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How will developing ICD-10-CM coding skills help me become a better medical administrative professional?  

Building Your ICD-10-CM Coding SkillsUsing your ICD-10-CM coding manual, answer the questions below.

1.    Apply the correct steps for ICD coding to answer the questions below for the following statement: Cataract due to type 1 diabetes

a.    What is the condition listed in the statement?    Type answer here

b.    What main term in the Alphabetic Index is referenced to identify a code for the condition?   Type answer here

c.     What is the subterm that identifies the condition?    Type answer here

d.     What, if any, are the additional subterms you need to reference?     

Type answer here

e.    What, if any, are the cross reference instructions in the Alphabetic Index that should be followed?    Type answer here

f.     What code (s) are listed for the condition in the Alphabetic Index?    Type answer here

g.     What is the category (3-digit code) referenced in the Tabular List?    Type answer here

h.    Are there any instructional notes in the Tabular List at either the category or the specific code(s) that should be followed?    Type answer here

i.      Assign the ICD-10-CM code to the highest level of specificity.      Type answer here

2.    Apply the correct steps for ICD coding to answer the questions below for the following statement: Pernicious anemia

a.    What is the condition listed in the statement?    Type answer here

b.    What main term in the Alphabetic Index is referenced to identify a code for the condition?   Type answer here

c.    What is the subterm that identifies the condition?    Type answer here

d.    What, if any, are the additional subterms you need to reference?     

Type answer here

e.    What, if any, are the cross reference instructions in the Alphabetic Index that should be followed?    Type answer here

f.     What code (s) are listed for the condition in the Alphabetic Index?    Type answer here

g.     What is the category (3-digit code) referenced in the Tabular List?    Type answer here

h.    Are there any instructional notes in the Tabular List at either the category or the specific code(s) that should be followed?    Type answer here

i.      Assign the ICD-10-CM code to the highest level of specificity.      Type answer here

3.    Apply the correct steps for ICD coding to answer the questions below for the following statement: Benign neoplasm of the proximal third of esophagus  

a.    What is the condition listed in the statement?    Type answer here

b.    What main term in the Alphabetic Index is referenced to identify a code for the condition?   Type answer here

c.     What is the subterm that identifies the condition?    Type answer here

d.     What, if any, are the additional subterms you need to reference?     

Type answer here

e.    What, if any, are the cross reference instructions in the Alphabetic Index that should be followed?    Type answer here

f.     What code (s) are listed for the condition in the Alphabetic Index?    Type answer here

g.     What is the category (3-digit code) referenced in the Tabular List?    Type answer here

h.    Are there any instructional notes in the Tabular List at either the category or the specific code(s) that should be followed?    Type answer here

i.      Assign the ICD-10-CM code to the highest level of specificity.      Type answer here

4.    Apply the correct steps for ICD coding to answer the questions below for the following statement: Cochlear otosclerosis, bilateral.   

a.    What is the condition listed in the statement?    Type answer here

b.    What main term in the Alphabetic Index is referenced to identify a code for the condition?

  Type answer here

c.    What is the subterm that identifies the condition?    Type answer here

d.    What, if any, are the additional subterms you need to reference?     

Type answer here

e.    What, if any, are the cross reference instructions in the Alphabetic Index that should be followed?    Type answer here

f.     What code (s) are listed for the condition in the Alphabetic Index?    Type answer here

g.    What is the category (3-digit code) referenced in the Tabular List?    Type answer here

h.    Are there any instructional notes in the Tabular List at either the category or the specific code(s) that should be followed?    Type answer here

i.      Assign the ICD-10-CM code to the highest level of specificity.      Type answer here

Apply the 8 Steps to Correct ICD-10-CM CodingUsing your ICD-10-CM coding manual, answer the questions below.

5.     Meniere’s disease    Type answer here

6.     Acute pulmonary edema    Type answer here

7.     Heart failure    

Type answer here

8.     Abscess of the salivary glands    Type answer here

9.     Stage-1 pressure ulcer of the right hip    Type answer here

10. Dementia with aggressive behavior    

Type answer here

11. Patient seen in ED, diagnosed as alcohol dependent patient who is intoxicated    Type answer here

12. Patient presents for HIV screening, patient is asymptomatic    Type answer here

13. Dehydration    

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14. Meningitis caused by measles    Type answer here

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!

15. You’ve had the opportunity to navigate both the Alphabetic Index and the Tabular List of the ICD-10-CM coding manual.  What is the most efficient way to find the correct code using both the index and the tabular list? Provide 2 examples of how you were able to locate codes and give the reasons this worked for you?      Type answer here