Question 1. What is the difference between psychotic and nonpsychotic behavior?
Question 2. What is another diagnostic term for "metabolic encephalopathy"?
Question 3. Is a diagnosis of "depression" considered an affective disorder?
Question 4. Anorexia Nervosa is considered to be a mental disorder. If a patient is admitted for anorexia nervosa and weighs 85 lbs and is malnourished, is the malnourishment coded?
Question 5. What is the difference between substance abuse and substance dependence?
Question 6. Would codes from the mental disorders chapter require special confidentiality concerns?
Question 7. If a patient is admitted with complications or psychotic symptoms related to the alcohol or drug abuse or dependence, which is sequenced first - the complications/psychotic condition or the alcohol or drug abuse/dependence?
Question 8. If a patient is admitted for detox or rehab and there is no indication of withdrawal or other psychotic symptoms, what is the principal diagnosis? If the patient has no indication of withdrawal or psychotic symptoms, is the detox or rehab still coded as a procedure?
Question 9. If a patient is admitted for treatment or eval of a physical complaint related to the substance abuse, can the code for the abuse and/or dependence be listed as principal diagnosis?
Question 10. Describe the type of care a patient would/might receive in a detox program.