| A | B |
|---|
| ancillary | services that support patient diagnoses |
| ancillary therapeutic services | services that support patient treatment available from specialists or surgery |
| "and" | should be interpreted as "and/or" in ICD-9-CM |
| "code also" | when more than one code is necessary to fully identify a given condition. |
| coding | converting verbal or written descriptions into numerical and alphanumerical designations |
| "code if applicable" | notation meaning that the designated code may be principal if no casual condition is applicable or known |
| comorbidities | preexisting conditions that will, because of their presence with a specific principal diagnosis, cause an increase in length of an inpaitent hospital stay by at least one day in approximately 75% of cases |
| complications | with respect to coding, conditions that arise during a hospital stay that prolong the length of stay by at least one day in approximately 75% of cases |
| "diagnosis" | determination of the nature of a disease |
| etiology | what caused a disorder |
| "excludes" | terms that are written in italics, to draw particular attention to those instructions. |
| "includes" | appear under a subdivision and indicates that the code and title include those terms |
| ICD-9-CM | system for classifying disease to facilitate the collection of information for statistical purposes |
| mandated | required by law |
| "omit code" | primarily used in volume 3 when procedure is the way of approaching for an operation |
| preexisting condition | some physical condition that existed before insurance was issued |
| primary diagnosis | initial identification of the condition or complaint that the patient complains of in medical setting |
| prinicpal diagnosis | condition for patient chiefly being admitted to hospital |
| "see" | direction given to the coder to look somewhere else |
| "see also" | direction given to the coder to look somewhere else if the main term or subterm entry are not sufficient |
| "see category" | direction that is given to a coder to look in a specific category. This must always be followed. |
| superbill | fomr on which list of procedures and ICD-9-CM codes that are most frequently used are listed and marked off in order to check out of a medical setting |
