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Medical Coding Basics

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1. supra
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Above
Suture
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

2. Can you have TRICARE and CHAMPVA at the same time?
No.
5
Slow
5

3. Frontal Bone
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Surgical Procedure Performed -Local infiltration/metatarsal/digit block/anesthesia -Pre-Op E/M services on day before surgery -Immediate Post-Op care -Normal - uncomplicated Post-Op care

4. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
Forms the back of the skull
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
MM/DD/YY
Epinephrine and Steriods

5. Inversion
Turning Inward
Heart
Half
Lung

6. -scopy
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
To view
Without
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)

7. Infra
Many
Front part of the body.
Below
Heart

8. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
1996
Upper Jawbone
Uteris

9. Lateral
Side
Removal - Excision - Resection
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Ovary

10. What are the 3 classifications of Hypertension?
Through
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

11. oglio
Cartilage
Ovary
Movement toward the midline
Little - scanty

12. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Opening
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index

13. -therapy
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Discharge - Flow
Movement away from the midline
Treatment

14. Sesamoid Bones
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Absence of hair
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.

15. -ectomy
Removal - Excision - Resection
Bursting forth blood
Upper Jawbone
Upper Arm bone

16. Vomer
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
To cut into
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

17. poly
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
In front of the temporal bones
Many
Without

18. Macule
Abnormal condition
Birth
Discolored - flat lesion
Ovary

19. What is the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI)?
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Stone
Upper Arm bone

20. Sphenoid Bones
Toe Bones
Cartilage
In front of the temporal bones
Front part of the body.

21. What is primary malignancy?
1996
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Little - scanty
Middle of the body.

22. Cervical
5. (ex 311.56)
Surgical Repair
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Neck Bones

23. Fibula
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Fat cell

24. Phalanx
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
26
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Toe Bones

25. -sclerosis
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Hardening
Separation - Breakdown
Without

26. Short Bones
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.
Birth
Epinephrine and Steriods
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

27. -centisis
4. (ex 311.0)
Surgical Puncture
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Turning the palm or foot upward

28. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
5. (ex 311.56)
Little - scanty
Surgical Procedure Performed -Local infiltration/metatarsal/digit block/anesthesia -Pre-Op E/M services on day before surgery -Immediate Post-Op care -Normal - uncomplicated Post-Op care

29. Supination
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Turning the palm or foot upward
Before
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils

30. chondro/
Cartilage
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Moving backward
Upper Back

31. When are V codes used?
Separation - Breakdown
Forms the back of the skull
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
Middle of the body.

32. salping/
Fallopian tubes
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Stone
Finger Bones

33. brady
Slow
4. (ex 311.0)
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Shin

34. ante
Below
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Discolored - flat lesion
Before

35. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Surgical Repair
4. (ex 311.0)
Moving forward

36. stomat/
Mouth
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Many

37. Malleolus
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Ankle
Vagina
Above

38. derm/
Skin
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
The bone is crushed or shattered.

39. What is Employee Liability Insurance?
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.

40. inter
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Surgical Fixation
Between
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

41. -pexy
Surgical Fixation
Inflammation
Four
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

42. Phalanx
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Toe Bones
Little - scanty
Half

43. hin/
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Osseous
Nose
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils

44. Protraction
Disease Condition
Moving forward
Movement away from the midline
Surgical Fixation

45. What is Benign?
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Inflammation
Surgical Puncture
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.

46. Inversion
Turning Inward
3 (ex 311)
Milk
In front of the temporal bones

47. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
3 (ex 311)
Inflammation
Pain

48. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Middle of the foot bone
Beside
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

49. pan
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Hind foot bone
Surgical Procedure Performed -Local infiltration/metatarsal/digit block/anesthesia -Pre-Op E/M services on day before surgery -Immediate Post-Op care -Normal - uncomplicated Post-Op care
All

50. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Forms the back of the skull
Back part of the body.
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.