There are six specific actions that you should take as part of the coding process. What is action 1?

A condition that caused or developed from the existence of another condition is called a:

When a specialist is asked by an attending physician to evaluate a patient’s condition, a report is written and sent over to be included in the patient’s medical record in the requesting physician’s files, as well as those belonging to the consulting physician. You can locate this information in the:

Which ICD-10-CM official guideline is concerned with acute and chronic conditions?

A cause-and-effect relationship between an original condition that has been resolved with a current condition is known as a __________.

Which of the following would be an example of an external cause code?

Explains what the provider did for the individual:

When an inpatient is being discharged without a confirmed diagnosis, you will

__________ is to ask; an official request to the attending physician for more specific information related to a patient’s condition or treatment: