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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Bursting forth blood
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.

2. Frontal - Coronal
Surgical Repair
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Slow
Upper Arm bone

3. -sclerosis
Hardening
Blood Condition
Milk
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4. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
1996
Turning the palm or foot upward
Back part of the body.
Movement away from the midline

5. What are bones made of?
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Osseous
Turning Outward

6. Collagen
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Through
Four

7. Proximal
Against
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.
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
1996

8. When can a provider share PHI without specific permission from the patient?

9. arth/
Enlargement
Head
Cartilage
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

10. Coccygeal
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

11. What is CHAMPVA
Forms the sides of the cranium
Epinephrine and Steriods
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.

12. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Beside
Lower medial arm bone
Head
Lunula

13. Vomer
Turning the palm or foot upward
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils

14. Cervical
Lunula
Neck Bones
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Hematopoietic tissue

15. Inferior nasal conchae
Back part of the body.
Turning Inward
Interior of the nose
Upper Jawbone

16. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Side
Heart
Hardening
The bone is crushed or shattered.

17. hyster/
Uteris
Moving forward
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

18. What is a Qualified Diagnosis
Tongue
Hematopoietic tissue
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.

19. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
Discharge - Flow
Birth
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

20. -rrhea
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Discharge - Flow
Between
Uteris

21. -stomy
Upper Jawbone
Bone
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Opening

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

23. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?
Cartilage
MM/DD/YY
Bones the palm of the hand
Through

24. Inversion
Birth
3 (ex 311)
Turning Inward
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

25. Ulna
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Lower medial arm bone
Bursting forth blood
Fat cell

26. What is hair made of?
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
CMS-1500
Karatin
Milk

27. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Finger Bones
4. (ex 311.0)
Osseous
Discharge - Flow

28. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
No.
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

29. oglio
Little - scanty
Nose
Toe Bones
Interior of the nose

30. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
Above
Moving backward
1996
Epinephrine and Steriods

31. Macule
Lung
Discolored - flat lesion
Out - out of
Turning Inward

32. What is Employer Liability?

33. myo/
Without
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Muscle

34. lact/
Surgical Puncture
Milk
Hematopoietic tissue
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)

35. Sphenoid Bones
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Below - deficient
In front of the temporal bones

36. What are the 3 layers of skin?
Mouth
Record
Half
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer

37. a - an
Without
Against
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Mouth

38. hemi
Above
Half
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.

39. What are the key components of E/M?
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Lower Jawbone
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Office of Inspector General (OIG)

40. Carpals
A change in the code description since the last edition.
New
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Wrist bones

41. Mandible
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Upper roof of the mouth
Lower Jawbone
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

42. -lysis
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Separation - Breakdown
Hardening
Opening

43. Distal
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
To view
Upper Arm bone

44. pneum/
Through
Fat cell
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Lung

45. Wheal
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Heart
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin

46. stomat/
Under
Turning Inward
Mouth
Lunula

47. -osis
All
Abnormal condition
4. (ex 311.0)
Upper Arm bone

48. ex
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Out - out of
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

49. hyster/
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Uteris
Record
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient

50. Posterior/Dorsal
Back part of the body.
5. (ex 311.56)
Hind foot bone
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.