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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
Cartilage
Cheek Bone
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.

2. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
MM/DD/YY
Lower medial arm bone
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

3. endo
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Hardening
Hardening
Within

4. Anterior/Ventral
Inflammation
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Front part of the body.
Below - deficient

5. Who developed HCPCs codes?
Many
CMS
Stone
Bone

6. cardi/
Heart
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
1996
Wrist bones

7. Frontal Bone
Stone
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Lower Back
Half

8. What is the name of the claim form that is standard for submitting claims?
CMS-1500
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
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
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

9. Maxilla
Upper Jawbone
Disease Condition
Disease Condition
Upper Back

10. -rrhea
Absence of hair
Lung
5
Discharge - Flow

11. -itis
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Treatment
Inflammation
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer

12. salping/
Fallopian tubes
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.
Hematopoietic tissue
Slow

13. enter/
Interior of the nose
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Intestine
Lung

14. What does a Surgical Package (aka Global Surgery) include?
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
Wrist bones
Fat cell
5

15. dys
Painful - difficult
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Back part of the body.

16. Frontal Bone
Lower Back
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Turning Inward
Cartilage

17. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Upper roof of the mouth
Karatin
MM/DD/YY

18. Collagen
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
CMS-1500
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Between

19. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
Toe Bones
Disease Condition
Removal - Excision - Resection
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

20. Humerus
Middle of the foot bone
Upper Arm bone
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
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.

21. Flat Bones
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Record
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Absence of hair

22. gastro/
Stomach
Lunula
Enlargement
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.

23. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Forms the back of the skull
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Before

24. pneum/
Lung
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.
Stone
Forms the back of the skull

25. Lateral
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Side
Under
Removal - Excision - Resection

26. arth/
Cartilage
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Ankle
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

27. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?
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
Through
Visual Examination
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton

28. What is a compression fracture?
Turning Outward
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Lower medial arm bone
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

29. What is a Qualified Diagnosis
Against
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Cheek Bone
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

30. Lumbar
Neck Bones
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
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Lower Back

31. -meter
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Measure
Hind foot bone

32. What is Employee Liability Insurance?
Side
To cut into
Intestine
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

33. -centisis
Surgical Puncture
Movement toward the midline
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Movement away from the midline

34. lapar/
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Abdomen
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Bones the palm of the hand

35. Transverse/Cross Sectional
Opening
Hardening
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
5. (ex 311.56)

36. What is in a Medical Record?
Upper Back
Bones the palm of the hand
Muscle
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient

37. -scopy
Lower Jawbone
To view
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Treatment

38. Vomer
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
5
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)

39. -ectomy
Nose
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Removal - Excision - Resection
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

40. Lipocyte
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Fallopian tubes
Fat cell
Before

41. What are Medical Ethics?
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
CMS-1500
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity

42. oglio
Before
Little - scanty
Interior of the nose
Shin

43. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Ankle
Turning the palm or foot upward

44. episi/
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Movement toward the midline
Vulva
Slow

45. What is a Complicated Fracture?
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Four
Uteris

46. Retraction
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. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Moving backward

47. Sagittal
Turning Outward
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
Mouth
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

48. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Separation - Breakdown
Discolored - flat lesion
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

49. Palatine Bones
Upper roof of the mouth
Cartilage
Stomach
Breast

50. When are V codes used?
Lower Jawbone
Surgical Puncture
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
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.