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Medical Coding Basics

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1. Carpals
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Lunula
Wrist bones
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)

2. Metatarsal
Middle of the foot bone
Tongue
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Bursting forth blood

3. Posterior/Dorsal
Epinephrine and Steriods
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.
Uteris
Back part of the body.

4. salping/
Fallopian tubes
Lower medial arm bone
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
Hind foot bone

5. Distal
Enlargement
Surgical Repair
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

6. Cervical
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Neck Bones
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Out - out of

7. tetra
Vulva
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Four
Moving backward

8. -algia
Mass
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Pain
Wrist bones

9. hyster/
CMS-1500
Heart
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Uteris

10. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
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
Middle of the body.
To view

11. What is hair made of?
Karatin
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Suture
Surgical Repair

12. pan
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
All
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Above

13. pneum/
Discolored - flat lesion
Hardening
Before
Lung

14. pseudo
Ovary
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Upper roof of the mouth
False

15. -centisis
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Inflammation
Surgical Puncture

16. Infra
Turning the palm or foot upward
Below
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index

17. brady
Tongue
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Moving backward
Slow

18. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
To view
Painful - difficult
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

19. What are bones connected together with?
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Lower Back
Under
Head

20. Impetigo
Record
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Opening

21. What is secondary malignancy?
Surgical Repair
Before - in front of
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Enlargement

22. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Lunula
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Between

23. -sclerosis
Four
Hardening
Through
Visual Examination

24. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Lunula
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
The bone is crushed or shattered.
No.

25. What is Employer Liability?

26. Coccygeal
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Discolored - flat lesion
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Intestine

27. inter
Suture
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Turning Outward
Between

28. Temporal Bones
Surgical Fixation
Lower Jawbone
Side
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium

29. How are bones categorized?
Beside
Without
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
4. (ex 311.0)

30. -scopy
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
No.
Before - in front of
Visual Examination

31. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
A change in the code description since the last edition.
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Lunula
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.

32. -emia
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Little - scanty
Blood Condition

33. Malleolus
Stone
Ankle
Hind foot bone
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

34. Multigravida
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Breast

35. Supination
Bursting forth blood
To view
Turning the palm or foot upward
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

36. Lateral
Movement toward the midline
Opening
Skin
Side

37. per
Lower medial arm bone
To view
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Through

38. oglio
Little - scanty
Under
MM/DD/YY
Forms the back of the skull

39. Macule
Discolored - flat lesion
Upper Back
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Absence of hair

40. -centisis
Without
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Surgical Puncture
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)

41. derm/
CMS
Middle of the foot bone
Skin
Many

42. Adduction
Movement toward the midline
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Abnormal condition
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity

43. -emia
Turning Inward
Blood Condition
Heart
Hematopoietic tissue

44. enter/
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Intestine
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Painful - difficult

45. -pexy
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Measure
26
Surgical Fixation

46. Melanin
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Major skin pigment
Nose
Hardening

47. Impetigo
Cartilage
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Opening
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands

48. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
Epinephrine and Steriods
Back part of the body.
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Out - out of

49. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Within
Out - out of
Hind foot bone

50. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Measure
Bone
Hematopoietic tissue