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Medical Coding Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Inversion






2. How many regions is the spinal/vertebral column divided into?






3. Hypo






4. -megaly






5. salping/






6. Sphenoid Bones






7. Metacarpals






8. -pexy






9. Metatarsal






10. dys






11. Medial






12. Frontal - Coronal






13. hyster/






14. cardi/






15. Impetigo






16. colp/






17. per






18. What is CHAMPVA






19. mast/






20. Hypo






21. What are bones connected together with?






22. How long should Medical Records be retained?






23. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?






24. -meter






25. Metatarsal






26. gastro/






27. endo






28. Carpals






29. -lysis






30. Melanin






31. lact/






32. Humerus






33. What is a Comminuted Fracture?






34. sub






35. What is primary malignancy?






36. What is Benign?






37. Zygoma






38. Humerus






39. Cervical






40. Palatine Bones






41. What are Medical Ethics?






42. Parietal Bones






43. hepato/






44. supra






45. When are E codes used?






46. Distal






47. What is Assignment of Benefits?






48. How are bones categorized?






49. Multigravida






50. epi