List the rationale for the need to classify data with ICD10.

What will be an ideal response?


ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS will provide greater specificity in reporting healthcare data including more specification about severity of illness and laterality of disease.

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Which of the following codes is used for drug products?

a. CPT-4 b. ICD Volume 3 codes c. HCPCS d. NDC

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Patient had a chicken bone lodged in her trachea; subsequent encounter. She had been eating at KFC

a. T17.408D b. T17.408D, Y92.511 c. T17.408A, Y92.511 d. D72.9

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When attacking a fire, the team will work toward the ____ of the fire (the progressive end).

A. anchor B. point C. head D. flank

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The formation of an insoluable antigen-antibody complex is called precipitation.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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