Phrase used to identify the need for two ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes.

Phrase used in ICD-9-CM diagnostic coding that indicates the medical illness is the result of another underlying disease.

Official compilation of federal rules and requirements.

Assortment of procedure code numbers that belong to the same general category that appear in the “Index,” which is the last section of the annually published Current Procedural Terminology code book. Whenever more than one code applies to a given index entry, a code range is listed. If several nonsequential codes apply, they are separated by a comma:EsophagusReconstruction… … . 43300, 43310, 43313If two or more sequential codes apply, they are separated by a hyphen:DebridementBurns… … . . 01951-01953, 16010-16030

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), this is any set of codes used to encode data elements such as tables of terms, medical concepts, medical diagnostic codes, or medical procedure codes. This includes both the codes and their descriptions.

Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), this is an organization that creates and maintains the code sets adopted by the Secretary for use in the transactions for which standards are adopted.

Trained individual who has obtained a skill in classifying medical data from patient records. A coder translates the written diagnoses, treatments, and procedures into numeric and alphanumeric codes for submission on insurance claims to insurance carriers for reimbursement. In medical office settings, the coder may extract these data from patient encounter forms and patient records.

Separate document that is an addition to a will that may modify, add to, subtract from, or revoke certain provisions of a will.