The four specific attributes were chosen to set the goal of development for ICD-10-PC in order to facilitate medical coders to analyze and construct the codes appropriately, accurately and effortlessly.
Step-by-step explanation:
The ICD-10 Procedural Coding System (PCS) is the system which classifies medical procedural codes. The four specific attributes which enhances it from ICD-9 PCS are:
- Completeness
- Expandability
- Multiaxial
- Standardized Terminology
Completeness refers to a substantially unique code for various procedures.
Expandability refers to incorporating new codes into the structure for new procedures.
Multiaxial refers to individual characters with individual axis and meaning extending to a wide range of codes
Standardized Terminology refers to providing specific meaning to each single term mentioned in a code in the ICD-10 PCS.