ME2400 ICD9CM wk02 assign

Week 2 Assignment
The 7 Steps for correct ICD coding

Identify all terms in the diagnosis
Locate each main term in the Alphabetic Index.
Refer to any subterms indented under the main term.
Follow cross-reference instructions if the needed code is not located under the first main entry consulted.
Verify the code in the Tabular List.
Read and be guided by any instructional terms in the Tabular List.
Assign codes to the highest level of specificity.

I. Identify the main term for each diagnostic statement and assign the correct ICD code:
1. Cataract due to type 1 diabetes
Main Term: Cataract ICD-9-CM Codes: 250.51, 366.41

2. Congestive heart failure
Main Term: Congestive ICD-9-CM Code: 428.0

3. Chronic lymphangitis
Main Term: Lymphangitis ICD-9-CM Code: 457.2

4. Atherosclerotic heart disease, native artery
Main Term: Atherosclerotic ICD-9-CM Code: 414.01 5. Acute respiratory distress
Main Term: Distress ICD-9-CM Code: 518.52 6. Pernicious anemia
Main Term: Pernicious ICD-9-CM Code: 281.0

7. Primary malignancy of the roof of the mouth
Main Term: Malignancy ICD-9-CM Code: 145.5

8. Acute mitral valve disease, rheumatic
Main Term: Acute ICD-9-CM Code: 420.0

9. Contact dermatitis of eyelids
Main Term: Contact ICD-9-CM Code: 373.32

10. Benign neoplasm of the proximal third of esophagus
Main Term: Esophagus ICD-9-CM Code: 150.8

11. Staphylococcus aureus septicemia
Main Term: Septicemia ICD-9-CM Code: 038.10

12. Pneumococcal meningitis
Main Term: Pneumococcal ICD-9-CM Code: 320.1 13. Acute serous otitis media
Main Term: Acute ICD-9-CM Code: 381.01

14. Malignant hypertension
Main Term: Hypertension ICD-9-CM Code: 401.0

15. Cochlear otosclerosis
Main Term: Otosclerosis ICD-9-CM Code: 387.2

II. Using a Word document, write a 3 to 5 sentence response to the following:
As a part of your job in the medical office, you will be working with claim forms. What is the purpose of the ICD code on the medical claim form and does it have an effect on the payment from the insurance carrier?
Provide an example to support your answer.
The purpose of ICD codes on a medical claim form is to determine the medical necessity. Yes the ICD code does effect the payment from the insurance carrier. Because every code is different so each has a different payment.