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Medical Coding Basics

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1. dys
Painful - difficult
Karatin
The bone is crushed or shattered.
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

2. tetra
Toe Bones
Four
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Lower medial arm bone

3. pan
All
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Neck Bones
Finger Bones

4. Thoracic
Hematopoietic tissue
Out - out of
Finger Bones
Upper Back

5. supra
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Above
Epinephrine and Steriods
Gall bladder

6. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
Under
Epinephrine and Steriods
Discolored - flat lesion
A change in the code description since the last edition.

7. -stomy
Opening
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Fat cell
A change in the code description since the last edition.

8. dys
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Disease Condition
5
Painful - difficult

9. Who does TRICARE cover?
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Stone
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.

10. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?
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 working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Side

11. -lysis
Separation - Breakdown
Upper Back
Ankle
Measure

12. Flat Bones
All
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

13. Alopecia
Movement toward the midline
Blood Condition
MM/DD/YY
Absence of hair

14. What are bursae?
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Vulva

15. What are bones made of?
Osseous
Smaller - lateral leg bone
In front of the temporal bones
Neck Bones

16. poly
Many
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.

17. cholecyst/
All
Ankle
Gall bladder
Heart

18. What is hair made of?
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.
Lower Back
Tongue
Karatin

19. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Bursting forth blood
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Lower Jawbone
Inflammation

20. What is Assignment of Benefits?
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Forms the back of the skull
Head

21. Inversion
Turning Inward
Below - deficient
Uteris
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

22. -itis
Major skin pigment
Bone
Inflammation
Under

23. Proximal
Ovary
Discolored - flat lesion
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Interior of the nose

24. pre
Neck Bones
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Opening
Before - in front of

25. -lysis
Mouth
No.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Separation - Breakdown

26. What are the two types of edits that the NCCI implements?
Breast
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.
Cartilage
Abnormal condition

27. Ulna
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Lower medial arm bone
Measure
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.

28. derm/
Mass
Skin
Disease Condition
Against

29. poly
Upper Jawbone
Surgical Puncture
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Many

30. Melanin
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Forms the back of the skull
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Major skin pigment

31. Sesamoid Bones
Upper roof of the mouth
Under
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Four

32. Wheal
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Beside
The bone is crushed or shattered.

33. hepato/
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Liver
Separation - Breakdown

34. Medial
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Middle of the body.
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Breast

35. chondro/
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
New
Cartilage

36. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Toe Bones
4. (ex 311.0)
Breast
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.

37. cardi/
Heart
Birth
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Upper roof of the mouth

38. Melanin
Stone
Forms the back of the skull
Hematopoietic tissue
Major skin pigment

39. Retraction
CMS
Moving backward
Liver
Side

40. Vomer
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Cheek Bone
Abdomen
Lunula

41. Abduction
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Movement away from the midline

42. pseudo
False
Measure
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Vagina

43. What is in a Medical Record?
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Little - scanty
Before
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

44. brady
Enlargement
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Slow
A change in the code description since the last edition.

45. enter/
Beside
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Lung
Intestine

46. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Neck Bones

47. lith/
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Suture
Stone
Turning the palm or foot upward

48. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Under
26
Forms the back of the skull

49. -emia
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Stone
Blood Condition
Hematopoietic tissue

50. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
Upper Back
Gall bladder
5
Epinephrine and Steriods