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Medical Coding Basics

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1. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
The bone is crushed or shattered.
5. (ex 311.56)
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

2. neo
New
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Blood Condition
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

3. What are the 3 classifications of Hypertension?
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Wrist bones
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

4. lact/
Cartilage
Enlargement
To cut into
Milk

5. How many regions is the spinal/vertebral column divided into?
Lower Jawbone
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Moving forward
5

6. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Stomach
Lunula
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
All

7. What are bones made of?
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Between
Osseous
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin

8. Radius
Before
Fat cell
Enlargement
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

9. Abduction
Movement away from the midline
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
Intestine
Mouth

10. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
Toe Bones
Movement away from the midline
Opening
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.

11. -pathy
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Disease Condition
To view
Visual Examination

12. -itis
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Ankle
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Inflammation

13. When are E codes used?
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Lower medial arm bone

14. How long should Medical Records be retained?
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Above
Side

15. -tomy
Fallopian tubes
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
To cut into
Milk

16. anti
Moving forward
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Visual Examination
Against

17. -gram
Interior of the nose
Between
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Record

18. Impetigo
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)

19. -sclerosis
Hind foot bone
Lower medial arm bone
Lower Back
Hardening

20. Phalanges
Cheek Bone
Hardening
Finger Bones
Upper Arm bone

21. How is the Patients DOB entered on the claim form?
MM/DD/YY
Hematopoietic tissue
Upper Jawbone
Removal - Excision - Resection

22. hepato/
Liver
Turning Inward
Bone
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity

23. Impetigo
Shin
No.
Fallopian tubes
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

24. How many regions is the spinal/vertebral column divided into?
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
5
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity

25. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Bone
Uteris

26. What does a Surgical Package (aka Global Surgery) include?
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
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.
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
Fibrous bands of ligaments

27. -pathy
Toe Bones
Back part of the body.
Disease Condition
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.

28. -osis
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Slow
3 (ex 311)
Abnormal condition

29. oophor
Mouth
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Ovary
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton

30. -osis
Abnormal condition
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Tongue
Record

31. What is hair made of?
Karatin
Moving backward
Middle of the foot bone
Slow

32. -scopy
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
No.
CMS-1500
Visual Examination

33. Flat Bones
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)

34. ante
Before
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Vagina

35. Humerus
Surgical Fixation
Upper Arm bone
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

36. What does a Surgical Package (aka Global Surgery) include?
1996
Slow
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
The bone is crushed or shattered.

37. Temporal Bones
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
False
Vulva
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity

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

39. Hypo
Ovary
Below - deficient
5. (ex 311.56)
Discharge - Flow

40. dys
Painful - difficult
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
Liver
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

41. -rrhagia
Bursting forth blood
Lower Jawbone
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Front part of the body.

42. Sacral
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Hardening
Sacrum
Side

43. Malleolus
Half
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
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

44. Collagen
New
Upper roof of the mouth
Treatment
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.

45. para
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.
Sacrum
Beside
Stone

46. Parietal Bones
Within
Forms the sides of the cranium
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)

47. Retraction
Without
Moving backward
Half
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

48. Tarsal
Discolored - flat lesion
Milk
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.
Hind foot bone

49. Inferior nasal conchae
Moving forward
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Below - deficient
Interior of the nose

50. Abduction
Separation - Breakdown
Movement away from the midline
Forms the sides of the cranium
Within