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Medical Billing And Coding Vocab
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1. The E&M section includes codes that pertain to the nature of the physicians' work. The codes depend on type of service - patient status - and place where service was rendered. The E&M section is divided into broad categories such as office visits - h
Health practitioner
Category II Codes CPT
Add-on codes
Evaluation and Management Review
2. Is an electronic or paper-based report of payment sent by the payer to the provider.
Ulcermembranes
Remittance Advice
Contracted Rates with MCOs
sprain
3. When a group of employees and their dependents are insured under one (1) group policy issued to the employer. Generally - the employer pays the premium or a portion of the premium and the employee pays the difference. This all depends on the type of
Mutually Exclusive Edits
Health practitioner
Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Group Insurance
4. This is defined as incidents or practices - not usually considered fraudulent - that are inconsistent with the accepted medical business or fiscal practices in the industry. Examples of abuse are submitting a claim for a service or procedure performe
Add-on codes
Abuse
Paper Claim
Melanin
5. A neoplasm is identified; however - no nature of the tumor is documented in the diagnosis or medical record.
State License Number
MEDICARE Part C
Unspecified nature
-50 - Bilateral Procedure
6. This consists of the patient's personal experiences with illnesses - surgeries and injuries. It also contains information of illnesses predominant in the family. It contains the patient's educational background - occupation - marital status - and oth
Suicide Attempt
Maxilla
Past - family and social history (PFSH)
Employee Liability
7. Families - pregnant women - and children ;Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)-related groups ;Non-AFDC pregnant women and children;Aged and disabled persons ;Supplemental Security Income (SSI)-related groups ;Qualified Medicare Beneficiari
Collagen
MEDICARE Part B
Categorically needy -MEDICAID
Floating ribs Ribs 11 and 12 are - because they are not attached at all.
8. Are the finger bones. Each finger has three phalanges - except for the thumb. The three phalanges are the proximal - middle and a distal phalanx. The thumb has a proximal and distal.
Clearinghouse
phalanges (phalanx.s)
HCPCS Level I codes
Employer Liability
9. This is attached to the code of the E/M service provided to a patient during the postoperative period to indicate that that service is not part of the postoperative care which is usually part of a package of services of the surgery performed. Major s
Dirty claim
-24 - Unrelated E/M Service by the Same Physician During a Postoperative Period
-51 - Multiple Procedures
False Claims Act (FCA)
10. open sore on the skin or mucous
Ulcermembranes
Suicide Attempt
Pubic bone
sebaceous(oil) glands and the suddoriferous (sweat) glands
11. Is one who has received professional services from the physician or another physician of the same specialty in the same group within the past three (3) years....
Subcategories
Established patient
History
Preferred Provider plan
12. Physicians are legally responsible for their own conduct and any actions of their employees (their designee) performed within the context of their employment. This is referred to as 'vicarious liability -' also known as 'respondent superior -' which
Humerus
Palatine bones
Spinal/Vertebral Column
Employer Liability
13. Number assigned by the insurance company to a physician who renders services to patients.
Inpatient
Clean claim
Provider Identification Number (PIN)
MEDICARE Part D
14. Is an entity that receives transmissions of claims from physicians' offices - separates the claims by carriers and performs software edits on each claim to check for errors. Once this process is complete - the claim is then sent to the proper insuran
CPT SECTIONS.
co-payment
Clearinghouse
Nodule
15. This is not specified as benign or malignant in the diagnosis or medical record.
Collagen
Remittance Advice
Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Unspecified (hypertension)
16. Has all required fields accurately filled out - contains no deficiencies and passes all edits. The carrier does not require investigation outside of the carrier's operation before paying the claim.
Clean claim
Radius
-99 - Multiple Modifiers
Floating ribs Ribs 11 and 12 are - because they are not attached at all.
17. Under this schedule - a procedure's relative value is the sum total of three elements: Work: represents the amount of time - intensity of effort - and medical skill required of the physician. Overhead: practice costs related to the performing of the
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18. major skin pigment
Undetermined
Melanin
Unspecified nature
Preferred Provider plan
19. Also called the Hospital Insurance for the Aged and Disabled. It covers institutional providers for inpatient - hospice - and home health services - such as the
MEDICARE Part A
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Compliance Regulations
Comminuted fracture
20. means the provider agrees to accept what the insurance company approves as payment in full for the claim.
Gangrene
Deductible
circle with a line through it)
Accept assignment
21. The plan of the parent whose birthday falls earlier in the year (month and day - not year) is primary to that whose birthday falls later in the year. If both parents have the same birthday - then the plan of the parent who has had the longest coverag
Exclusions and Limitations
Alphabetic Index (Volume 2)
Birthday rule
Chief complaint
22. Is an insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Remittance Advice
itemized statement
MEDICARE Part A
Fiscal Intermediary
23. Deals with the prevention of healthcare fraud and abuse of patients on Medicare and Medicaid.
Spinal/Vertebral Column
Workers Compensation
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Unspecified nature
24. are found covering soft body parts. These are the shoulder blades - ribs - and pelvic bones.
Employer Liability
Employee Liability
Health practitioner
Flat bones
25. cancer that is localized and has not spread to adjacent tissues or distant parts of the body
Macule
Carcinoma (Ca) in situ
Clean claim
Electronic Claim
26. Is to determine the patient's benefits and the maximum dollar amount that the insurance company will pay. Often the first step of the insurance verification process - it is completed prior to the first visit.
