How Will Developing Basic ICD 10 Coding Skills Benefit Me
How Will Developing Basic Icd 10 Cmcoding Skills Benefit Me In My Care
How will developing basic ICD-10-CM coding skills benefit me in my career? This assignment helps you apply your knowledge from this week’s readings. Success Tip: View the “ICD-10-CM Tabbing Activity” and “What, Why and How of Coding” videos in Presentation Materials and tab your code book before beginning this assignment. As a part of your job in the medical office, you may be working with claim forms. Insurance companies are not able to process medical claims that do not have an ICD-10 code to show medical necessity for the service you are billing.
Developing basic ICD-10-CM coding skills may help you identify mistakes or missing information on a claim form. Finding errors early can increase the revenue flow for your office. Coding Conventions Match the coding convention with its definition.
Match the following coding conventions:
- ___ . Indicates that the condition is not part of the coded condition and may be coded at the same time.
- ___ . Used to direct the coder to the correct codes and the sequence of codes for conditions that may be preset with each other.
- ___ . Enclose synonyms, alternative wording, or explanatory phrases.
- ___ . Used after an incomplete term that needs one or more of the modifiers in order to make the condition assignable to a given category.
- ___ . Not otherwise specified.
- ___ . Enclose supplementary words (nonessential modifiers).
- ___ . Indicates that the code should NOT BE ASSIGNED at the same time as the code above.
- ___ . Not elsewhere classifiable.
- ___ . Assigned to identify the disease as one.
- ___ . Instructs that two codes may be required to fully describe a condition.
ICD-10-CM Tabular List and Alphabetic Index: Using your ICD-10-CM coding manual, answer the following questions:
11. What is the title of Chapter 9 in the ICD-10-CM coding manual? Type answer here
12. What is the name of the first section in Chapter 9 of the ICD-10-CM coding manual? Type answer here
13. What is the description of the second category in Chapter 9 of the ICD-10-CM coding manual? Type answer here
14. What is the description of the first subcategory in Chapter 9 of the ICD-10-CM coding manual? Type answer here
15. What Excludes1 note applies to the first subcategory of Chapter 9 in the ICD-10-CM coding manual? Type answer here
16. Identify the main term for the following statement: Chronic pancreatitis. Type answer here
17. Identify the main term for the following statement: Anus abscess. Type answer here
18. Identify the main term for the following statement: Acute cholecystitis. Type answer here
19. Identify the main term for the following statement: Abdominal pain. Type answer here
20. Identify the main term for the following statement: Neonatal mastitis. Type answer here
Apply the 8 Steps to Correct ICD-10-CM Coding: Using your ICD-10-CM coding manual, answer the following questions:
Statement for Questions 21-27: Personal history of brain injury (traumatic).
21. What main term in the Alphabetic Index is referenced to locate a code for the condition? Type answer here
22. What subterm(s) further identify the condition? Type answer here
23. What, if any, cross reference instructions in the Alphabetic Index should be followed? Type answer here
24. What code(s) are listed for the condition in the Alphabetic Index? Type answer here
25. Verify the code in the Tabular List. Do any instructional notes at the category (3 digit) apply to this statement? Type answer here
26. Verify the code in the Tabular List. Do any instructional notes at the subcategory apply to this statement? Type answer here
27. Does the code description match the diagnosis for this scenario? Type answer here
28. Assign the ICD-10-CM codes for the following conditions:
- Acute lower respiratory infection: J21, J21.9, J.
- Exposure to tuberculosis (Z code): Z20, Z20.01, Z20..
- Exposure to lead (Z code): Z77.011, Z77.018, Z20..
- Aseptic meningitis in leptospirosis: A27.0, A27.81, A27..
- Kidney transplant status (Z code): Z93.9, Z94.0, Z94..
- Acute bronchitis: J20.9, J20.1, J20..
- Chronic sinusitis: J32.0, J32.1, J32..
- Hypotension: I95.0, I95.1, I95..
- Congestive heart failure: I50.1, I50.20, I50..
- Chronic kidney disease stage-5: N18.5, N18.9, N..
- Chronic pancreatitis: K85.90, K86.1, K86..
- Pneumonia in Hemophilus influenza: J62.0, J62.8, J.
- COPD: J34.0, J44.9, J45.20
Reflection: Reflect on what you have learned this week to help you respond to the question below. You may choose to respond in writing or by recording a video!
41. What does ICD-10 mean and why it is important that the code is accurate? Type answer here