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Medical Coding Basics
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1. Sacral
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Major skin pigment
Sacrum
Muscle
2. Hypo
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
To cut into
Below - deficient
Forms the back of the skull
3. What is Benign?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Uteris
Below
Lung
4. cephal/
Head
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Lunula
5. Palatine Bones
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Upper roof of the mouth
6. -itis
Inflammation
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
7. dys
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Hind foot bone
Painful - difficult
8. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?
Abdomen
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Birth
9. Tibia
Shin
Below - deficient
Visual Examination
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
10. What is a Complicated Fracture?
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Surgical Repair
Tongue
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
11. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
The bone is crushed or shattered.
To view
Muscle
Vulva
12. -stomy
To cut into
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Opening
13. hyster/
Uteris
26
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
Abnormal condition
14. -lysis
Separation - Breakdown
Discolored - flat lesion
Fallopian tubes
Half
15. What are bones made of?
Osseous
Middle of the body.
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.
Suture
16. What are bones connected together with?
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Below
Separation - Breakdown
Heart
17. Can you have TRICARE and CHAMPVA at the same time?
No.
Little - scanty
Turning Outward
To cut into
18. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Turning Inward
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
19. chondro/
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Within
Cartilage
Pain
20. What is CHAMPVA
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Moving backward
Without
21. What is the name of the claim form that is standard for submitting claims?
CMS-1500
Liver
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
No.
22. How is Usual - Customary and Reasonable pricing calculated?
23. What is a Colles Fracture?
CMS-1500
To cut into
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Wrist bones
24. Anterior/Ventral
Moving backward
Front part of the body.
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Beside
25. -ectomy
Milk
Beside
Removal - Excision - Resection
Bones the palm of the hand
26. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Slow
Turning Inward
27. dys
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Painful - difficult
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
To view
28. Protraction
Fallopian tubes
Lower medial arm bone
Moving forward
Neck Bones
29. What are Medical Ethics?
Against
Painful - difficult
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
30. Gangrene
Interior of the nose
Above
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
31. -pexy
Lower medial arm bone
Surgical Fixation
Below - deficient
MM/DD/YY
32. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
Nose
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
33. -emia
Little - scanty
Blood Condition
Lower Back
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
34. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Nose
Movement toward the midline
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
35. enter/
Bones the palm of the hand
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Visual Examination
Intestine
36. What are bones connected together with?
Before
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Record
37. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
1996
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Vagina
Turning the palm or foot upward
38. Gangrene
False
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Separation - Breakdown
Coccyx (Tailbone)
39. What is the Appendicular Skeleton comprised of?
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Stomach
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
40. Sagittal
Blood Condition
MM/DD/YY
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Movement away from the midline
41. epi
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Above
Back part of the body.
42. How many regions is the spinal/vertebral column divided into?
Suture
5
Above
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
43. -rrhea
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Skin
Wrist bones
Discharge - Flow
44. Hypo
Epinephrine and Steriods
Below - deficient
Stone
Nose
45. arth/
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Discharge - Flow
Cartilage
Below - deficient
46. -tomy
To cut into
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Sacrum
Four
47. Radius
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
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
48. When are V codes used?
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
Ankle
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
Birth
49. Ethmoid Bone
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Intestine
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Enlargement
50. What is the Appendicular Skeleton comprised of?
Turning Inward
To view
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.