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Medical Coding Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Retraction
Below
To cut into
Moving backward
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)

2. -rrhagia
Milk
Mass
Bursting forth blood
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

3. Transverse/Cross Sectional
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Beside
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
False

4. Sacral
Finger Bones
Sacrum
Below
Coccyx (Tailbone)

5. -oma
Mass
Heart
Disease Condition
Tongue

6. Supination
Disease Condition
Turning the palm or foot upward
Neck Bones
Upper Arm bone

7. Sagittal
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Upper Arm bone
Bone

8. Metacarpals
Many
Bones the palm of the hand
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Side

9. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
False

10. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
3 (ex 311)
Removal - Excision - Resection
New
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

11. Frontal - Coronal
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Before - in front of
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Painful - difficult

12. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Shin
Hematopoietic tissue
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.

13. Phalanx
Karatin
Toe Bones
Against
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

14. inter
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Separation - Breakdown
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Between

15. When billing an insurance company - what information must be included?
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
1996
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

16. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?
Abdomen
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Hardening
MM/DD/YY

17. How are bones categorized?
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Abdomen
Pain
New

18. What is a compression fracture?
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Birth
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.

19. Can you have TRICARE and CHAMPVA at the same time?
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
No.
Moving backward
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

20. arth/
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Measure
Stomach
Cartilage

21. How is Usual - Customary and Reasonable pricing calculated?

22. stomat/
Mouth
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Lower Jawbone
1996

23. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
Opening
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
4. (ex 311.0)
CMS

24. Flat Bones
Finger Bones
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Back part of the body.
Enlargement

25. Long Bones
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Lower Jawbone
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton

26. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Lunula
Beside
Before - in front of
CMS

27. Long Bones
Heart
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.

28. Vesicle
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
5. (ex 311.56)
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Small collection of clear fluid; blister

29. Macule
Discolored - flat lesion
Below
Finger Bones
Fibrous bands of ligaments

30. How is Usual - Customary and Reasonable pricing calculated?

31. Ulna
Lower medial arm bone
Record
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
All

32. -scopy
To view
Beside
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
In front of the temporal bones

33. hemi
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Half
Abnormal condition
Smaller - lateral leg bone

34. Who does TRICARE cover?
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Slow
Against
Nose

35. What are bursae?
Head
Pain
Surgical Fixation
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.

36. Hypo
Front part of the body.
Inflammation
Below - deficient
Many

37. pre
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Before - in front of
Vulva
Middle of the body.

38. Lacrimal Bones
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
False
Lower Back
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

39. Lipocyte
Karatin
Fat cell
Osseous
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

40. cholecyst/
5. (ex 311.56)
Gall bladder
Back part of the body.
Surgical Puncture

41. Distal
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Record
Above

42. -megaly
CMS-1500
Enlargement
Mouth
26

43. Inversion
Turning Inward
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)

44. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Discharge - Flow
Little - scanty
Lower Back
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.

45. neo
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
New
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
5. (ex 311.56)

46. -scopy
Intestine
Visual Examination
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.
Hematopoietic tissue

47. Transverse/Cross Sectional
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Treatment
Surgical Fixation

48. ante
Major skin pigment
Before
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Opening

49. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.

50. oste/
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Bone