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. Humerus
Skin
Upper Arm bone
Abnormal condition
Bursting forth blood

2. lapar/
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Abdomen
Bursting forth blood
Enlargement

3. -rrhaphy
MM/DD/YY
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Suture
Neck Bones

4. Zygoma
Abnormal condition
Cheek Bone
Through
Skin

5. Impetigo
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
To view
CMS-1500
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

6. Protraction
Neck Bones
Moving forward
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
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

7. oophor
Suture
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Discolored - flat lesion
Ovary

8. Collagen
Mass
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Cartilage

9. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Vagina
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
CMS-1500
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

10. tetra
Mouth
Four
Side
Middle of the foot bone

11. Infra
Karatin
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Below
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

12. Lacrimal Bones
Forms the back of the skull
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
To cut into
Upper Jawbone

13. Impetigo
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Between
Pain
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

14. What is secondary malignancy?
Middle of the foot bone
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Before
Moving backward

15. Can you have TRICARE and CHAMPVA at the same time?
Shin
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
1. The provider's usual charge for the service 2. The average charge of all the other providers in the same geographical area 3. The actual charge submitted on the claim The lowest amount is used as basis for the payment.
No.

16. What are the 3 layers of skin?
Below - deficient
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Major skin pigment
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer

17. salping/
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Fallopian tubes
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
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

18. Hypo
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Below - deficient
Movement away from the midline
Uteris

19. -scopy
Lower Back
Surgical Repair
3 (ex 311)
To view

20. -ectomy
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.
Nose
Vulva
Removal - Excision - Resection

21. What are the 3 classifications of Hypertension?
To cut into
Finger Bones
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

22. Mandible
Surgical Repair
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Lower Jawbone
Ovary

23. -stomy
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Opening
To cut into

24. Who does TRICARE cover?
To cut into
Interior of the nose
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.

25. -rrhagia
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Bursting forth blood
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Stone

26. Distal
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Major skin pigment
Below
Skin

27. Anterior/Ventral
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Front part of the body.
Lower Jawbone
Against

28. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?
Neck Bones
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
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
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

29. supra
Above
Under
1. The provider's usual charge for the service 2. The average charge of all the other providers in the same geographical area 3. The actual charge submitted on the claim The lowest amount is used as basis for the payment.
CMS

30. enter/
Upper roof of the mouth
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Intestine
Abnormal condition

31. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Turning Outward
26

32. myo/
Muscle
5. (ex 311.56)
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Inflammation

33. -oma
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Suture
Mass
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

34. Zygoma
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Interior of the nose
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Cheek Bone

35. lapar/
Abdomen
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
In front of the temporal bones

36. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
4. (ex 311.0)
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

37. Humerus
Upper Arm bone
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.
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Office of Inspector General (OIG)

38. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Movement toward the midline
Osseous
Epinephrine and Steriods

39. Wheal
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.
Mouth
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)

40. Metatarsal
Discolored - flat lesion
Discharge - Flow
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Middle of the foot bone

41. Sacral
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Sacrum
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

42. -rrhea
Beside
Forms the back of the skull
Discharge - Flow
Enlargement

43. Phalanx
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Toe Bones
Disease Condition

44. -osis
New
Little - scanty
Abnormal condition
Heart

45. Radius
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Above
Upper Jawbone
Side

46. What is a Qualified Diagnosis
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Blood Condition
Bone
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.

47. Can you have TRICARE and CHAMPVA at the same time?
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.
Under
No.
Movement toward the midline

48. Who investigates and prosecutes Health Care fraud?
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Lower medial arm bone
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Fibrous bands of ligaments

49. Posterior/Dorsal
Moving backward
Back part of the body.
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Before - in front of

50. What is Employer Liability?