WK2 ASSIGNMENT HP-212

1) The ICD-10 Coordination and  FILL IN BLANK

 Committee is responsible for overseeing all changes to ICD-10-CM (and ICD-10-PCS).

2)The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is responsible for overseeing all changes and modifications to the official  FILL IN BLANK

 disease and injury classification, while CMS is responsible for annually updating the ICD-10-PCS procedure classification.

3)Reporting ICD-10-CM codes on submitted claims ensures the medical  FILL IN BLANK

 of procedures and services provided to patients during an encounter, which is defined as "the determination that a service or procedure rendered is reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury."

4)A patient is seen in the office for treatment of asthma and hypertension, and a chest x-ray and an EKG are performed. For medical necessity purposes, the chest x-ray would be linked to the  FILL IN BLANK

5) A patient is seen in the hospital emergency department for treatment of lacerations; the patient also complains of dizziness and a headache that is unrelieved by pain medications. The emergency department physician orders a brain scan and performs extensive suturing. For medical necessity, the suturing would be linked to the  FILL IN BLANK

6) The ICD-10-CM 

 List of Diseases and Injuries arranges codes and descriptions in alphanumerical order, and it contains 22 chapters. FILL IN BLANK

7) The first character of an ICD-10-CM code is always a FILL IN BLANK

8) ICD-10-CM code I10 is an example of a three-character  FILL IN BLANK

 code, which is defined as having no further subdivisions and is a valid code.

9) ICD-10-CM subcategory codes require additional characters and are considered  FILL IN BLANK

 (or incomplete) when fourth, fifth, sixth, and/or seventh character(s) are absent from reported codes.

10) Letter X in the fifth and sixth character positions are entered as FILL IN BLANK

 in code O40.1XX0 to allow for future code expansion.