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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What are bones connected together with?
Bones the palm of the hand
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Wrist bones

2. ex
Cheek Bone
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.
Out - out of

3. Phalanges
Finger Bones
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Before
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

4. What is the Appendicular Skeleton comprised of?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
To view
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb

5. Medial
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Middle of the body.
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Interior of the nose

6. What is the name of the claim form that is standard for submitting claims?
Finger Bones
Stone
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
CMS-1500

7. salping/
Abnormal condition
Fallopian tubes
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
Surgical Fixation

8. Proximal
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Tongue
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.

9. Frontal Bone
Vulva
Slow
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

10. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
Beside
Slow
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Intestine

11. -tomy
Surgical Repair
CMS-1500
Uteris
To cut into

12. Frontal - Coronal
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
CMS-1500
Hematopoietic tissue

13. Inversion
Lunula
Turning Inward
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Fat cell

14. cholecyst/
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Bone
Above
Gall bladder

15. Coccygeal
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Major skin pigment
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Below - deficient

16. Abduction
Movement away from the midline
Front part of the body.
Without
To cut into

17. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
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.
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Gall bladder
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.

18. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Vagina
No.
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)

19. mast/
Breast
Uteris
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
CMS-1500

20. What are bones connected together with?
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Separation - Breakdown
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Fibrous bands of ligaments

21. -rrhaphy
Turning Inward
Suture
Side
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient

22. Zygoma
Tongue
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
CMS
Cheek Bone

23. supra
Above
Nose
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.

24. Supination
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Disease Condition
Turning the palm or foot upward
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.

25. Vomer
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
5
Shin
Beside

26. Vesicle
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Upper Arm bone

27. What is in a Medical Record?
Discolored - flat lesion
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient

28. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Hematopoietic tissue
Bursting forth blood
Many
Painful - difficult

29. Melanin
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
5. (ex 311.56)
Major skin pigment
Osseous

30. -ectomy
3 (ex 311)
Between
Removal - Excision - Resection
Finger Bones

31. Transverse/Cross Sectional
Lower medial arm bone
Movement toward the midline
Bursting forth blood
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

32. -gram
Mass
Painful - difficult
Record
Hardening

33. What is a Complicated Fracture?
Disease Condition
Turning Inward
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
CMS-1500

34. oophor
Before
Ovary
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Inflammation

35. chondro/
Moving backward
Discharge - Flow
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Cartilage

36. Malleolus
Shin
Movement away from the midline
Ankle
Neck Bones

37. Metacarpals
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Bones the palm of the hand
3 (ex 311)
Moving backward

38. Temporal Bones
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
1996
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Four

39. -pathy
Measure
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Disease Condition
Liver

40. -stomy
Inflammation
26
Opening
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

41. enter/
Interior of the nose
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.
Many
Intestine

42. Impetigo
Treatment
Lunula
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Skin

43. pan
All
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Opening

44. -lysis
Four
Nose
Separation - Breakdown
Uteris

45. cephal/
Half
Head
3 (ex 311)
Abnormal condition

46. Posterior/Dorsal
Back part of the body.
Moving backward
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Lower Back

47. -meter
Within
Enlargement
Measure
Surgical Fixation

48. Lateral
Side
Moving forward
Major skin pigment
Upper Jawbone

49. Occipital Bone
Forms the back of the skull
CMS
Measure
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.

50. When are E codes used?
Toe Bones
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
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
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.