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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What is a compression fracture?
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Cheek Bone
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Forms the sides of the cranium

2. -stomy
Wrist bones
4. (ex 311.0)
Opening
Turning the palm or foot upward

3. What is Benign?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Upper roof of the mouth
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Blood Condition

4. Retraction
Movement away from the midline
To cut into
Moving backward
Turning Outward

5. Sacral
Ovary
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Sacrum
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.

6. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Bursting forth blood
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
4. (ex 311.0)

7. -tomy
To cut into
Fallopian tubes
Karatin
A change in the code description since the last edition.

8. Long Bones
Head
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
The bone is crushed or shattered.

9. Impetigo
Before
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Mouth
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)

10. -rrhagia
Bursting forth blood
Ovary
Intestine
Forms the back of the skull

11. gloss/
Tongue
Shin
New
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.

12. Medial
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Epinephrine and Steriods
Toe Bones
Middle of the body.

13. What are bones made of?
Toe Bones
Osseous
Epinephrine and Steriods
New

14. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Lunula
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient

15. What is hair made of?
Karatin
Enlargement
Through
Uteris

16. supra
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Above
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.

17. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
Surgical Fixation
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Blood Condition
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

18. chondro/
Sacrum
Cartilage
Painful - difficult
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

19. -plasty
Surgical Repair
Forms the back of the skull
Above
Above

20. para
Beside
Cartilage
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Record

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

22. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
Major skin pigment
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Record
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

23. oophor
Within
Ovary
Middle of the foot bone
Removal - Excision - Resection

24. Collagen
Toe Bones
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
In front of the temporal bones
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.

25. Frontal - Coronal
Stone
Four
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
False

26. Posterior/Dorsal
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Half
Uteris
Back part of the body.

27. -lysis
Separation - Breakdown
Gall bladder
Head
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient

28. Occipital Bone
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Cartilage
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Forms the back of the skull

29. What is Employee Liability Insurance?
Ovary
Lower Jawbone
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Epinephrine and Steriods

30. -pexy
Separation - Breakdown
Epinephrine and Steriods
Surgical Fixation
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

31. Zygoma
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Cheek Bone
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Before

32. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
No.
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Inflammation
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

33. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Turning the palm or foot upward
Office of Inspector General (OIG)

34. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
To cut into
Mass
1996

35. endo
Wrist bones
Within
Stomach
Lower Back

36. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Half
Removal - Excision - Resection

37. Transverse/Cross Sectional
No.
Upper Back
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Movement away from the midline

38. What is a compression fracture?
Hind foot bone
Muscle
In front of the temporal bones
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.

39. Impetigo
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Bone
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

40. What are the 3 layers of skin?
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Liver
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Smaller - lateral leg bone

41. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
Epinephrine and Steriods
Shin
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer

42. tetra
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
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
Four
Stomach

43. How are bones categorized?
Vagina
Mass
Middle of the foot bone
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton

44. Lateral
Shin
Side
New
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)

45. What are the 3 classifications of Hypertension?
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

46. What is a Qualified Diagnosis
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Below - deficient
Back part of the body.

47. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Breast
Hematopoietic tissue
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Half

48. When are E codes used?
Bone
Beside
Upper Back
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.

49. brady
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Hematopoietic tissue
26
Slow

50. How long should Medical Records be retained?
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Cartilage
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)