For birth admissions, when an infant is born with a congenital anomaly, the code for the congenital anomaly is sequenced first.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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Medical coding is the process of assigning ________ characters that represent patient diagnoses and services
a. alphabetic b. numeric c. symbolic d. alphanumeric
How can social media help market the medical practice?
A. It can provide details through "tweeting"who the physician is seeing. B. It can provide a central location for patients to share stories or view practice information. C. It can provide practice information and health information. D. It can provide a profile of the physician's lifestyle and outside office activities.
When an inclusion note is placed after a chapter heading in the ICD-9-CM, the notation applies to which of the following?
A) first category code listed in the chapter B) first section of the chapter C) entire chapter D) only the codes listed in the inclusion notation
Code 29882 and 29883 for the repair of the meniscus
A) True B) False