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Medical Coding Basics

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1. Who investigates and prosecutes Health Care fraud?
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)

2. neo
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Hardening
New
Turning Inward

3. What is the name of the claim form that is standard for submitting claims?
Moving backward
CMS-1500
Bursting forth blood
Nose

4. Short Bones
Major skin pigment
False
Mass
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

5. inter
Between
Upper Back
Karatin
Moving backward

6. hemi
Half
Heart
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Middle of the body.

7. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Surgical Fixation
Enlargement
MM/DD/YY

8. enter/
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
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
Slow
Intestine

9. Cervical
Neck Bones
Hind foot bone
Liver
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.

10. para
Beside
Bone
Upper Back
Upper Arm bone

11. What are synovial joints?
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
5

12. hin/
To view
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Nose
Suture

13. Posterior/Dorsal
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Back part of the body.
Turning Outward
Without

14. stomat/
Enlargement
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Mouth
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

15. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
Lunula
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.

16. What is a Qualified Diagnosis
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Enlargement

17. Sacral
Sacrum
Milk
Breast
Stone

18. per
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
5
Through

19. What is Assignment of Benefits?
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Discolored - flat lesion

20. Metatarsal
Middle of the foot bone
Bone
Surgical Repair
Back part of the body.

21. Sagittal
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Abnormal condition
Epinephrine and Steriods
Mouth

22. What is the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL)?
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

23. -emia
Above
Treatment
Visual Examination
Blood Condition

24. Palatine Bones
Neck Bones
Fallopian tubes
Upper roof of the mouth
Pain

25. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Neck Bones
Hind foot bone
4. (ex 311.0)
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.

26. pan
Above
All
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Between

27. -stomy
Many
Opening
Abdomen
Major skin pigment

28. -osis
Abnormal condition
Removal - Excision - Resection
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
Out - out of

29. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Finger Bones
Stomach
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. What is Employee Liability Insurance?
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Forms the back of the skull
No.
Removal - Excision - Resection

31. Abduction
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Movement away from the midline
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

32. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
MM/DD/YY
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Vulva
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

33. anti
Middle of the foot bone
Against
Toe Bones
Below

34. Frontal - Coronal
Beside
Forms the sides of the cranium
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Many

35. Adduction
Movement toward the midline
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Under
Neck Bones

36. -rrhea
Middle of the body.
Discharge - Flow
Stone
Osseous

37. sub
Under
Intestine
Skin
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.

38. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Through
Heart
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.

39. Ulna
Vagina
Surgical Fixation
Lower medial arm bone
Removal - Excision - Resection

40. ex
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Separation - Breakdown
Out - out of
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

41. Inversion
Removal - Excision - Resection
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Turning Inward
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

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

43. Collagen
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Abdomen
Middle of the body.

44. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Visual Examination
Hematopoietic tissue
Four
Before

45. nat/
Birth
Ankle
MM/DD/YY
Under

46. What are the 3 layers of skin?
Under
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Coccyx (Tailbone)

47. -rrhaphy
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Measure
Suture
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

48. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Painful - difficult
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.

49. epi
Fallopian tubes
Above
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
To view

50. Medial
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Muscle
Middle of the body.
Lunula