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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What is primary malignancy?
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Turning Inward
Cheek Bone
Measure

2. Inferior nasal conchae
Interior of the nose
MM/DD/YY
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
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

3. lapar/
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Abdomen
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.

4. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Surgical Fixation

5. When billing an insurance company - what information must be included?
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Mass
Under
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)

6. oophor
Finger Bones
Ovary
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Muscle

7. oste/
Suture
Mouth
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Bone

8. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Cheek Bone
1996
Mouth

9. Abduction
Bursting forth blood
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
Movement away from the midline
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands

10. Thoracic
Upper Back
Intestine
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Hematopoietic tissue

11. Tibia
Cheek Bone
Shin
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
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.

12. What is a Qualified Diagnosis
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Slow
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Muscle

13. cardi/
Heart
Stomach
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Bursting forth blood

14. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
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.
Many
Fallopian tubes
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

15. Flat Bones
Karatin
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Cartilage
Vulva

16. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Suture
Hind foot bone
Head
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

17. hin/
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Fallopian tubes
Nose
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

18. What are bones made of?
Treatment
Osseous
Front part of the body.
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

19. -rrhea
Discharge - Flow
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Below - deficient
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.

20. When are E codes used?
Below - deficient
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Gall bladder

21. -ectomy
Removal - Excision - Resection
Movement away from the midline
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Without

22. Mandible
Lower Jawbone
Before
Half
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

23. epi
Painful - difficult
Epinephrine and Steriods
Above
The bone is crushed or shattered.

24. Metacarpals
Lower Back
Surgical Repair
Bones the palm of the hand
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.

25. -scopy
Upper Jawbone
Visual Examination
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Before - in front of

26. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
All
Hind foot bone

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

28. Radius
Lower Back
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
In front of the temporal bones

29. oglio
Neck Bones
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Treatment
Little - scanty

30. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Intestine
Hardening
Record

31. Protraction
Moving forward
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
5
Record

32. Sphenoid Bones
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
In front of the temporal bones
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Turning the palm or foot upward

33. Gangrene
Moving forward
Painful - difficult
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

34. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
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
Nose
Under

35. What are bursae?
Cartilage
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.

36. How long should Medical Records be retained?
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Four
Vagina

37. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Upper Arm bone
Nose
Muscle
Hematopoietic tissue

38. What are the 3 layers of skin?
Cartilage
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
New
Cheek Bone

39. What is a compression fracture?
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Lower Back
Blood Condition
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.

40. Supination
Heart
Turning the palm or foot upward
Upper Arm bone
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

41. Who developed HCPCs codes?
CMS
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Above
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

42. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity

43. anti
Pain
Cheek Bone
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Against

44. hin/
Bone
Nose
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Within

45. What are bones connected together with?
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

46. Thoracic
Uteris
Beside
Upper Back
Sacrum

47. Frontal Bone
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Without
Moving backward
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

48. -itis
Finger Bones
3 (ex 311)
Inflammation
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

49. Impetigo
Ovary
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

50. -stomy
Enlargement
CMS
Opening
Interior of the nose