Assignment task: ICD Diagnostic Coding:
Q1. Discuss signs/symptoms that might be integral in a specific diagnosis and the importance of not coding the integral signs/symptoms.
Q2. Discuss how these are different from nonessential modifiers (i.e., nonessential modifiers further describe a disease).
Q3. How does each of these affect the use of the Index or the Tabular List? See examples:
Signs/symptoms: abdominal pain, chest pain, cough, urinary frequency, headache, leg pain and swelling. Diagnoses: appendicitis, myocardial infarction, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, migraine, deep vein thrombosis.
Q4. How is an adverse effect coded?
Q5. Discuss how to code a reaction to prescribed medicine taken in conjunction with alcohol.
Q6. Is this a poisoning or an adverse effect?