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| an unfavorable, detrimental, or pathologic reaction to a drug that occurs when appropriate doses are given to humans for prophylaxis, diagnosis, and therapy |
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| an abnormal growth that does not have the properties of invasion and metastasis and is usually surrounded by a fibrous capsule; also called a neoplasm |
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| a patients statement describing symptoms, problems, or conditions as the reason for seeking health care services from a physician |
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| a code from one section of the procedural code book combined with a code from another section that is used to completely describe a procedure performed |
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| a disease or condition arising during the course of, or as result of, another disease modifying medical care requirements |
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| use of computer software that automatically generates a set of medical codes for review, validation, and use based on clinical documentation provided by health care practicioners |
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| rules or principles for determining a diagnostic code when using diagnostic code books such as each space, typeface, indentations, punctuation marks, instructional notes, abbrevations, cross-reference notes, and specific usage of the words and, with, and due to. |
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| a classification of ICD-9-CM coding used to describe environmental events, circumstances, and conditions as the external cause of injury, poisoning, and other adverse effects. |
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| the name of a disease, anatomic structure, operation, or procedure, usually derived from the name of a place where it first occured or a person who discovered or first described it |
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| the cause of disease; the study of the cause of a disease |
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| a description applied to a malignant growth confined to the site of origin without invasion of neighboring tissues |
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| internal classification of disease, ninth revision, clinical modification |
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| diagnostic code book that uses a system for classifying diseases and operations to assist collection of uniform and comparable health inforamtion |
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| international classification of disease, tenth revision, clinical modification |
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| diagnostic code book that uses a system for classifying diseases and operations to assist collection of uniform and comarable health information,it has been modified, will be implemented on oct.1 2013 |
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| international classification of diseases, tenth revision, procedural coding system |
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| procedural code system developed by 3M Health information systems(HIS) under contract with the centers for medicare and medicaid services |
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| a diagnostic coding term that relates to an adverse effect rather than a poisoning when drugs such as digitalis, steroid agents, and so on are involved |
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| a diagnostic code in ICD-9-CM volume 1, tabular list, that may never be sequenced as a principal diagnosis |
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| an inactive residual effect or condition produced after the acute phase of an illness or injury has ended |
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| an abnormal growth that has the properties of invasion and metastasis |
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| process in which tumor cells spread and transfer from one organ to another site |
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| benign or malignant tumor |
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| not elsewhere classifiable |
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| the term is used in the ICD-9-CM diagnostic coding system when the code lacks the information necessarybto code the term in a more specific category |
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| unspecified, used in ICD-9-CM numeric code system for coding diagnoses |
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| a compilation of each physician's charges and the payments made to him or her over a given period of time for each specific professional service rendered to a patient |
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| a condition resulting from an overdose of drugs or chemical substances or from the wrong drug or agent given or taken in error |
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| initial identification of the condition or CC for which the patient is treated for outpatient medical care |
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| a condition established after study that is chiefly responsible for the admission of the patient to the hospital |
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| a reason subsequent to the primary diagnosis for an office or hospital encounter that may contribute to the condition or define the need for a higher level of care but is not the underlying cause |
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| a symbol used with a diagnostic code in ICD-9-CM, volume 2, alphabetic index, indicating the code may never be sequenced as the principle diagnosis |
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| another name for a symptom complex (a set of complex signs, symptoms, or other manifestations resulting from a common cause or appearing in combination, presenting a distinct clinical picture of a disease or inherited abnormality) |
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| a subclassification of ICD-9-CM coding used to identify health care encounters that occur for reasons other than illness or injury and to identify patients whose injury or illness is influenced by special circumstances or problems |
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