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Outpatient Coding Process
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- 1Conditions are boldface type and are followed by the code number.Main Term
- 2terms for which a more specific code does not exist. Used only when the coder lacks the information necessary to code the term to a more specific category code.NEC
- 3Information in the medical record provides detail for which a specific code does not exist.NEC
- 4Used when the information in the medical record is insufficient to assign a more specific code.NOS
- 5enclose synonyms, alternative wordings, or explanatory phrases.BRACKETS
- 6Enclose supplementary words that may be present or absent in the statement of a disease or procedure without affecting the code assigned (nonessential modifiers).Parentheses
- 7Used for all exclusion note.s. Identify those subcatergories that are not t be used for primary tabulation of diseasesItalicized
- 8Conditions are boldface type and are followed by the code number.Main Terms
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- Beschreibung
- Conventions, nonessential modifiers, essential modifiers, subterms.
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- Anna Lopez
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