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Medical Coding Basics

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1. -pathy
Disease Condition
Epinephrine and Steriods
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Measure

2. -gram
Hind foot bone
Record
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Separation - Breakdown

3. nat/
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Birth
Bursting forth blood
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium

4. Who does TRICARE cover?
Cartilage
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Opening
Turning the palm or foot upward

5. -rrhagia
Bursting forth blood
Abdomen
Discolored - flat lesion
Forms the back of the skull

6. What is Employer Liability?

7. Multigravida
Suture
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
CMS
Hardening

8. What are the 3 layers of skin?
Major skin pigment
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Blood Condition
Without

9. per
3 (ex 311)
Above
Through
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.

10. neo
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
New
Beside
4. (ex 311.0)

11. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
3 (ex 311)
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
False

12. Protraction
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Moving forward
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

13. -rrhea
Vulva
Lung
Discharge - Flow
5. (ex 311.56)

14. Vomer
Upper Back
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Half

15. oste/
Ankle
Bone
4. (ex 311.0)
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

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

17. How many bones are in the spine?
26
Sacrum
Side
Front part of the body.

18. dys
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Gall bladder
Painful - difficult
Four

19. -lysis
Ovary
All
Mass
Separation - Breakdown

20. What is a compression fracture?
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Milk
New
5. (ex 311.56)

21. Eversion
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Back part of the body.
Interior of the nose
Turning Outward

22. gastro/
Discharge - Flow
Stomach
Slow
Ovary

23. nat/
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Birth
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

24. What is Employer Liability?

25. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
Moving backward
Four
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Skin

26. -pathy
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.
Disease Condition
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.
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils

27. cephal/
Liver
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
Lunula
Head

28. What is in a Medical Record?
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity

29. What is primary malignancy?
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Slow
Back part of the body.
Karatin

30. What are synovial joints?
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Tongue
Forms the back of the skull
Lower Back

31. What are synovial joints?
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Milk
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Visual Examination

32. mast/
Breast
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Ankle

33. What are Medical Ethics?
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Separation - Breakdown
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Fat cell

34. neo
Blood Condition
Within
New
Cartilage

35. Adduction
Movement toward the midline
Bones the palm of the hand
Removal - Excision - Resection
CMS-1500

36. -oma
Mass
Disease Condition
Neck Bones
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

37. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Finger Bones
Lunula

38. Alopecia
5
Absence of hair
Back part of the body.
Interior of the nose

39. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Turning the palm or foot upward
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Stomach

40. Radius
Blood Condition
Treatment
Below - deficient
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

41. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Upper Arm bone
CMS
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

42. Supination
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Vulva
Turning the palm or foot upward

43. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Lower medial arm bone
1996
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

44. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Moving forward
Cheek Bone
No.

45. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
Epinephrine and Steriods
Stomach
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.

46. a - an
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Ovary
Middle of the foot bone
Without

47. chondro/
Middle of the foot bone
Separation - Breakdown
Cartilage
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

48. hin/
Turning Outward
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Nose

49. -sclerosis
Major skin pigment
Measure
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Hardening

50. Sphenoid Bones
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Above
In front of the temporal bones
Abnormal condition