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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What are bones made of?
Osseous
All
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Through

2. Coccygeal
1996
Lunula
Movement toward the midline
Coccyx (Tailbone)

3. salping/
Without
Fallopian tubes
Record
Forms the sides of the cranium

4. Posterior/Dorsal
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Back part of the body.
Upper Arm bone
Cheek Bone

5. Inferior nasal conchae
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Interior of the nose
Blood Condition
MM/DD/YY

6. -centisis
Surgical Puncture
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Mouth
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.

7. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Stomach
Hardening
Opening

8. a - an
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Without
Discolored - flat lesion
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

9. What is CHAMPVA
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Without
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

10. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Interior of the nose

11. cholecyst/
Gall bladder
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Removal - Excision - Resection
Coccyx (Tailbone)

12. mast/
3 (ex 311)
5. (ex 311.56)
Breast
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

13. -rrhea
MM/DD/YY
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
New
Discharge - Flow

14. supra
Head
Many
Surgical Fixation
Above

15. What are synovial joints?
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Interior of the nose

16. Collagen
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Stone
Fat cell
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.

17. Lumbar
4. (ex 311.0)
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Little - scanty
Lower Back

18. brady
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Slow
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Front part of the body.

19. Sagittal
No.
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Little - scanty

20. Cervical
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Osseous
Neck Bones
Wrist bones

21. hemi
Head
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Ankle
Half

22. Fibula
Stone
Head
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Milk

23. hepato/
Removal - Excision - Resection
Liver
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Office of Inspector General (OIG)

24. Eversion
Hardening
Below - deficient
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Turning Outward

25. Ulna
Against
Disease Condition
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Lower medial arm bone

26. lact/
Bones the palm of the hand
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Milk
Above

27. Maxilla
Tongue
Middle of the foot bone
Under
Upper Jawbone

28. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
Turning Inward
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Mass
3 (ex 311)

29. How are bones categorized?
Through
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
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton

30. -sclerosis
Under
Hardening
Disease Condition
Skin

31. Frontal - Coronal
Coccyx (Tailbone)
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.

32. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Between
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Sacrum

33. Metacarpals
Bones the palm of the hand
Nose
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
3 (ex 311)

34. -rrhaphy
Four
Suture
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Toe Bones

35. What are Medical Ethics?
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
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.
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity

36. cardi/
Heart
Removal - Excision - Resection
Front part of the body.
Measure

37. What is a compression fracture?
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Record
CMS

38. oophor
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
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Heart
Ovary

39. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
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
Karatin
To view
Separation - Breakdown

40. cephal/
Separation - Breakdown
Head
Turning Inward
CMS-1500

41. How is Usual - Customary and Reasonable pricing calculated?

42. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
MM/DD/YY
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Heart

43. Proximal
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Surgical Fixation
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Neck Bones

44. Metatarsal
All
Through
Middle of the foot bone
Cheek Bone

45. What is the name of the claim form that is standard for submitting claims?
CMS-1500
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)

46. ante
To cut into
Pain
Before
Below - deficient

47. Lacrimal Bones
Sacrum
Inflammation
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

48. Parietal Bones
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Abdomen
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Forms the sides of the cranium

49. What is the Appendicular Skeleton comprised of?
Cartilage
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Finger Bones
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton

50. -gram
Interior of the nose
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Ankle
Record