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Medical Coding Basics

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1. Supination
Moving forward
Turning the palm or foot upward
Forms the back of the skull
No.

2. Who investigates and prosecutes Health Care fraud?
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Stone
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
A change in the code description since the last edition.

3. pneum/
Lung
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
Surgical Puncture
Disease Condition

4. -centisis
Bone
Moving backward
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Surgical Puncture

5. Sphenoid Bones
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
In front of the temporal bones
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

6. nat/
26
Removal - Excision - Resection
Breast
Birth

7. gastro/
Toe Bones
Stomach
Discharge - Flow
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

8. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
5. (ex 311.56)
False
Stone
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

9. Gangrene
Forms the sides of the cranium
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Mass
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

10. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Vagina
Sacrum
Bone

11. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?
MM/DD/YY
Treatment
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Discharge - Flow

12. How many bones are in the spine?
Muscle
26
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Liver

13. -plasty
Hardening
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
Surgical Repair
Mouth

14. para
Beside
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

15. When are E codes used?
Moving forward
Wrist bones
Hind foot bone
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.

16. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
1996
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Stomach
Fat cell

17. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
A change in the code description since the last edition.
To cut into
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

18. Hypo
Below - deficient
Out - out of
Before
5. (ex 311.56)

19. Melanin
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Below - deficient
Major skin pigment
New

20. Flat Bones
Mouth
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Nose

21. -ectomy
Removal - Excision - Resection
Turning Outward
Tongue
Beside

22. Proximal
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Vulva
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.

23. Lateral
Ankle
Side
Lunula
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

24. Temporal Bones
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
To cut into

25. Macule
Discolored - flat lesion
Abdomen
Forms the sides of the cranium
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

26. Inversion
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Cheek Bone
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Turning Inward

27. Occipital Bone
Forms the back of the skull
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Nose
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin

28. Fibula
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Measure
Smaller - lateral leg bone

29. Cervical
Osseous
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Neck Bones
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

30. Long Bones
Upper Back
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Bone
Skin

31. Lumbar
Blood Condition
Shin
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Lower Back

32. Metacarpals
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Bones the palm of the hand
Front part of the body.
A change in the code description since the last edition.

33. ex
Pain
Discharge - Flow
Major skin pigment
Out - out of

34. hemi
Gall bladder
Half
Mouth
4. (ex 311.0)

35. -gram
Disease Condition
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Middle of the foot bone
Record

36. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
Front part of the body.
Liver
Upper Arm bone
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

37. How is Usual - Customary and Reasonable pricing calculated?

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38. Who developed HCPCs codes?
CMS
Birth
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Disease Condition

39. What is Benign?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Hardening
Intestine
Middle of the foot bone

40. What is the name of the claim form that is standard for submitting claims?
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
CMS-1500
Forms the sides of the cranium

41. myo/
Surgical Fixation
Muscle
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
Uteris

42. -oma
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Mass
New

43. epi
Above
Without
Heart
To cut into

44. Collagen
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Mass
Beside

45. Anterior/Ventral
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Front part of the body.
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Lung

46. Who investigates and prosecutes Health Care fraud?
Before
Head
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.

47. -lysis
Lung
Muscle
Separation - Breakdown
Vagina

48. What is a Complicated Fracture?
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
3 (ex 311)
Fallopian tubes

49. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Hematopoietic tissue
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Bones the palm of the hand
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.

50. pan
All
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Little - scanty