Test your basic knowledge |

Medical Coding Basics

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Parietal Bones
Forms the sides of the cranium
Ovary
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Half

2. Vesicle
Before
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Shin
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

3. sub
Inflammation
Many
3 (ex 311)
Under

4. Metacarpals
Beside
Bones the palm of the hand
Beside
Against

5. What are synovial joints?
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Between

6. Wheal
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
1. The provider's usual charge for the service 2. The average charge of all the other providers in the same geographical area 3. The actual charge submitted on the claim The lowest amount is used as basis for the payment.
Many
Sacrum

7. Flat Bones
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
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
In front of the temporal bones
Discolored - flat lesion

8. mast/
Breast
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
MM/DD/YY
Vagina

9. What is CHAMPVA
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
New
Lower medial arm bone
Cartilage

10. Distal
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
No.
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
A change in the code description since the last edition.

11. Humerus
Upper Arm bone
Mouth
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Mass

12. -centisis
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
CMS-1500
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Surgical Puncture

13. What are Medical Ethics?
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
26
New
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.

14. Maxilla
Upper Jawbone
Cartilage
Heart
No.

15. Thoracic
Upper Back
Out - out of
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Enlargement

16. hyster/
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Cartilage
Uteris
Abnormal condition

17. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Above
Vulva
4. (ex 311.0)
Without

18. What is Employer Liability?

19. Coccygeal
Absence of hair
Stomach
Interior of the nose
Coccyx (Tailbone)

20. When are E codes used?
Visual Examination
Half
Upper roof of the mouth
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.

21. poly
False
Above
Many
Painful - difficult

22. Alopecia
Cheek Bone
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Absence of hair
Stone

23. Tarsal
Hind foot bone
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Pain
Major skin pigment

24. derm/
Skin
Bursting forth blood
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Discolored - flat lesion

25. Tarsal
Treatment
Hind foot bone
Turning Inward
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.

26. -rrhea
Discharge - Flow
False
Heart
Intestine

27. Supination
Toe Bones
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Surgical Puncture
Turning the palm or foot upward

28. Lateral
5
Above
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Side

29. Long Bones
Turning Inward
Visual Examination
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Forms the sides of the cranium

30. Metatarsal
Middle of the foot bone
Toe Bones
Mass
Lower Back

31. What does a Surgical Package (aka Global Surgery) include?
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
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
To view
Muscle

32. Anterior/Ventral
Bones the palm of the hand
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Front part of the body.
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.

33. enter/
Intestine
To view
Osseous
Without

34. Impetigo
Many
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
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
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

35. -pexy
Surgical Fixation
Fat cell
Front part of the body.
Coccyx (Tailbone)

36. Phalanges
Abdomen
Finger Bones
Bones the palm of the hand
Stone

37. Sacral
Sacrum
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
1. The provider's usual charge for the service 2. The average charge of all the other providers in the same geographical area 3. The actual charge submitted on the claim The lowest amount is used as basis for the payment.
Epinephrine and Steriods

38. hemi
Wrist bones
To view
Tongue
Half

39. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
Breast
A change in the code description since the last edition.
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)

40. What is hair made of?
Karatin
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
To cut into
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

41. poly
Bursting forth blood
Painful - difficult
Many
Lower Jawbone

42. arth/
Interior of the nose
Cartilage
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

43. -rrhea
Milk
Discharge - Flow
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.

44. lith/
Blood Condition
Stone
New
Ankle

45. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
Hardening
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
26

46. What is the name of the claim form that is standard for submitting claims?
CMS-1500
5. (ex 311.56)
Discharge - Flow
Record

47. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?
Ovary
MM/DD/YY
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
False

48. -oma
False
Vulva
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Mass

49. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Upper Back
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Moving forward

50. -sclerosis
Hardening
Moving backward
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Enlargement