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Medical Coding Basics

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1. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?






2. Multigravida






3. Zygoma






4. What are the insides of bones comprised of?






5. hepato/






6. -lysis






7. hin/






8. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?






9. Maxilla






10. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?






11. What are the two types of edits that the NCCI implements?






12. -osis






13. epi






14. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?






15. What is in a Medical Record?






16. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?






17. Flat Bones






18. mast/






19. What is Benign?






20. -sclerosis






21. What is secondary malignancy?






22. Wheal






23. What is Carcinoma in situ?






24. Coccygeal






25. -centisis






26. How are bones categorized?






27. -scopy






28. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?






29. oophor






30. Carpals






31. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?






32. How many bones are in the spine?






33. What is secondary malignancy?






34. Humerus






35. Metacarpals






36. Hypo






37. hemi






38. Who developed HCPCs codes?






39. pneum/






40. Thoracic






41. colp/






42. -meter






43. -pathy






44. arth/






45. What is primary malignancy?






46. pneum/






47. -therapy






48. colp/






49. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?






50. tetra