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Medical Coding Basics

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1. -megaly
Enlargement
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Bursting forth blood
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

2. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
Neck Bones
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
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Surgical Repair

3. -scopy
New
Visual Examination
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

4. What does a Surgical Package (aka Global Surgery) include?
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Enlargement
Within
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

5. Who does TRICARE cover?
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Turning the palm or foot upward

6. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
To cut into
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
The bone is crushed or shattered.

7. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Treatment
Uteris
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands

8. Lipocyte
CMS
Fat cell
Suture
5. (ex 311.56)

9. salping/
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Enlargement
Turning Outward
Fallopian tubes

10. colp/
Vagina
Neck Bones
Bones the palm of the hand
Smaller - lateral leg bone

11. -therapy
Without
Treatment
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Side

12. -rrhagia
Moving forward
Bursting forth blood
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Blood Condition

13. chondro/
Cartilage
Disease Condition
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
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

14. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Turning the palm or foot upward
4. (ex 311.0)

15. Cervical
Neck Bones
Before - in front of
Little - scanty
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.

16. Hypo
Bones the palm of the hand
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Below - deficient
Hardening

17. Abduction
Movement away from the midline
CMS
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Middle of the foot bone

18. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
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
Intestine
Mouth
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.

19. What is a Qualified Diagnosis
Above
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Cheek Bone
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.

20. What are the two types of edits that the NCCI implements?
Vulva
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
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.
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.

21. Sphenoid Bones
In front of the temporal bones
Abdomen
5
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

22. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Cheek Bone
Lung
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

23. lact/
Milk
Four
Lung
Half

24. What are synovial joints?
Bones the palm of the hand
Turning Outward
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
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.

25. Lacrimal Bones
Before
Finger Bones
MM/DD/YY
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

26. dys
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
Painful - difficult
Intestine
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.

27. dys
Painful - difficult
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Vagina
26

28. Gangrene
Karatin
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Cheek Bone

29. hyster/
Fallopian tubes
In front of the temporal bones
Half
Uteris

30. lapar/
Bones the palm of the hand
Abdomen
Hind foot bone
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)

31. Gangrene
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Head
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.

32. per
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Turning Outward
In front of the temporal bones
Through

33. Lumbar
Birth
Above
Many
Lower Back

34. chondro/
Osseous
Back part of the body.
Many
Cartilage

35. What are the two types of edits that the NCCI implements?
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.
Through
Upper Arm bone
Movement toward the midline

36. Melanin
Major skin pigment
Ankle
Beside
Ankle

37. Distal
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Suture
Stone
3 (ex 311)

38. pseudo
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
False

39. lapar/
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Major skin pigment
Abdomen
Within

40. para
Beside
Vagina
Head
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.

41. Fibula
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In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Smaller - lateral leg bone
5. (ex 311.56)

42. epi
Neck Bones
Above
5
Visual Examination

43. a - an
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Without
All
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.

44. When are E codes used?
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Below
Little - scanty
Surgical Repair

45. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
Lower Jawbone
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Enlargement
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands

46. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
5. (ex 311.56)
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Toe Bones
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

47. hyster/
Turning the palm or foot upward
Interior of the nose
Pain
Uteris

48. neo
Movement toward the midline
3 (ex 311)
New
A change in the code description since the last edition.

49. What is CHAMPVA
Pain
Between
Hind foot bone
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.

50. -rrhea
Discharge - Flow
Through
Skin
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.