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Test your basic knowledge |

Medical Coding Basics

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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 bursae?






2. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?






3. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?






4. What does a Surgical Package (aka Global Surgery) include?






5. arth/






6. Short Bones






7. Sagittal






8. Vomer






9. episi/






10. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?






11. Anterior/Ventral






12. How many bones are in the spine?






13. nat/






14. Cervical






15. -scopy






16. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?






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






18. What are synovial joints?






19. Adduction






20. Frontal - Coronal






21. Inversion






22. -megaly






23. para






24. What is secondary malignancy?






25. Hypo






26. pre






27. -algia






28. -pathy






29. Collagen






30. What are the 5 regions of the spine?






31. Collagen






32. Vesicle






33. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?






34. What is Carcinoma in situ?






35. cephal/






36. -tomy






37. Phalanx






38. What is Fiscal Intermediary?






39. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)






40. inter






41. Lateral






42. Cervical






43. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?






44. Posterior/Dorsal






45. Macule






46. What is a Qualified Diagnosis






47. Ethmoid Bone






48. Adduction






49. What is a compression fracture?






50. Supination






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