Nodule
Pre-determination
Mandible
Uncertain behavior
27. includes the shoulder girdle which is made up of the scapula - clavicle and upper extremities. The scapula - or shoulder blades are flat bones that help support the arms. The clavicle - or collarbone - is curved horizontal bones that attach to the u
Capitated Rates
The Patient Care Partnership (Patient's Bill of Rights)
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
upper appendicular skeleton
28. The physician must obtain this number in order to practice within a state.
Medicare's Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) Payment Schedule
Musculoskeletal System
Sesamoid bones
State License Number
29. Are composed of three-digit codes representing a single disease or condition.
Wheal
essential modifiers
Categories
Compression fracture
30. are composed of a group of three-digit categories representing a group of conditions or related conditions; they are divided into categories. e.g. . - Disorders of Thyroid Gland (240 - 246).
Sections
Qualified diagnosis
Impacted
Complicated
31. Provide a four-digit code (one digit after the decimal point) which is more specific than category code (3-digit) in terms of cause - site - or manifestation of the condition. This must be used if available. From subcategory - specificity moves to an
Add-on codes
Accept assignment
Subcategories
lunula
32. Is a cost-sharing requirement for the insured to pay at the time of service. This amount is usually a specific dollar amount (e.g.. $15 - $20 - $25)
Contracted Rates with MCOs
Category III Codes CPT
co-payment
Categories
33. Is the upper arm bone.
Pelvis
Humerus
Medicaid
Medicare
34. This is located in the Index under the main term 'Neoplasm' and is organized by anatomic site. Each site has six columns with six possible codes determined by whether the neoplasm is malignant - benign - of uncertain behavior - or of unspecified natu
Carcinoma (Ca) in situ
Birthday rule
eponychium
Neoplasm Table
35. Are codes formulated thru the joint efforts of the CMS - the Health Insurance Association of America - and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Level II contains five position alpha-numeric codes for physician and non-physician services not fo
Rib Cage
HCPCS Level II codes (National Codes)
Group Provider Number
-26 - Professional Component
36. requires investigation and needs further clarification.
Radius
Rejected claim
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
Employee Liability
37. Physicians agree to provide services at a discount of their usual fee in return for a pool of existing patients.
phalanges (phalanx.s)
Deductible
Alphabetic Index (Volume 2)
Contracted Rates with MCOs
38. Is a statement of the patient's account history - showing dates of service - detailed charges - payments (i.e. deductibles and co-pays) - the date the insurance claim was submitted - applicable adjustments and account balance.
itemized statement
Carpals
Alphabetic Index (Volume 2)
Remittance Advice
39. Is a managed care benefits plan that provides a wide range of medical services to individuals that have been enrolled into the program. It is generally the least costly but at the same time also the most restrictive. This plan uses a gatekeeper physi
Lipocyte
Humerus
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
Section 3 Index to External Causes of Injury (E codes)
40. major skin pigment
Established Patient
-90 - Reference (Outside) Laboratory
Melanin
Employer Liability
41. It is important that every patient seen by the physician has comprehensive legible documentation about the patient's illness - treatment and plans for the following reasons Avoidance of denied or delayed payments by insurance carriers investigating t
HCPCS Level II codes (National Codes)
Reasons for Documentation
Pre-certification
Flat bones
42. The bones are connected to one another by fibrous bands of tissue . Muscles are attached to the bone by tendons. The fibrous covering of the muscles is called the fascia
Undetermined
Paper Claim
-58 - Staged or Related Procedure or Service by the same Physician during the Postoperative Period
ligaments
43. numbers 8-10 - are attached to the sternum by cartilage
Sesamoid bones
Coding
-51 - Multiple Procedures
False ribs
44. Codes from the CPT codebook are used to report services and procedures by physicians. It is published and updated annually by the American Medical Association (AMA) with a new one coming out each November and becoming effective on January 1st of the
Category III Codes CPT
Greenstick
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
Categorically needy -MEDICAID
45. Are the main division in the ICD-9-CM; they are divided into sections. e.g.. - 3. Endocrine - Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases - and Immunity Disorders (240-279).
triangle (a
Chapters
False ribs
Coordination of Benefits (COB)
46. Is a state based group of physicians working under government guideline to review cases and determine their appropriateness and quality of professional care.
Lipocyte
Peer Review Organization (PRO)
Participating physician
Compression fracture
47. A pregnant woman who has had at least one previous pregnancy.
bullet (a
Pre-certification
Indemnity Insurance
Multigravida
48. Consist of codes found in the CPT manual. They are five position numeric codes used to report physician services rendered to patients
HCPCS Level I codes
Spinal/Vertebral Column
Exclusions and Limitations
The Good Samaritan Act
49. An accelerated - severe form of hypertension with vascular damage and a diastolic pressure of 130mmHg or greater.
Medically needy
Malignant
Fissure
Accident
50. In July 2001 - the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) became the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - and the universal claim form HCFA-1500 became the CMS-1500.Virtually all third-party payers will accept it - and Medicare requ
The Universal Claim Form
Unspecified nature
Inferior nasal conchae
Pelvis
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