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Medical Coding Basics

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1. colp/
Mass
Vagina
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

2. Sphenoid Bones
New
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
In front of the temporal bones

3. Tibia
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Through
Record
Shin

4. What is hair made of?
Surgical Puncture
Removal - Excision - Resection
Karatin
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

5. What is Employee Liability Insurance?
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Muscle
Toe Bones
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

6. Short Bones
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
1996
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Cartilage

7. Lumbar
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
All
Lower Back
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

8. Distal
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Stone
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

9. What is primary malignancy?
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Middle of the body.
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.

10. How many bones are in the spine?
26
Ovary
Without
Ovary

11. -meter
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Measure
Finger Bones
Lower Jawbone

12. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Many
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Opening
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin

13. mast/
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Breast
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Upper Back

14. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
Disease Condition
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
1996

15. Protraction
Moving forward
4. (ex 311.0)
4. (ex 311.0)
Breast

16. What are bones connected together with?
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Wrist bones
Fibrous bands of ligaments

17. oste/
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Back part of the body.
Bone
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.

18. What is CHAMPVA
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

19. Sacral
Absence of hair
Sacrum
Half
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. -scopy
Removal - Excision - Resection
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
26
Visual Examination

21. Adduction
Movement toward the midline
Surgical Procedure Performed -Local infiltration/metatarsal/digit block/anesthesia -Pre-Op E/M services on day before surgery -Immediate Post-Op care -Normal - uncomplicated Post-Op care
Upper Jawbone
Turning Outward

22. Fibula
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Turning Outward
Hematopoietic tissue
Slow

23. lapar/
Karatin
Separation - Breakdown
Abdomen
Liver

24. ante
All
Turning the palm or foot upward
Before
Stone

25. -stomy
Muscle
Painful - difficult
Upper Back
Opening

26. pseudo
Without
False
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Forms the sides of the cranium

27. para
Beside
Blood Condition
5
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

28. a - an
Without
Inflammation
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Smaller - lateral leg bone

29. Temporal Bones
In front of the temporal bones
Upper Arm bone
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
4. (ex 311.0)

30. Parietal Bones
Pain
Forms the sides of the cranium
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Below

31. anti
Major skin pigment
Cheek Bone
Against
Muscle

32. Melanin
Uteris
Blood Condition
Major skin pigment
Surgical Fixation

33. -osis
Mouth
Abnormal condition
Breast
False

34. Flat Bones
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Hematopoietic tissue
MM/DD/YY
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)

35. a - an
Without
Fat cell
Osseous
Lung

36. -pexy
Upper Arm bone
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Surgical Fixation
Wrist bones

37. hepato/
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Breast
Sacrum
Liver

38. Coccygeal
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Treatment
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
Liver

39. enter/
Intestine
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Front part of the body.
Movement toward the midline

40. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Absence of hair
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

41. When billing an insurance company - what information must be included?
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Absence of hair
Cartilage
Before - in front of

42. Tarsal
Vagina
Hind foot bone
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Tongue

43. What is hair made of?
Karatin
Breast
Middle of the foot bone
Lower medial arm bone

44. How are bones categorized?
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
CMS-1500
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

45. pre
Before - in front of
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.

46. dys
Surgical Repair
Painful - difficult
Before
Toe Bones

47. Infra
Little - scanty
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Below
Lung

48. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
Beside
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Cartilage
A change in the code description since the last edition.

49. Frontal Bone
Milk
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

50. Zygoma
Sacrum
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Upper roof of the mouth
Cheek Bone