Chapter 3

A condition with rapid and short course

Body site

Body mass index

Symbol to enclose synonyms, alternate wording, or explanatory phrases.

A condition that develops slowly and last a long time

Note in the tabular list written in italics requring the underlying disease if reported first.

Used in Volume 1 after an incomplete term that needs one or more of the mdifieres that follow to make it assignable to a giving category.

Single code used to classify two diagnoses

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. E codes are never sequenced first.

cause of disease

Disease of syndrome named after a person

Subterms that are listed below the main term in the alphabetical order, and are indented.

Noted in the tabular list to indicate the terms listed are to be reported with a code from another category.

Note in the tabular list under the three digit code title to define further, or to give an example of the contents of the category.

diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index

An inactive, residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed

Not elsewhere classified

Subterms that follow the main term and are enclosed in parentheses; they can clarifiy the diagnosis but are not required

not otherwise specified.

Symbol to enclose supplementary words that may be present or absent in the statement of a disease or procedure, without affecting the code number to which it is assigned.

Three digit categories.

Note in the alphabetic index that indicates additional information is available that may provide an additional diagnositc code

Note in the aphabetic index that directs you to a more specific term under which the correct code can be found.

A systemic disease associated with micro organisms or toxins in the blood. these toxins are caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or other organisms.

Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection

Sepsis with associated acute organ dysfunction

Symbol to indicate multiple codes are required.

Diagnosis codes organized in numerical order

Codes (usually with a fourth digit 9 or fith diget 0) are used when the information in the medical record is not available for coding more specifically.

Note in the tabular list instructing you report a second code, if the information is available, to provide a more complete picture of the diagnosis.

Codes used to describe circumstances or conditions that could influence patient care.

Referred to as the Tabular List

Referred to as the Index to Diseases

Referred to as the Alphabetic Index and Tabular index of Procedures; used by inpatient coders.