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| of sudden onset and short duration |
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| alphanumeric designations preceded by the letter "E" used to classify external causes. |
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| Numeric designations in the ICD-9-CM preceded by the letter"V"; used to classify persons who are not currently sick when they encounter health services. |
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| Diseases: Alphabetic Index |
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| Procedures: Tabular List and Alphabetic Index |
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| First-listed diagnosis, used in the outpatient setting to identify the reason for the encounter. |
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| defined in the UHDDS as "that condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital for care"; the priciple dianosis is sequenced first. |
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| heading used as a direction or explanation as to what follows and the way in which the information is to be used. In ICD-9-CM coding, it is the three-digit code that procedes the four and five-digit codes. |
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| That done to identify the cause, origin, or extent of a condition. |
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| When some type treatment is performed to treat a specific diseases, illness or injury. |
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| Condition of being diseased or morbid. |
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| Description of a cancerous tumor that grows worse over time. |
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| American Hospital Association |
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| American Health Information Management Association. |
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| not elsewhere classifiable |
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| International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification |
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| Malignancy that is within the original site of developement and has not invaded neighboring tissue. |
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| an ICD-9-CM code that can never be sequenced as the principle or primary dianosis. |
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| Substance or agent that offers some protection from disease. |
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| Residual effect (that a condition produced) after the acute phase of an illness or injury has terminated. |
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| Place to which a malignant tumor has spread; metastatic site. |
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| Disease, structure, or procedure that is named after a person. |
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| A code from the radiology section as well as a code from the other sections must be used to fully describe the procedure. |
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| Not showing any of the typical symptoms of a disease or conditions. |
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| both, both sides, around, about |
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| Condition, pertaining to, process |
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