Question

FORUM DESCRIPTION Review the following Discussion Topic: Chapter 11 You are a coding supervisor of a primary care clinic, and you have noticed that the providers are recording meningitis and not specifying thu types of meningitis being treated. You are preparing to conduct an in-service for the providers: • Discuss what modifying terms the providers should record so that the coders can select more specific codes. • Give examples of the code categories that this affects

Answer 1

The qualifier provides additional details for the procedure or disorder. the provider should record the qualifier below the word that causes and effect relationship together. It helps the coder to code accurately(eg: bacterial meningitis or meningoencephalitis)that provide additional information for the coders that make them categorize correct coding.
coding process identifies a data item or text and identify the concept of relations between them. It is important to note the alphabetic index and tabular list before assigning codes. when coding meningitis that must be code the underlying cause firt.
Example: when coding meningitis the cause or classification like nonbacterial or bacterial should be included with the type of disease that contributes to meningitis. it should be recorded like nonbacterial meningitis or bacterial meningitis with specific causes.