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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
