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Medical Coding Basics

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1. How are bones categorized?
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Cartilage

2. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Neck Bones
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Uteris
Hematopoietic tissue

3. What is the name of the claim form that is standard for submitting claims?
Lower medial arm bone
Vulva
CMS-1500
Intestine

4. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Nose
Treatment
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

5. How long should Medical Records be retained?
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
When a person who is not sick/injured seeks health services for a specific thing (immunizations - organ donors) -When a person with a chronic condition presents for specific treatment of that condition (diabtetes) -When a circumstance influences the
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Heart

6. Long Bones
Many
Epinephrine and Steriods
Back part of the body.
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.

7. Anterior/Ventral
Within
Through
4. (ex 311.0)
Front part of the body.

8. Who developed HCPCs codes?
Cheek Bone
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Within
CMS

9. -megaly
Enlargement
CMS
Ankle
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

10. Protraction
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Side
Treatment
Moving forward

11. enter/
Painful - difficult
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Intestine
Moving forward

12. -stomy
Surgical Puncture
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Opening
Vagina

13. lact/
Little - scanty
Birth
Milk
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.

14. Eversion
Heart
Stone
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Turning Outward

15. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
1. The amount of time - intensity of effort and medical skill required for the service 2.Overhead; the practice costs related to performing the service 3. Cost of Medical Malpractice insurance
4. (ex 311.0)
Neck Bones
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

16. Macule
Lunula
Forms the sides of the cranium
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Discolored - flat lesion

17. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Four
Painful - difficult
3 (ex 311)

18. -gram
Record
Treatment
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
3 (ex 311)

19. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
Under
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
5. (ex 311.56)
1. The amount of time - intensity of effort and medical skill required for the service 2.Overhead; the practice costs related to performing the service 3. Cost of Medical Malpractice insurance

20. -tomy
Little - scanty
CMS
To cut into
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.

21. Thoracic
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Upper Jawbone
Upper Back
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.

22. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?
Major skin pigment
When a person who is not sick/injured seeks health services for a specific thing (immunizations - organ donors) -When a person with a chronic condition presents for specific treatment of that condition (diabtetes) -When a circumstance influences the
Discolored - flat lesion
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

23. hemi
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Separation - Breakdown
New
Half

24. Lumbar
Wrist bones
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Between
Lower Back

25. pre
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Before - in front of
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.

26. Adduction
Separation - Breakdown
Lung
Movement toward the midline
Slow

27. Metacarpals
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Bones the palm of the hand
The bone is crushed or shattered.
1. Column 1/ Column 2; identified unbundled codes.2. Mutually Exclusive Edits: Codes that are unlikely to be performed on the same patient in the same day.

28. supra
Under
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Above

29. derm/
Opening
Skin
Shin
Head

30. Sphenoid Bones
Birth
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
In front of the temporal bones
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

31. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Bone
Fat cell
Above
The bone is crushed or shattered.

32. cardi/
Heart
Above
26
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.

33. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
All
Lower Jawbone
4. (ex 311.0)
Epinephrine and Steriods

34. Impetigo
Milk
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Heart
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

35. How many regions is the spinal/vertebral column divided into?
5
Sacrum
Breast
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)

36. Gangrene
Many
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Lung
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

37. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
5
5. (ex 311.56)
Suture

38. sub
Neck Bones
Liver
Movement toward the midline
Under

39. Vesicle
Upper Back
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium

40. Medial
Forms the back of the skull
Interior of the nose
Middle of the body.
1. The amount of time - intensity of effort and medical skill required for the service 2.Overhead; the practice costs related to performing the service 3. Cost of Medical Malpractice insurance

41. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Milk
To cut into
5

42. -rrhea
Fat cell
Discharge - Flow
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

43. Tibia
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Shin
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Against

44. endo
Bone
Stomach
Sacrum
Within

45. episi/
Head
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Vulva
Lower Back

46. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
3 (ex 311)
Turning Outward
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Tongue

47. Transverse/Cross Sectional
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Disease Condition
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.

48. tetra
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
False
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Four

49. Retraction
Above
Pain
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Moving backward

50. -algia
Pain
Before - in front of
Mouth
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.