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Medical Coding Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. What are bones made of?






2. anti






3. Frontal Bone






4. -oma






5. Adduction






6. -therapy






7. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?






8. Coccygeal






9. pan






10. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?






11. Cervical






12. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?






13. What are bones made of?






14. enter/






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


16. What are bones connected together with?






17. Ulna






18. Zygoma






19. mast/






20. colp/






21. Medial






22. What is CHAMPVA






23. poly






24. Frontal - Coronal






25. What are the two types of edits that the NCCI implements?






26. What are the two types of edits that the NCCI implements?






27. What are the insides of bones comprised of?






28. What is the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL)?






29. Who developed HCPCs codes?






30. -megaly






31. Ethmoid Bone






32. Sesamoid Bones






33. Palatine Bones






34. Multigravida






35. Supination






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






37. Short Bones






38. Phalanges






39. Mandible






40. Humerus






41. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?






42. pneum/






43. para






44. -rrhagia






45. brady






46. gastro/






47. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?






48. Parietal Bones






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


50. What is a Colles Fracture?