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Medical Coding Basics

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1. per
Back part of the body.
Turning the palm or foot upward
Through
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

2. What are the two types of edits that the NCCI implements?
Major skin pigment
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
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.
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)

3. gastro/
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Stomach
Below
Epinephrine and Steriods

4. Malleolus
5. (ex 311.56)
Discharge - Flow
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Ankle

5. pneum/
New
Lung
Disease Condition
Treatment

6. salping/
Fallopian tubes
Inflammation
Liver
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.

7. What is in a Medical Record?
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Cheek Bone
Intestine
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient

8. Lateral
Side
Against
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
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9. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
Turning Inward
Bursting forth blood
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

10. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Wrist bones
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Lunula
Birth

11. -meter
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Discolored - flat lesion
Measure
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.

12. -pexy
Mouth
Surgical Fixation
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.

13. 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
Neck Bones
Four
Bone

14. Inversion
Suture
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Turning Inward
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

15. epi
False
Above
Skin
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

16. salping/
Fallopian tubes
Upper Jawbone
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.

17. -sclerosis
Front part of the body.
Toe Bones
Surgical Puncture
Hardening

18. dys
Forms the sides of the cranium
Upper Arm bone
Painful - difficult
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)

19. Short Bones
Major skin pigment
Lung
To view
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

20. What is Assignment of Benefits?
Stomach
In front of the temporal bones
Little - scanty
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.

21. Melanin
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Major skin pigment
Before - in front of
Fibrous bands of ligaments

22. -oma
Forms the sides of the cranium
Mass
Suture
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton

23. -centisis
Many
Surgical Puncture
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.
False

24. -scopy
Hardening
Measure
To view
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

25. mast/
Measure
Breast
To view
Removal - Excision - Resection

26. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
Fibrous bands of ligaments
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Absence of hair
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.

27. per
Suture
Lung
Through
Side

28. neo
Epinephrine and Steriods
Below
New
Forms the sides of the cranium

29. hyster/
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Middle of the body.
Uteris
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

30. What is CHAMPVA
Before
Surgical Repair
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Fibrous bands of ligaments

31. Malleolus
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Ankle
Skin
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.

32. What is the Appendicular Skeleton comprised of?
To cut into
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
New
Liver

33. oste/
Turning Inward
Movement away from the midline
Bone
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.

34. Ulna
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Visual Examination
Lower medial arm bone
Smaller - lateral leg bone

35. -sclerosis
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Hardening

36. endo
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
Within
Stomach

37. Anterior/Ventral
Turning the palm or foot upward
Disease Condition
Front part of the body.
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.

38. Collagen
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Movement away from the midline
No.

39. Cervical
Turning Outward
Lunula
Absence of hair
Neck Bones

40. Occipital Bone
Middle of the foot bone
Treatment
Forms the back of the skull
Shin

41. mast/
Moving backward
Surgical Fixation
Blood Condition
Breast

42. Short Bones
CMS
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Fat cell
Little - scanty

43. neo
New
Enlargement
1. For treatment (discussing the case with another professional)2.Payment (When providers submit claims on the patient's behalf).3. Operations: Staff training and Quality Improvement.
Gall bladder

44. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
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
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

45. Phalanx
Bone
Toe Bones
Inflammation
Lung

46. Temporal Bones
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

47. Metatarsal
Wrist bones
Skin
Middle of the foot bone
Discolored - flat lesion

48. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
3 (ex 311)
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.

49. What are Medical Ethics?
Ovary
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Hardening
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.

50. Infra
Below
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Osseous