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Medical Coding Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
New
5
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Visual Examination

2. Can you have TRICARE and CHAMPVA at the same time?
Cartilage
No.
Turning Inward
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.

3. Long Bones
Without
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Disease Condition

4. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
Enlargement
3 (ex 311)
Separation - Breakdown
Lung

5. -rrhaphy
Stomach
Hematopoietic tissue
Suture
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

6. cholecyst/
Little - scanty
Gall bladder
Interior of the nose
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands

7. lith/
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Intestine
Stone
Interior of the nose

8. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Slow
5
Shin
Hematopoietic tissue

9. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Middle of the body.
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Hematopoietic tissue
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

10. Lateral
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Side
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Mouth

11. Ethmoid Bone
Above
Painful - difficult
Lunula
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity

12. Hypo
MM/DD/YY
No.
Below - deficient
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.

13. Metacarpals
Interior of the nose
Bones the palm of the hand
Sacrum
Enlargement

14. Who investigates and prosecutes Health Care fraud?
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
In front of the temporal bones
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Between

15. What is Employee Liability Insurance?
Painful - difficult
Four
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

16. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Gall bladder
4. (ex 311.0)
Upper roof of the mouth
Record

17. How many digits does an ICD-9 Category code have?
3 (ex 311)
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Under

18. When are V codes used?
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
Finger Bones
Fallopian tubes
Intestine

19. Tarsal
Upper roof of the mouth
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Hind foot bone

20. Who does TRICARE cover?
Front part of the body.
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Hematopoietic tissue
Bones the palm of the hand

21. nat/
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.
Neck Bones
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Birth

22. Sacral
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
No.
Moving forward
Sacrum

23. arth/
Cartilage
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Epinephrine and Steriods
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

24. brady
Slow
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Disease Condition
No.

25. -meter
Vulva
Measure
Toe Bones
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

26. derm/
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Skin
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.

27. Protraction
Many
Moving forward
Lung
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.

28. Lateral
Side
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Below
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

29. Collagen
Cartilage
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Discharge - Flow

30. cephal/
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.
Head
Moving backward
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

31. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
Moving forward
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Cheek Bone
5. (ex 311.56)

32. inter
Between
Middle of the body.
Milk
Back part of the body.

33. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Muscle
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Before - in front of

34. What is primary malignancy?
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Shin
Blood Condition
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

35. How long should Medical Records be retained?
4. (ex 311.0)
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Upper Jawbone

36. Vomer
MM/DD/YY
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Breast

37. Abduction
Lower medial arm bone
Movement away from the midline
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Slow

38. What is in a Medical Record?
In front of the temporal bones
Skin
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
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.

39. Transverse/Cross Sectional
Mass
Front part of the body.
Without
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

40. How long should Medical Records be retained?
Fibrous bands of ligaments
CMS-1500
Lunula
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

41. Temporal Bones
Without
Little - scanty
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium

42. lact/
Skin
4. (ex 311.0)
Milk
Before

43. Retraction
Moving backward
False
Upper Jawbone
Movement away from the midline

44. Cervical
Lower Back
Neck Bones
Little - scanty
Out - out of

45. Ulna
26
Lower medial arm bone
Surgical Repair
Discharge - Flow

46. gastro/
Interior of the nose
Shin
Cheek Bone
Stomach

47. Collagen
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
26
Upper Arm bone
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

48. Alopecia
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Absence of hair
Above
Lower medial arm bone

49. pneum/
Breast
Lung
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
Record

50. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Above
Tongue
Stone