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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. a - an






2. -pathy






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






4. Sesamoid Bones






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






6. Can you have TRICARE and CHAMPVA at the same time?






7. -oma






8. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?






9. endo






10. What is a compression fracture?






11. hyster/






12. -lysis






13. mast/






14. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?






15. What is CHAMPVA






16. episi/






17. -tomy






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






19. Who developed HCPCs codes?






20. -emia






21. Retraction






22. Zygoma






23. Macule






24. -rrhaphy






25. anti






26. -centisis






27. neo






28. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?






29. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?






30. What are bursae?






31. What is hair made of?






32. Inversion






33. Metatarsal






34. stomat/






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






36. pneum/






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






38. Tibia






39. arth/






40. What are the 3 classifications of Hypertension?






41. What are synovial joints?






42. Sacral






43. What is a Colles Fracture?






44. What are the 3 classifications of Hypertension?






45. Maxilla






46. pan






47. -rrhea






48. hyster/






49. Alopecia






50. dys