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Medical Billing And Coding Vocab

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1. Is a term used when a patient is admitted to the hospital with the expectation that the patient will stay for a period of 24 hours or more.






2. 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.






3. Is a policy that covers losses to a third party caused by the insured - by an object owned by the insured - or on premises owned by the insured. Liability insurance claims are made to cover the cost of medical care for traumatic injuries - lost wages






4. 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






5. Structural protein found in the skin and connective tissue






6. Is to determine coverage for a specific treatment such as surgery - hospitalization or tests - under the insured's policy.






7. 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






8. Is a regionally managed healthcare program for active duty and retired members of the armed forces - their families - and survivors. It is a service benefit program and contains no premium. TRICARE is the new title for the CHAMPUS program (Civilian H






9. 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






10. This number is used instead of the individual physician's number for the performing provider who is a member of a group practice that submits claims to insurance companies under the group name.






11. To report a circumstance in which the physician returns to the operating room to address a complication stemming from the initial procedure - modifier -78 is attached to the subsequent procedure code.






12. Is also called the superbill; it is a listing of the diagnoses - procedures - and charges for a patient's visit.






13. Provide the means by which the reporting physician can indicate that a service or procedure that has been performed has been altered by some specific circumstance but not changed in its definition or code.






14. open sore on the skin or mucous






15. consists of 17 chapters based on either body system or cause or type of disease. The codes range from 001-999.






16. Poisoning cannot be determined whether intentional or accidental.






17. Contain the full description of the procedure for the code indented codes: these are codes listed under associated stand-alone codes. To complete the description for indented codes - one must refer to the portion of the stand alone code description b






18. Are composed of three-digit codes representing a single disease or condition.






19. 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).






20. 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.






21. Are a group of independently licensed local companies - usually nonprofit that contracts with physicians and other health entities to provide services to their insured companies and individuals. Most BC/BS plans offer HMO's - PPO's and POS plans. Blu






22. 'Errors and omissions insurance' is protection against loss of monies caused by failure through error or unintentional omission on the part of the individual or service submitting the insurance claim. Some physicians' contract with a billing service






23. Includes - but is not limited to - physician assistant - certified nurse-midwife - qualified psychologist - nurse practitioner - clinical social worker - physical therapist - occupational therapist - respiratory therapist - certified registered nurse






24. Is a patient who receives treatment in any of the following settings: physician's office ;hospital clinic - emergency department - hospital same-day surgery unit - ambulatory surgical center ( patient is released within 23 hours) ;hospital admission






25. is defined as one who has not received any medical services within the last three years.






26. are found covering soft body parts. These are the shoulder blades - ribs - and pelvic bones.






27. 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






28. forms the back of the skull. There is a large hole at the ventral surface in this bone - called the foramen magnum - which allows the brain communication with the spinal cord






29. The physician must obtain this number in order to practice within a state.






30. 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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31. 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






32. Deficient in pigment (melanin)






33. Medicare Managed Care Plans (Formerly Medicare Plus (+) Choice Plan) was created to offer a number of healthcare services in addition to those available under Part A and Part B. The CMS contracts with managed care plans or provider service organizati






34. Identifies code pairs that - for clinical reason - are unlikely to be performed on the same patient on the same day.






35. The reason the patient came to see the physician.






36. Are supplementary classification codes used to identify health care encounters that occur for reasons other than illness or injury or to identify patients whose illness is influenced by special circumstances or problems. The codes can be found in bot






37. Medically indigent low-income individuals and families ;Low-income persons losing employer health insurance coverage ( Medicaid purchase of COBRA coverage)






38. Standard - fee-for-service - cost-sharing plan ; Extra - preferred provider organization ;Prime - health maintenance organization plan with a point-of-service option All of the above-mentioned plans covered under TRICARE - with the exception of Prime






39. paired bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tear ducts.






40. Law passed by the federal government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.






41. Poisoning was due to: Accidental overdose; Wrong substance taken; Accidents in use of drugs and biologicals; External causes of poisonings classifiable to 980-989 Therapeutic Use: instances when a correct substance properly taken is the cause of adve






42. An insurance plan issued to an individual. Premium rates are usually higher than group rates and service availability is lessened with this type of coverage.






43. Is the federal government's health insurance program created by the Social Security Act of 1965 titled 'Health Insurance for the Aged and Disabled'. It is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - formerly known as Health






44. Is a group of two or more physicians and non-physician practitioners legally organized in a partnership - professional corporation - foundation - not-for-profit corporation - faculty practice plan - or similar association.






45. Is an electronic or paper-based report of payment sent by the payer to the provider.






46. The Usual - Customary - and Reasonable: The UCR method is used mostly in reference to fee-for-service reimbursement. To arrive at a payment amount for a claim - the carrier compares: The physician's most frequent charge for a given service (the usual






47. There are also terms indented two spaces to the right below the main term called subterms. These subterms are because they have bearing in the selection of the right code. Everything in the Index is listed by condition - that is - diagnosis - signs -






48. 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






49. This is used to indicate that the service provided was required by a third-party payer - governmental - legislative - or regulatory body. This does not include second opinion requested by a patient - family member - or another physician.






50. Represents a new procedure or service code added since the previous edition of the manual.