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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What is a Complicated Fracture?
Skin
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Toe Bones
Turning the palm or foot upward

2. derm/
Half
Skin
Through
Bones the palm of the hand

3. -itis
Inflammation
Forms the back of the skull
Ankle
Below - deficient

4. Lumbar
To view
Lower Back
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

5. episi/
Breast
Abnormal condition
Vulva
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.

6. chondro/
Cartilage
Within
Finger Bones
Tongue

7. Inversion
Front part of the body.
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Turning Inward
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient

8. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Movement away from the midline
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Below - deficient
MM/DD/YY

9. What does a Surgical Package (aka Global Surgery) include?
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
Tongue
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Bones the palm of the hand

10. Flat Bones
Upper Jawbone
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)

11. oste/
Mass
Bone
Surgical Fixation
Breast

12. -rrhaphy
Suture
Moving forward
Fallopian tubes
Middle of the foot bone

13. arth/
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Cartilage
Head

14. Phalanges
Finger Bones
Surgical Puncture
Lower Back
Slow

15. What is a Colles Fracture?
Enlargement
Smaller - lateral leg bone
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Discolored - flat lesion

16. hemi
Half
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Liver
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

17. Flat Bones
Finger Bones
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Hematopoietic tissue
Below

18. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Tongue
Moving backward
The bone is crushed or shattered.

19. Thoracic
Turning Outward
Pain
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Upper Back

20. Parietal Bones
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Forms the sides of the cranium
Movement away from the midline

21. Anterior/Ventral
Discolored - flat lesion
Front part of the body.
Intestine
Abdomen

22. Humerus
Half
Between
Upper Arm bone
Lower Back

23. Can you have TRICARE and CHAMPVA at the same time?
No.
Visual Examination
Turning the palm or foot upward
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

24. -scopy
Fibrous bands of ligaments
To view
5
Before - in front of

25. dys
Between
Four
Painful - difficult
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

26. Ethmoid Bone
Breast
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Inflammation

27. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
Separation - Breakdown
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.

28. Proximal
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Movement toward the midline
Vulva
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.

29. epi
Absence of hair
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Finger Bones
Above

30. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Ankle
1996
Interior of the nose

31. Humerus
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Upper Arm bone
Middle of the foot bone
Surgical Puncture

32. What are bones connected together with?
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Discolored - flat lesion
Intestine
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

33. Ethmoid Bone
Record
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
26
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium

34. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
Turning Outward
5. (ex 311.56)
Finger Bones
Vulva

35. Multigravida
Wrist bones
Muscle
Cheek Bone
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

36. What is Benign?
Cheek Bone
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
CMS
Cheek Bone

37. What is in a Medical Record?
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Through

38. Short Bones
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
New
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Wrist bones

39. Sacral
Breast
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Sacrum
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.

40. What are bones made of?
Osseous
Opening
Without
5. (ex 311.56)

41. -emia
Blood Condition
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Fallopian tubes
Bursting forth blood

42. What is a Colles Fracture?
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Against
Inflammation
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

43. neo
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
New
Epinephrine and Steriods
Front part of the body.

44. -pathy
4. (ex 311.0)
Pain
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Disease Condition

45. -gram
Sacrum
Record
CMS-1500
Front part of the body.

46. How are bones categorized?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Cheek Bone

47. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Inflammation
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.

48. lith/
Toe Bones
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Stone
Lung

49. Occipital Bone
Forms the back of the skull
Karatin
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Painful - difficult

50. What is the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL)?
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Intestine