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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What is Employer Liability?

2. -emia
Against
Wrist bones
Out - out of
Blood Condition

3. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Abdomen
Liver

4. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
A change in the code description since the last edition.
5

5. para
Back part of the body.
Measure
Separation - Breakdown
Beside

6. Vesicle
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Turning the palm or foot upward
Front part of the body.
Treatment

7. -meter
Nose
Karatin
Measure
Lower Back

8. lith/
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Stone
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
All

9. Inversion
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Moving backward
Turning Inward
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer

10. Adduction
3 (ex 311)
Bones the palm of the hand
Movement toward the midline
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

11. salping/
Head
Fallopian tubes
Surgical Repair
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.

12. What is Employee Liability Insurance?
Movement toward the midline
MM/DD/YY
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Stomach

13. What is the name of the claim form that is standard for submitting claims?
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
CMS-1500
Record
Absence of hair

14. Radius
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
5
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Side

15. Metacarpals
Bones the palm of the hand
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
No.
Against

16. Distal
All
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Mouth
Record

17. What is Assignment of Benefits?
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Against
Blood Condition
Sacrum

18. -rrhagia
Middle of the body.
Bursting forth blood
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Bones the palm of the hand

19. -pathy
Disease Condition
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
Above
Turning Outward

20. Infra
Bones the palm of the hand
Surgical Puncture
Below
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

21. epi
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Interior of the nose
Above
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands

22. Frontal - Coronal
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Cartilage
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.

23. gastro/
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Stomach
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Shin

24. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Skin
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.

25. What are the two types of edits that the NCCI implements?
Birth
Toe Bones
Forms the sides of the cranium
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.

26. -osis
Stomach
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Abnormal condition
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity

27. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Discharge - Flow
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

28. What are bones connected together with?
Tongue
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
All
Fibrous bands of ligaments

29. Parietal Bones
Epinephrine and Steriods
Measure
Front part of the body.
Forms the sides of the cranium

30. per
Hind foot bone
Blood Condition
Through
Cartilage

31. stomat/
Lower medial arm bone
Out - out of
Intestine
Mouth

32. Tibia
Epinephrine and Steriods
Removal - Excision - Resection
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Shin

33. Maxilla
Upper roof of the mouth
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
3 (ex 311)
Upper Jawbone

34. cardi/
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Surgical Fixation
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Heart

35. Abduction
Uteris
Ankle
Movement away from the midline
Enlargement

36. -rrhagia
Head
False
Middle of the foot bone
Bursting forth blood

37. What is a Colles Fracture?
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Below
Upper roof of the mouth
Discolored - flat lesion

38. per
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Through
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)

39. -algia
Blood Condition
Lung
Muscle
Pain

40. a - an
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Side
Breast
Without

41. -rrhea
Abdomen
Wrist bones
To cut into
Discharge - Flow

42. Phalanx
Half
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Toe Bones

43. Lacrimal Bones
Osseous
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Toe Bones
Absence of hair

44. nat/
Abdomen
Between
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Birth

45. Mandible
Enlargement
Out - out of
Beside
Lower Jawbone

46. Cervical
New
Neck Bones
Lower Jawbone
Surgical Repair

47. -ectomy
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Removal - Excision - Resection
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.

48. pre
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Middle of the body.
Before - in front of
Heart

49. oste/
Shin
Karatin
CMS
Bone

50. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
1996
Osseous
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Breast