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Medical Coding Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Collagen






2. Sacral






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


4. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?






5. What are bursae?






6. colp/






7. derm/






8. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?






9. -scopy






10. Vomer






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






12. Who developed HCPCs codes?






13. Humerus






14. What are the two types of edits that the NCCI implements?






15. -sclerosis






16. enter/






17. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?






18. epi






19. Tarsal






20. Phalanges






21. brady






22. Abduction






23. What is the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL)?






24. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?






25. Retraction






26. pseudo






27. What is hair made of?






28. Protraction






29. cephal/






30. How many bones are in the spine?






31. Anterior/Ventral






32. oste/






33. salping/






34. -algia






35. cephal/






36. What is Employer Liability?


37. lith/






38. Gangrene






39. episi/






40. Malleolus






41. Macule






42. Lacrimal Bones






43. What is a Comminuted Fracture?






44. pneum/






45. pseudo






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






47. Frontal - Coronal






48. What are Medical Ethics?






49. Eversion






50. lapar/