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Medical Coding Basics

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1. Distal
3 (ex 311)
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Gall bladder

2. Frontal Bone
Lower Jawbone
1. For treatment (discussing the case with another professional)2.Payment (When providers submit claims on the patient's behalf).3. Operations: Staff training and Quality Improvement.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

3. Inversion
Below
Stomach
1996
Turning Inward

4. Humerus
Without
Upper Arm bone
Ankle
Beside

5. mast/
Breast
Shin
Fat cell
Four

6. What is Employer Liability?

7. Ethmoid Bone
Bursting forth blood
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Intestine

8. -algia
Toe Bones
Pain
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

9. inter
Milk
Nose
Toe Bones
Between

10. What are bones made of?
Osseous
Lung
Lower Back
Milk

11. mast/
Coccyx (Tailbone)
To view
Breast
Ovary

12. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?
Ovary
MM/DD/YY
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.

13. hin/
Lower medial arm bone
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
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.
Nose

14. Who investigates and prosecutes Health Care fraud?
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Disease Condition
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Mouth

15. Flat Bones
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Half
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
The bone is crushed or shattered.

16. epi
Above
Vulva
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Mouth

17. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Four
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Between
Bones the palm of the hand

18. Inversion
Below
Sacrum
Turning Inward
Stomach

19. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Karatin
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Hind foot bone
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

20. Palatine Bones
5. (ex 311.56)
Upper roof of the mouth
Lunula
Inflammation

21. -emia
Turning the palm or foot upward
Blood Condition
Abdomen
CMS-1500

22. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
Epinephrine and Steriods
Painful - difficult
Toe Bones
Lower medial arm bone

23. What is a compression fracture?
Little - scanty
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Above
Birth

24. What is primary malignancy?
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Fibrous bands of ligaments

25. colp/
New
Within
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Vagina

26. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
Removal - Excision - Resection
Neck Bones
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Many

27. Phalanx
Toe Bones
Hind foot bone
Without
Inflammation

28. What are bursae?
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Beside
Opening

29. Radius
Out - out of
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
5. (ex 311.56)
Vulva

30. Sesamoid Bones
Ovary
Treatment
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)

31. Frontal Bone
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.
CMS-1500
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Front part of the body.

32. Coccygeal
Coccyx (Tailbone)
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Between
Muscle

33. When billing an insurance company - what information must be included?
Movement toward the midline
Discolored - flat lesion
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

34. episi/
Osseous
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Movement toward the midline
Vulva

35. Metacarpals
Breast
Liver
Forms the back of the skull
Bones the palm of the hand

36. derm/
Skin
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Vagina

37. When can a provider share PHI without specific permission from the patient?

38. derm/
To view
Lower Jawbone
Skin
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.

39. ex
Cartilage
Slow
Out - out of
Treatment

40. tetra
Interior of the nose
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.
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Four

41. Malleolus
Between
Interior of the nose
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Ankle

42. ex
Out - out of
Liver
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Vagina

43. Humerus
Upper Arm bone
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
4. (ex 311.0)
Shin

44. oophor
Ovary
Below - deficient
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Forms the sides of the cranium

45. -itis
Karatin
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Lower medial arm bone
Inflammation

46. When are V codes used?
Disease Condition
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
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

47. tetra
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Four
Nose
Interior of the nose

48. -osis
Abnormal condition
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Toe Bones
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.

49. -tomy
Breast
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
To cut into

50. -plasty
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Surgical Repair
CMS-1500
Turning Inward