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Medical Coding Basics

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1. hin/
Nose
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
New
Painful - difficult

2. cardi/
Wrist bones
Forms the back of the skull
Tongue
Heart

3. What is secondary malignancy?
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Turning the palm or foot upward
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
To cut into

4. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Little - scanty
In front of the temporal bones
Pain
4. (ex 311.0)

5. -scopy
Movement toward the midline
Finger Bones
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
To view

6. lapar/
Moving backward
Abdomen
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
A change in the code description since the last edition.

7. a - an
Without
Hardening
Pain
Intestine

8. Vesicle
Many
Surgical Repair
Lunula
Small collection of clear fluid; blister

9. -therapy
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Discharge - Flow
Treatment

10. tetra
Four
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Major skin pigment

11. Sphenoid Bones
Abnormal condition
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
In front of the temporal bones
To view

12. epi
Below - deficient
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Middle of the foot bone
Above

13. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Liver
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Separation - Breakdown

14. lith/
Stone
Treatment
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity

15. Ulna
Lower medial arm bone
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
Heart
Hardening

16. Ulna
Lower medial arm bone
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Within
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.

17. Mandible
Measure
Forms the sides of the cranium
Lower Jawbone
Liver

18. Anterior/Ventral
Front part of the body.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Slow
Absence of hair

19. Sacral
Middle of the body.
Sacrum
Record
Surgical Puncture

20. How many bones are in the spine?
26
Karatin
Movement away from the midline
Mouth

21. Melanin
Major skin pigment
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Below
To view

22. cardi/
Nose
Wrist bones
Heart
Disease Condition

23. per
4. (ex 311.0)
Through
CMS-1500
Cartilage

24. Short Bones
Head
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

25. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
Side
Measure
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
Between

26. Occipital Bone
Lower Back
Cheek Bone
Forms the back of the skull
Abdomen

27. What are the key components of E/M?
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Below - deficient
Upper Jawbone
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands

28. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
Back part of the body.
Front part of the body.
5. (ex 311.56)
Absence of hair

29. -gram
Separation - Breakdown
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Record
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.

30. Macule
Visual Examination
CMS
Painful - difficult
Discolored - flat lesion

31. What is secondary malignancy?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
1996
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

32. sub
Under
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Sacrum
Separation - Breakdown

33. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
Cartilage
Between
1996
Above

34. Posterior/Dorsal
Side
Milk
Turning the palm or foot upward
Back part of the body.

35. When are E codes used?
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

36. Lacrimal Bones
Osseous
Hind foot bone
Separation - Breakdown
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

37. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Beside
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
3 (ex 311)

38. -sclerosis
New
1996
Hardening
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.

39. -osis
Wrist bones
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Abnormal condition

40. Frontal Bone
Turning Inward
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Mass
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

41. -emia
All
Blood Condition
Wrist bones
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

42. -itis
Heart
No.
Inflammation
Treatment

43. chondro/
Many
Cartilage
5
Turning the palm or foot upward

44. lact/
Milk
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.

45. -megaly
To view
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Enlargement
Measure

46. neo
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
Moving backward
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
New

47. -scopy
Measure
To view
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.

48. Infra
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Below
Lunula
Shin

49. What are bursae?
Heart
Moving backward
Four
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.

50. Lateral
Half
Turning Outward
Side
Abdomen