index to provide additional guidance for selected diagnosis codes

medically necessary

accepted healthcare services appropriate for the evaluation and treatment of a disease, condition, illness, or injury and consistent with the applicable standard of care describes which of the following terms

sequela

an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease describes which of the following terms

symptoms

at times the medical assistants must code a ______________ if the physicians is not yet sure of the diagnosis

all are correct

burns are coded to the site by ______________

carcinoma in situ

when coding neoplasms ________________ is defined as the absence of invasion of surrounding tissues

U

which of the following letters in the ICD-10-CM is reserved by the world health organization to assign new diseases with uncertain etiology

all are correct

which of the following services must be covered by medicaid in each state