Overview of coding Coding consists of ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, CPT and HCPCS codes. The codes help classify and document the information for the healthcare system in the United States. The ICD-9-CM stands for the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modifications. October 1st 2014 ICD-10-CM came out to update the class with more illnesses, conditions, and injuries of any patient that used the medical services. The ICD-9-CM is generally classified as numerical and alphanumerical codes…

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy. (North American Industry Classification System, n.d.). NAICS is a 2 through 6 digit hierarchical classification system, offering five levels of detail. Each digit in the code is part of a series of progressively narrower categories, and the…

disorders and medication (Szabo, 2011). I am asserting that “Yes, Psychopathology diagnostic classification systems (such as the DSM or ICD) are of little use to health professionals and patients because behaviours are often misidentified and medicalised”. To assert this, this paper is going to explore four main topics that contribute to the little use of psychopathology diagnostic classification system, these include downsides for using DSM diagnostic criteria, Medicalisation and misdiagnose, consequences…

chemical structures, the same mechanism of action, a related mode of action, and that are used to treat the same disease. The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System (ATC), the most widely used drug classification system, assigns drugs a unique ATC code. Another major classification system is the Biopharmaceutics Classification System. This classifies drugs according to their solubility and permeability or absorption properties. Medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry is a branch…

In 1758 a man called Carl Linnaeus proposed the two kingdom classification system. This system separated all living things into two categories called kingdoms. The two kingdoms were plante (plants) and animalia (animals).this system was the basis to our classification system today (the five kingdom system). In 1674 the first unicellular organisms were discovered by a man called Antoine van Leeuwenhoek. This discovery was due to his improvement to the microscope. This improvement meant an object…

On December 17, 1996, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) finalized rules that were intended to simplify the tax entity classification rules. These rules have become known as the “check-the-box” regulations. Simply put, these regulations allow an eligible entity to “check a box” that indicates the desired tax treatment the entity wishes to have. These new regulations signify what was a much needed departure from the previous classification regulations, which were vague, ambiguous, and created…

This paper agrees with the statement “psychopathology diagnostic classification systems (such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)) are of little use to health professionals and patients because behaviours are often misidentified and medicalised”. To support this argument, this paper will discuss the most important four main points that contribute to the subjective judgement of DSM and the limitations in validity…

Forensic science Batch: - 2014-17 Title of summer assignment: - Classification of poisons Goal for the first week: - Introduction of the topic Goal for the second week: - Write in brief about corrosive poisons and non-metallic irritant poison Goal for the third week: - Write in brief about metallic irritant poisons Goal for the fourth week: - Write about poisons having vegetable and animal origin Goal for the fifth week: - Write about poisons acting on the nervous system…

The classification system of mental health disorders is the foundation for diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and research. The necessity that this classification system provides a empirically-supported framework for the conceptualization of mental health disorders cannot be overstated. Currently, mental health fields around the world rely primarily on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition (DSM-5; APA, 2013) and the International Classification of Diseases 10th…

Classification of Accounting Systems Critically evaluate to what extent past research into classification of accounting systems has become irrelevant because of international harmonization efforts. Let us remind that IASC was replaced in 2001 by IASB (International Accounting Standards Board). We are going to start this paper with the different classification researches, taking for example Hofstede and Gray’s studies. Then we will draw the main differences between GAAP (Generally Accepted…