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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
No.
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Under

2. lapar/
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
3 (ex 311)
Abdomen
Head

3. -plasty
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Surgical Repair

4. -plasty
Suture
Surgical Repair
Fat cell
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

5. -centisis
Cheek 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
Middle of the foot bone
Surgical Puncture

6. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
1996
Upper roof of the mouth
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Against

7. -gram
Record
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Discharge - Flow
Nose

8. What is the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI)?
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Removal - Excision - Resection
Vagina
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.

9. Malleolus
Shin
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Moving backward
Ankle

10. How are bones categorized?
Without
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton

11. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

12. Distal
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Surgical Fixation
Side
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

13. -scopy
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Lower medial arm bone
To view

14. Retraction
Turning the palm or foot upward
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Stone
Moving backward

15. Sacral
Sacrum
Side
Treatment
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

16. -pathy
Skin
Disease Condition
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Against

17. Abduction
Abnormal condition
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Movement away from the midline
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.

18. -tomy
5. (ex 311.56)
Toe Bones
Vulva
To cut into

19. a - an
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Within
Liver
Without

20. a - an
Upper Arm bone
Lung
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Without

21. Radius
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Muscle
Middle of the foot bone
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

22. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Surgical Puncture
5. (ex 311.56)

23. -therapy
Uteris
Treatment
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
The bone is crushed or shattered.

24. Who does TRICARE cover?
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Disease Condition
Surgical Puncture
Surgical Puncture

25. Proximal
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
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.

26. arth/
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Cartilage
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Half

27. Maxilla
Upper Jawbone
Against
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Upper roof of the mouth

28. Tibia
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.
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Upper Jawbone
Shin

29. -oma
Without
Mass
Upper Back
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

30. Metacarpals
Bones the palm of the hand
Surgical Puncture
Forms the sides of the cranium
Four

31. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
MM/DD/YY
Visual Examination
Bone

32. epi
Above
Hind foot bone
Surgical Repair
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

33. Distal
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Heart
Inflammation
False

34. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

35. -rrhaphy
Above
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Without
Suture

36. -rrhea
Discharge - Flow
To cut into
Abnormal condition
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity

37. per
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Before
Removal - Excision - Resection
Through

38. Posterior/Dorsal
Cartilage
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.
Discolored - flat lesion

39. pan
New
Middle of the foot bone
All
Before - in front of

40. Sesamoid Bones
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Abnormal condition
Forms the sides of the cranium
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)

41. Sacral
Lunula
Front part of the body.
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Sacrum

42. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Hardening
Lunula

43. ante
Record
Many
Surgical Repair
Before

44. -emia
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Blood Condition
Finger Bones
Through

45. Vomer
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils

46. lact/
Heart
Milk
Cartilage
Absence of hair

47. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
Ovary
Lunula
Muscle
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index

48. Long Bones
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Liver
All
1996

49. Tarsal
Liver
Hind foot bone
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Birth

50. Flat Bones
Abdomen
Without
Cartilage
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)