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Medical Coding Basics

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1. Short Bones
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Neck Bones
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Breast

2. ex
Disease Condition
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Out - out of

3. oglio
Little - scanty
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
MM/DD/YY
Shin

4. What is a compression fracture?
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Cheek Bone
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.

5. 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
False
Nose
Surgical Puncture

6. What is Assignment of Benefits?
Beside
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Out - out of

7. ante
Half
Inflammation
Stomach
Before

8. poly
Pain
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
Vagina
Many

9. Zygoma
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Finger Bones
Breast
Cheek Bone

10. What is Employee Liability Insurance?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.

11. What is CHAMPVA
Toe Bones
Middle of the foot bone
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Between

12. hepato/
CMS
Mouth
Turning Outward
Liver

13. What are bursae?
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Moving forward
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Upper Jawbone

14. -plasty
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Surgical Repair
Upper Back
Before

15. neo
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Smaller - lateral leg bone
New
Inflammation

16. Supination
Mouth
Turning the palm or foot upward
Cheek Bone
Opening

17. Humerus
Opening
Fallopian tubes
Upper Arm bone
Treatment

18. Tibia
Shin
Absence of hair
Intestine
Karatin

19. Posterior/Dorsal
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
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
Back part of the body.

20. Who developed HCPCs codes?
Major skin pigment
CMS
Upper Arm bone
Hematopoietic tissue

21. -scopy
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Visual Examination
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Finger Bones

22. Thoracic
Head
Upper Back
Liver
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)

23. Inferior nasal conchae
Forms the back of the skull
Hind foot bone
Interior of the nose
CMS-1500

24. Inferior nasal conchae
Major skin pigment
Interior of the nose
3 (ex 311)
Ankle

25. What are bones connected together with?
Heart
Within
Uteris
Fibrous bands of ligaments

26. inter
Between
Surgical Puncture
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
Discharge - Flow

27. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
Record
5. (ex 311.56)
Wrist bones
Abnormal condition

28. endo
Within
Abdomen
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
All

29. What is Employer Liability?

30. Who developed HCPCs codes?
4. (ex 311.0)
CMS
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin

31. hemi
Bursting forth blood
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Half
Mouth

32. Multigravida
Above
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Breast
Hardening

33. Phalanges
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Inflammation
Fat cell
Finger Bones

34. Posterior/Dorsal
Painful - difficult
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Osseous
Back part of the body.

35. Mandible
Discolored - flat lesion
Above
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Lower Jawbone

36. Macule
Below - deficient
New
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Discolored - flat lesion

37. oophor
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Ovary
Disease Condition
Visual Examination

38. Palatine Bones
Without
Upper roof of the mouth
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Milk

39. -therapy
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Hardening
Treatment
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

40. -megaly
Enlargement
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
New
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

41. colp/
Middle of the body.
Vagina
Below
1996

42. Frontal Bone
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Lower Jawbone

43. cholecyst/
Discolored - flat lesion
Neck Bones
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Gall bladder

44. Melanin
Abnormal condition
Major skin pigment
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Hind foot bone

45. -pexy
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Inflammation
Before
Surgical Fixation

46. -centisis
26
Pain
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Surgical Puncture

47. What are synovial joints?
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Abnormal condition
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.

48. What are bones connected together with?
Moving backward
Discharge - Flow
Fibrous bands of ligaments
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

49. lact/
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Opening
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Milk

50. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
Wrist bones
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Above
Cartilage