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Medical Coding Basics

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1. How many bones are in the spine?
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Beside
26
Birth

2. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
To view
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
4. (ex 311.0)
A change in the code description since the last edition.

3. What is a compression fracture?
The bone is crushed or shattered.
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

4. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Major skin pigment
Half

5. What is Benign?
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Toe Bones
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.

6. derm/
Above
Many
Skin
Upper Jawbone

7. Ulna
Lower medial arm bone
Treatment
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Coccyx (Tailbone)

8. Ethmoid Bone
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Abdomen
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

9. -pathy
Disease Condition
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Epinephrine and Steriods
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.

10. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Stomach
Heart
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Hematopoietic tissue

11. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
4. (ex 311.0)
Disease Condition
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Disease Condition

12. endo
Before
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Disease Condition
Within

13. Alopecia
Absence of hair
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.
Nose
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

14. Sphenoid Bones
26
In front of the temporal bones
Moving forward
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.

15. Flat Bones
CMS
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Turning the palm or foot upward
Inflammation

16. dys
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Painful - difficult
Ovary

17. Vomer
Mass
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Discolored - flat lesion

18. -pexy
Surgical Fixation
Lower Back
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
Above

19. lact/
Epinephrine and Steriods
Milk
Movement away from the midline
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.

20. Infra
Below
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Moving forward
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.

21. Frontal Bone
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Cartilage
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

22. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
Skin
Surgical Fixation
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.

23. oglio
Blood Condition
Interior of the nose
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Little - scanty

24. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
5. (ex 311.56)
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Gall bladder
To cut into

25. Tarsal
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Hind foot bone
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)

26. Inferior nasal conchae
Lunula
Interior of the nose
Front part of the body.
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

27. -emia
Surgical Fixation
Before - in front of
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Blood Condition

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

29. ante
Before
Vulva
Lower medial arm bone
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.

30. cholecyst/
Disease Condition
Gall bladder
Out - out of
Skin

31. lith/
Nose
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Stone

32. What are bones made of?
Moving backward
Osseous
Forms the sides of the cranium
Pain

33. Tibia
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. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Four
Shin

34. Occipital Bone
Separation - Breakdown
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
Sacrum
Forms the back of the skull

35. Anterior/Ventral
Shin
Front part of the body.
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Lung

36. -itis
Treatment
Inflammation
To view
Office of Inspector General (OIG)

37. What are synovial joints?
Mass
Front part of the body.
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
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

38. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Forms the sides of the cranium

39. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Front part of the body.
Surgical Fixation
Birth
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.

40. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Heart

41. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
Cartilage
Interior of the nose
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Forms the sides of the cranium

42. Infra
Muscle
Below
Below - deficient
Vulva

43. Lipocyte
Without
Middle of the foot bone
Cartilage
Fat cell

44. What is a compression fracture?
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Interior of the nose
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Inflammation

45. Cervical
Neck Bones
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Lower Back

46. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Movement away from the midline
Epinephrine and Steriods
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

47. myo/
Muscle
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.

48. Lacrimal Bones
No.
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Between
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.

49. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
Under
Moving backward
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

50. ante
Before
Lung
Sacrum
Middle of the body.