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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
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.
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient

2. -rrhaphy
Suture
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Upper roof of the mouth
Surgical Repair

3. What is Employee Liability Insurance?
MM/DD/YY
Tongue
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Abdomen

4. -algia
Cartilage
Intestine
Measure
Pain

5. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
Above
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
1996

6. What are bones made of?
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Stomach
Measure
Osseous

7. What is a Complicated Fracture?
CMS
Vulva
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Lunula

8. endo
5. (ex 311.56)
Absence of hair
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Within

9. Short Bones
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Lunula
Forms the back of the skull

10. -sclerosis
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Hardening
Half
Wrist bones

11. Macule
Lung
Discolored - flat lesion
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Wrist bones

12. anti
In front of the temporal bones
Against
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

13. Sphenoid Bones
In front of the temporal bones
Turning the palm or foot upward
Lunula
Hardening

14. Occipital Bone
Forms the back of the skull
Fallopian tubes
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.

15. derm/
Enlargement
Skin
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Hardening

16. enter/
Four
Intestine
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Front part of the body.

17. Parietal Bones
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
To cut into
Shin
Forms the sides of the cranium

18. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Turning the palm or foot upward
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
The bone is crushed or shattered.

19. What are the key components of E/M?
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
1996
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.

20. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
The bone is crushed or shattered.
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Side
Turning the palm or foot upward

21. Zygoma
Cheek Bone
Above
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

22. Vesicle
Middle of the foot bone
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Movement away from the midline

23. oste/
Tongue
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Bone

24. tetra
Four
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Discolored - flat lesion
Beside

25. pre
Movement away from the midline
Hematopoietic tissue
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Before - in front of

26. Impetigo
Beside
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Discharge - Flow
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

27. arth/
To cut into
Many
Upper Jawbone
Cartilage

28. Cervical
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
Finger Bones
Neck Bones
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

29. a - an
Hardening
Without
Moving forward
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.

30. pre
Before - in front of
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Little - scanty
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

31. para
Opening
Turning Outward
Beside
Removal - Excision - Resection

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

33. Sesamoid Bones
Wrist bones
Before - in front of
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.

34. inter
Suture
Between
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin

35. hin/
Stone
Abnormal condition
Nose
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.

36. -meter
Tongue
Measure
Liver
Lunula

37. Thoracic
Cartilage
Wrist bones
Upper Back
Surgical Repair

38. neo
Under
Many
New
Skin

39. Anterior/Ventral
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Inflammation
Front part of the body.
Toe Bones

40. Who developed HCPCs codes?
Cartilage
CMS
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
No.

41. Mandible
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Bone
Lower Jawbone
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)

42. Tarsal
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Hind foot bone
Fallopian tubes
Surgical Repair

43. mast/
Through
Breast
Major skin pigment
Cheek Bone

44. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Enlargement
3 (ex 311)

45. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
Suture
Moving backward
3 (ex 311)
Separation - Breakdown

46. Sesamoid Bones
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Forms the sides of the cranium
MM/DD/YY

47. Tarsal
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Fallopian tubes
Hind foot bone
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.

48. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
Through
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
5. (ex 311.56)
Between

49. anti
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Separation - Breakdown
Against
Upper Back

50. What are the two types of edits that the NCCI implements?
Epinephrine and Steriods
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.
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.
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient