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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What is a Qualified Diagnosis
Discolored - flat lesion
Ankle
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.

2. Phalanges
Fallopian tubes
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Finger Bones
Turning Outward

3. oste/
Bone
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Blood Condition
Head

4. myo/
Muscle
Before - in front of
Disease Condition
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

5. Protraction
Moving forward
Ankle
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Gall bladder

6. anti
Turning Inward
Bursting forth blood
Against
Many

7. pseudo
Beside
3 (ex 311)
Absence of hair
False

8. -tomy
Without
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
To cut into
Wrist bones

9. Maxilla
5. (ex 311.56)
Upper Jawbone
Ankle
Milk

10. Long Bones
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Movement away from the midline
Below - deficient
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.

11. cephal/
Hematopoietic tissue
Head
Nose
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands

12. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Wrist bones
Slow
Hematopoietic tissue
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.

13. What is the Appendicular Skeleton comprised of?
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Within
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.

14. hemi
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
Stomach
Epinephrine and Steriods
Half

15. inter
Lunula
Between
To view
The bone is crushed or shattered.

16. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
No.
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
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
Tongue

17. cephal/
Head
Muscle
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Stomach

18. -gram
Gall bladder
Record
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton

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

20. What is a Colles Fracture?
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
CMS-1500
Bone

21. oglio
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.
Painful - difficult
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Little - scanty

22. neo
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
New
Record
Office of Inspector General (OIG)

23. Lateral
Half
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Side
Vagina

24. Ulna
Finger Bones
Lower medial arm bone
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
New

25. arth/
Cartilage
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

26. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Bursting forth blood
Interior of the nose
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

27. -osis
Abnormal condition
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.

28. Who investigates and prosecutes Health Care fraud?
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Treatment
Intestine
Disease Condition

29. What is hair made of?
Without
Below - deficient
Karatin
Milk

30. Adduction
Out - out of
3 (ex 311)
Movement toward the midline
5. (ex 311.56)

31. Radius
1996
No.
Epinephrine and Steriods
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

32. Retraction
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.
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Tongue
Moving backward

33. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
To view
5. (ex 311.56)
Treatment
Little - scanty

34. lact/
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
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.
Milk
Visual Examination

35. Who developed HCPCs codes?
Nose
CMS
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Against

36. -megaly
Enlargement
5
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Moving forward

37. Multigravida
Breast
Four
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Hematopoietic tissue

38. -scopy
Visual Examination
Bones the palm of the hand
Slow
Lower Jawbone

39. -ectomy
Removal - Excision - Resection
Slow
Middle of the foot bone
Lung

40. What is Employer Liability?

41. epi
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Below
Before
Above

42. Metacarpals
Measure
Bone
Intestine
Bones the palm of the hand

43. What is primary malignancy?
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Slow
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Through

44. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
Slow
Through
Epinephrine and Steriods
26

45. Hypo
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Below - deficient
Lower Jawbone

46. Fibula
Smaller - lateral leg bone
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
4. (ex 311.0)
Under

47. What is the Appendicular Skeleton comprised of?
Breast
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Movement away from the midline
Breast

48. Transverse/Cross Sectional
All
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
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
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.

49. What is secondary malignancy?
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
In front of the temporal bones
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Muscle

50. gastro/
Shin
Stomach
4. (ex 311.0)
3 (ex 311)