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1. -rrhaphy
Fat cell
Suture
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Painful - difficult

2. Humerus
Upper Arm bone
Under
Wrist bones
Discharge - Flow

3. What are the 3 layers of skin?
Abdomen
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
To cut into
Below

4. Adduction
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Movement toward the midline
Wrist bones
Below - deficient

5. -meter
Toe Bones
Heart
Measure
Osseous

6. What is a Complicated Fracture?
Lower Jawbone
Pain
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

7. Gangrene
Visual Examination
Turning the palm or foot upward
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Hind foot bone

8. Parietal Bones
Forms the sides of the cranium
Turning the palm or foot upward
Muscle
Slow

9. What is the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL)?
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
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
Back part of the body.
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

10. -scopy
Cartilage
Inflammation
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Visual Examination

11. lapar/
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
To cut into
Abdomen
Surgical Fixation

12. chondro/
All
Forms the sides of the cranium
5. (ex 311.56)
Cartilage

13. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
1. The amount of time - intensity of effort and medical skill required for the service 2.Overhead; the practice costs related to performing the service 3. Cost of Medical Malpractice insurance
Head
New
Major skin pigment

14. What is hair made of?
Treatment
Bone
Karatin
Discolored - flat lesion

15. lact/
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Vulva
Moving forward
Milk

16. Vomer
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Blood Condition
Muscle
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils

17. -tomy
Abnormal condition
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
To cut into
Four

18. sub
Hardening
To view
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.
Under

19. chondro/
Movement away from the midline
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Moving backward
Cartilage

20. sub
CMS-1500
Under
Lung
Separation - Breakdown

21. Adduction
CMS-1500
Hardening
Ankle
Movement toward the midline

22. Lacrimal Bones
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Bursting forth blood

23. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
Middle of the foot bone
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
CMS
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index

24. oophor
Fat cell
4. (ex 311.0)
Finger Bones
Ovary

25. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?
Visual Examination
1. The amount of time - intensity of effort and medical skill required for the service 2.Overhead; the practice costs related to performing the service 3. Cost of Medical Malpractice insurance
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)

26. What are Medical Ethics?
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Before - in front of
Within
Between

27. oglio
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Little - scanty
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Discolored - flat lesion

28. Fibula
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Lower Jawbone
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)

29. supra
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Measure
Above

30. -scopy
Bursting forth blood
Before
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Visual Examination

31. Medial
Out - out of
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Middle of the body.

32. -gram
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Blood Condition
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Record

33. -pexy
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Surgical Repair
Disease Condition
Surgical Fixation

34. salping/
Cheek Bone
Fallopian tubes
Ankle
Beside

35. Eversion
Bone
Forms the sides of the cranium
Turning Outward
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity

36. Temporal Bones
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
MM/DD/YY

37. When are V codes used?
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Disease Condition
Lower Jawbone
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

38. What is the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL)?
To cut into
CMS
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

39. anti
Forms the sides of the cranium
Bones the palm of the hand
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Against

40. How many regions is the spinal/vertebral column divided into?
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Hematopoietic tissue
5
Interior of the nose

41. Ethmoid Bone
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Toe Bones
Lower Jawbone

42. tetra
Muscle
Upper Jawbone
Four
Separation - Breakdown

43. When billing an insurance company - what information must be included?
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Mass
Fibrous bands of ligaments

44. -emia
No.
Blood Condition
1. The amount of time - intensity of effort and medical skill required for the service 2.Overhead; the practice costs related to performing the service 3. Cost of Medical Malpractice insurance
Front part of the body.

45. What are the 3 classifications of Hypertension?
Surgical Repair
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Before - in front of
To view

46. Lipocyte
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Ovary
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Fat cell

47. -megaly
Enlargement
Mass
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Gall bladder

48. Metacarpals
Turning the palm or foot upward
Bones the palm of the hand
Abnormal condition
Fibrous bands of ligaments

49. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Mass
Hematopoietic tissue
Upper roof of the mouth
Lunula

50. Alopecia
Slow
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Absence of hair

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