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MOA115 Medical Records and Insurance Week 2 Assignment Section A: Coding Accuracy Section B: ICD Coding Concepts Section A: Coding Accuracy Directions: •
Using reliable internet resources, research the questions. Type your answers below the questions. •
Your answers should be at least 5 sentences. 1. Describe the importance of coding medical charges accurately. 2. Describe two of the most common ways medical charges can be coded inaccurately. 3. Describe the impact of inaccurate coding on the healthcare facility. 4. Describe the impact of inaccurate coding on the patient. 5. Describe an encoder for medical coding. 6. Discuss accuracy in coding when using an encoder.
MOA115 Medical Records and Insurance Week 2 Assignment Section A: Coding Accuracy Section B: ICD Coding Concepts Section B: ICD Coding Concepts . Getting to Know the ICD-10-CM (Answer #1-5) 1.
Fill in the blanks in the following statements with terms from the word bank to describe how to use the most current diagnostic coding classification system. Word Bank: Code Convention Essential modifier Main term Coding guidelines Diagnostic Exclusion Tabular List Character Diagnostic statements ICD-10-CM a.
Abstract the correct diagnosis from the _______________________ found in the patient health record. b.
Use the _______________________ to look up the diagnosis in the Alphabetic Index. c.
Review the _______________________ under the main term. d.
Choose the correct code based on the _______________________ statement. e.
Look up the code from the Alphabetic Index in the _______________________. f.
Check for any _______________________, _______________________, inclusion notes, _______________________ notes, or additional _______________________ symbol. g.
Assign the final _______________________ diagnosis code. 2.
ICD-10-CM codes can have up to ______ characters. A(n) _______________________ “x” is used to fill in for positions that don’t have characters
. 3.
What are the seventh characters used for encounter types and what do they indicate? ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ 4.
Four basic forms of punctuation are used in the Tabular Index. List them and what they are used for. ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ 5.
Match the following terms. _____ Main terms _____ Nonessential modifiers _____ Subterms _____ Essential modifiers
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