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Medical Coding Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. What are bursae?






2. -rrhea






3. anti






4. What is primary malignancy?






5. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?






6. dys






7. When are V codes used?






8. -tomy






9. What is Fiscal Intermediary?






10. Lacrimal Bones






11. Infra






12. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?






13. Mandible






14. What is the Appendicular Skeleton comprised of?






15. tetra






16. What are Medical Ethics?






17. endo






18. -scopy






19. What is hair made of?






20. What is a Colles Fracture?






21. para






22. What are bones made of?






23. oglio






24. Phalanx






25. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?






26. Vesicle






27. Zygoma






28. What are bursae?






29. Sacral






30. Anterior/Ventral






31. Supination






32. -pexy






33. -osis






34. -tomy






35. Flat Bones






36. Macule






37. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?






38. Abduction






39. -osis






40. nat/






41. -stomy






42. derm/






43. What is a compression fracture?






44. cephal/






45. When billing an insurance company - what information must be included?






46. stomat/






47. Fibula






48. Coccygeal






49. What is Benign?






50. -ectomy