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Chapter 14 of your text, pages 255-258 Answer and perform the following assignment and submit to this drop box. Defes in vour own words the 13 vocabulary words, in order as found in your text, Chapter 14. In addition, answer the following questions. . hen and by who were codes established to define specific infectious diseases, parasites, symptoms, and causes of death? 2 How were ICD's created and who was it created for, according to your text? 1. What is the difference between ICD-9 and ICD-10, according to your text? 4. The provider must use approved reimbursement. for these procedures and services to obtain 5. Finish this statement according to your text. A nature of a condition, illness, disease, injury, or congenital defect; the provider assigns this through is the determination of the of the patient. 6. The ICD-10-CM code set identifies what? 7. An ICD-10 can have up to how many characters? 8. There can also be a period after the character of an ICD-10. 9. When you use the ICD-10-CM, you will choose a standardized alphanumeric code for the assigned by the provider. 10. Where would you find a diagnostic statement, name several areas, according to your text? 11. Your text mentions three different entities that recognize these codes which speeds reimbursement to health care providers, name them. 12. It is important since this is a fairly new to know the difference between ICD-9CM and ICD- 10CM. The ICD9 CM code set is made up of how many volumes? 13. What is in Volume 1? 14. What is in Volume 2? 15. What is in Volume 3? 6. What are GEMS?

Answer 1

Answer 1). The system in which codes are established to define specific infectious diseases, parasites, symptoms, and causes of death is called a medical coding system. It has its origin in the 17th century in England. London Bills of Mortality was weekly mortality statics in London that was used to monitor the deaths. This was the system through which statistical data was collected and was arranged in numerical codes. These codes were used to analyze the common causes of death.

In the subsequent years, the statistical examination of the cause of death or mortality rate was organized into International list of causes of death. It was later used by WHO (world health organization) to track the mortality rates and development of health around the globe. The list later upgraded and named the International classification of diseases (ICD). It is now in its tenth generation.