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Medical Coding Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are bursae?
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Movement toward the midline
Toe Bones
Blood Condition

2. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
Mouth
Absence of hair
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
1996

3. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
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
Before - in front of
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)

4. What does a Surgical Package (aka Global Surgery) include?
Mass
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
Finger Bones
Cartilage

5. arth/
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.
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Treatment
Cartilage

6. Short Bones
Within
Major skin pigment
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Lunula

7. Sagittal
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Above
Opening
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)

8. Vomer
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
4. (ex 311.0)
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils

9. episi/
Vulva
Half
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
3 (ex 311)

10. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Side
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index

11. Anterior/Ventral
Front part of the body.
Treatment
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Through

12. How many bones are in the spine?
Below
Through
Sacrum
26

13. nat/
Liver
Birth
Lower Back
Blood Condition

14. Cervical
Forms the back of the skull
Within
Neck Bones
Four

15. -scopy
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Visual Examination
5
Middle of the body.

16. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
Upper Arm bone
1996
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
Surgical Puncture

17. How many regions is the spinal/vertebral column divided into?
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
5
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Abnormal condition

18. What are synovial joints?
Back part of the body.
Cartilage
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Painful - difficult

19. Adduction
Karatin
Through
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Movement toward the midline

20. Frontal - Coronal
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Before
Upper Jawbone
5. (ex 311.56)

21. Inversion
Turning Inward
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Enlargement
Smaller - lateral leg bone

22. -megaly
Enlargement
CMS-1500
Upper Arm bone
To cut into

23. para
Beside
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Turning Inward
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)

24. What is secondary malignancy?
Epinephrine and Steriods
To cut into
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Bursting forth blood

25. Hypo
Moving forward
Painful - difficult
Slow
Below - deficient

26. pre
To view
Removal - Excision - Resection
Below - deficient
Before - in front of

27. -algia
Movement away from the midline
Pain
Hind foot bone
Side

28. -pathy
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Disease Condition
Breast
Milk

29. Collagen
Without
Before
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.

30. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Epinephrine and Steriods
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

31. Collagen
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
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)
Lower Back

32. Vesicle
Fat cell
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity

33. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
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
1. The provider's usual charge for the service 2. The average charge of all the other providers in the same geographical area 3. The actual charge submitted on the claim The lowest amount is used as basis for the payment.
4. (ex 311.0)
Fibrous bands of ligaments

34. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Enlargement
Turning Inward
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

35. cephal/
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Bursting forth blood
Upper Jawbone
Head

36. -tomy
Below - deficient
Before
To cut into
Upper Back

37. Phalanx
Cartilage
Toe Bones
3 (ex 311)
Blood Condition

38. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
Slow
Lung
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.

39. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Upper Jawbone
Blood Condition
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

40. inter
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.
Between
Tongue
Turning Inward

41. Lateral
Side
Sacrum
26
Uteris

42. Cervical
Record
Neck Bones
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Opening

43. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
Turning Inward
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
Middle of the body.
Epinephrine and Steriods

44. Posterior/Dorsal
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
5. (ex 311.56)
Back part of the body.
Intestine

45. Macule
Discolored - flat lesion
Little - scanty
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Neck Bones

46. What is a Qualified Diagnosis
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Lung

47. Ethmoid Bone
Upper Back
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Major skin pigment
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)

48. Adduction
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.
Fallopian tubes
Movement toward the midline
Intestine

49. What is a compression fracture?
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Middle of the body.
1996

50. Supination
Upper Arm bone
Turning the palm or foot upward
Upper roof of the mouth
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.