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Medical Coding Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. a - an






2. Carpals






3. What is Carcinoma in situ?






4. When billing an insurance company - what information must be included?






5. -tomy






6. myo/






7. What is a Comminuted Fracture?






8. -oma






9. -gram






10. per






11. Who does TRICARE cover?






12. What are the 3 classifications of Hypertension?






13. Abduction






14. arth/






15. Who investigates and prosecutes Health Care fraud?






16. What are bursae?






17. pneum/






18. Tibia






19. dys






20. Adduction






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


22. What is the Appendicular Skeleton comprised of?






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






24. inter






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


26. hyster/






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






28. Distal






29. -pexy






30. nat/






31. Posterior/Dorsal






32. What is Assignment of Benefits?






33. epi






34. What are synovial joints?






35. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?






36. cardi/






37. para






38. Thoracic






39. Proximal






40. pre






41. mast/






42. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?






43. gloss/






44. Lacrimal Bones






45. What is Fiscal Intermediary?






46. Lacrimal Bones






47. gloss/






48. -oma






49. enter/






50. Vomer