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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What is Employer Liability?

2. -rrhea
Many
Discharge - Flow
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

3. -plasty
To cut into
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Surgical Repair
Below - deficient

4. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Abdomen
Milk
Tongue
Lunula

5. Long Bones
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Lung
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Four

6. What are bones made of?
Middle of the foot bone
Neck Bones
Osseous
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton

7. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
Forms the back of the skull
Moving forward
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.

8. -tomy
Osseous
To cut into
Lunula
Office of Inspector General (OIG)

9. Zygoma
Cheek Bone
Tongue
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
3 (ex 311)

10. Thoracic
False
Lower Back
Cartilage
Upper Back

11. hemi
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Half
Major skin pigment
Birth

12. Frontal - Coronal
Middle of the foot bone
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Treatment

13. epi
Middle of the body.
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Above
Abdomen

14. Short Bones
Many
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
1996
Uteris

15. Malleolus
Milk
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Discharge - Flow
Ankle

16. dys
Within
Many
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Painful - difficult

17. Metatarsal
Upper Back
Within
Middle of the foot bone
Bone

18. -lysis
Abnormal condition
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Movement toward the midline
Separation - Breakdown

19. What are the 3 layers of skin?
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Moving forward
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Breast

20. Flat Bones
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
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.
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Lower medial arm bone

21. gloss/
Middle of the foot bone
Within
5
Tongue

22. Tibia
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Shin
Nose
Blood Condition

23. lapar/
Stone
Karatin
Moving backward
Abdomen

24. anti
26
Finger Bones
Cartilage
Against

25. Distal
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Against
Abnormal condition
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

26. Lacrimal Bones
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Cartilage
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

27. -itis
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.
Inflammation
Blood Condition
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

28. anti
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Against

29. per
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
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.
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Through

30. What is a Qualified Diagnosis
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Muscle
Nose
Vulva

31. Inferior nasal conchae
Lower Jawbone
Interior of the nose
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Skin

32. Melanin
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Major skin pigment
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
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

33. derm/
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Absence of hair
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Skin

34. neo
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
New
Separation - Breakdown

35. lith/
Stone
Above
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Hematopoietic tissue

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

37. tetra
Vagina
Four
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Vulva

38. enter/
Below - deficient
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Muscle
Intestine

39. gloss/
Below - deficient
Discharge - Flow
5. (ex 311.56)
Tongue

40. Metacarpals
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.
Bones the palm of the hand
Opening
Movement toward the midline

41. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?
Front part of the body.
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Little - scanty

42. What is in a Medical Record?
Above
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Measure

43. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Painful - difficult
Treatment
Absence of hair

44. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
New
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Ankle
Hardening

45. -algia
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Without
Pain
26

46. Posterior/Dorsal
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.
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
No.
Back part of the body.

47. hepato/
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Liver
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.

48. What is a compression fracture?
Slow
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Bursting forth blood

49. poly
Moving forward
Many
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
Ovary

50. Posterior/Dorsal
Forms the sides of the cranium
Back part of the body.
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
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