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Medical Coding Basics

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1. myo/
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Muscle
Side
Four

2. Lateral
Discharge - Flow
Lunula
Side
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)

3. Phalanges
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Finger Bones
Shin

4. How are bones categorized?
Uteris
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Under

5. Frontal - Coronal
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Against
Fat cell
Hardening

6. mast/
Upper Back
Breast
Lung
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.

7. Protraction
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Four
Moving forward
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

8. Maxilla
Lower Back
Upper Jawbone
To view
Skin

9. Parietal Bones
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Forms the sides of the cranium
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Karatin

10. What is a Colles Fracture?
Middle of the body.
Shin
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Inflammation

11. cholecyst/
Moving backward
Hind foot bone
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Gall bladder

12. Mandible
Epinephrine and Steriods
Lower Jawbone
Bone
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.

13. Sacral
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Shin
Surgical Fixation
Sacrum

14. -rrhaphy
Upper roof of the mouth
Mass
Suture
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

15. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Milk
Lunula
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Turning the palm or foot upward

16. What is the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI)?
Head
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Osseous
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

17. What are synovial joints?
5
Bursting forth blood
Bursting forth blood
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.

18. What is the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL)?
Surgical Repair
Beside
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Coccyx (Tailbone)

19. Wheal
Out - out of
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Moving backward
Shin

20. Lumbar
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Removal - Excision - Resection
Lower Back
The bone is crushed or shattered.

21. Palatine Bones
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Upper roof of the mouth
Skin
Within

22. sub
Visual Examination
Under
Lunula
Surgical Fixation

23. Who developed HCPCs codes?
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Half
CMS
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.

24. What is a Complicated Fracture?
Turning the palm or foot upward
Finger Bones
Vulva
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

25. Sesamoid Bones
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
No.
Lunula

26. -centisis
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Before
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Surgical Puncture

27. Hypo
Back part of the body.
Below - deficient
Liver
Birth

28. Collagen
Intestine
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Cheek Bone
Under

29. oophor
Within
Discharge - Flow
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Ovary

30. per
5
4. (ex 311.0)
Through
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.

31. anti
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Against
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity

32. Who developed HCPCs codes?
Below
Coccyx (Tailbone)
CMS
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)

33. Multigravida
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Stone
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

34. dys
Separation - Breakdown
Finger Bones
Painful - difficult
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils

35. Palatine Bones
Upper roof of the mouth
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Forms the sides of the cranium
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin

36. Ulna
Cheek Bone
Finger Bones
Lower medial arm bone
Ovary

37. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Liver
1996
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

38. Zygoma
Disease Condition
Cheek Bone
To cut into
CMS-1500

39. Tibia
Shin
Disease Condition
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Lunula

40. Flat Bones
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Stomach
Milk
Middle of the foot bone

41. chondro/
Turning the palm or foot upward
Cartilage
Blood Condition
Forms the sides of the cranium

42. What are Medical Ethics?
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Removal - Excision - Resection
New
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

43. Supination
26
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
Stone
Turning the palm or foot upward

44. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Middle of the foot bone
Without
Turning the palm or foot upward

45. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
Half
Hardening
Intestine
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

46. hin/
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Nose
Moving forward
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.

47. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Upper Back

48. Alopecia
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Hematopoietic tissue
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Absence of hair

49. Inversion
CMS
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Intestine
Turning Inward

50. -osis
Abnormal condition
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Removal - Excision - Resection
Hardening