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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What is a Comminuted Fracture?
Below
Pain
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Inflammation

2. Can you have TRICARE and CHAMPVA at the same time?
No.
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Smaller - lateral leg bone

3. Melanin
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Major skin pigment
Many
Upper Arm bone

4. lact/
Neck Bones
Upper roof of the mouth
Milk
All

5. Carpals
Wrist bones
Gall bladder
Ankle
Pain

6. What is Assignment of Benefits?
Pain
Stomach
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Painful - difficult

7. Lateral
Uteris
Birth
Side
Cheek Bone

8. Lacrimal Bones
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Four
Painful - difficult
Beside

9. Phalanx
Toe Bones
Upper Arm bone
Separation - Breakdown
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.

10. hepato/
Out - out of
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Finger Bones
Liver

11. Multigravida
Ovary
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Heart
Little - scanty

12. What is a Complicated Fracture?
Lunula
Upper Jawbone
Surgical Fixation
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.

13. colp/
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Finger Bones
Vagina
CMS-1500

14. oglio
Breast
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Little - scanty
Wrist bones

15. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
Turning the palm or foot upward
Epinephrine and Steriods
Mass
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.

16. Collagen
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Before - in front of
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

17. What is hair made of?
Abdomen
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Upper roof of the mouth
Karatin

18. Palatine Bones
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Upper roof of the mouth
Initiative developed by CMS to promote national correct coding methods and control improper coding that leads to wrong payments of Part B health claims.
Neck Bones

19. hepato/
5. (ex 311.56)
Liver
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Moving backward

20. -gram
Below - deficient
Muscle
Record
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

21. arth/
Gall bladder
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Cartilage
Measure

22. What is the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL)?
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
The bone is crushed or shattered.
Movement away from the midline

23. Flat Bones
Turning Outward
Out - out of
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Measure

24. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Lunula
Lower medial arm bone
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Smaller - lateral leg bone

25. What is a Colles Fracture?
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Four
Mouth
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.

26. Palatine Bones
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Mass
Upper roof of the mouth
Absence of hair

27. -osis
Abnormal condition
Gall bladder
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Under

28. Abduction
Head
Movement away from the midline
Visual Examination
Fat cell

29. a - an
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Without
Separation - Breakdown

30. gloss/
Discolored - flat lesion
Pain
Abdomen
Tongue

31. anti
Middle of the body.
Against
Turning Outward
Head

32. Lipocyte
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Fat cell
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Lunula

33. endo
Side
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
Within
Liver

34. anti
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Record
Against
Muscle

35. -sclerosis
Moving forward
Hardening
Uteris
Separation - Breakdown

36. Metatarsal
Above
Separation - Breakdown
Middle of the foot bone
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37. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
Little - scanty
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Osseous
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.

38. Multigravida
3 (ex 311)
Major skin pigment
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

39. Protraction
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Before
Moving forward
Out - out of

40. Who does TRICARE cover?
Discolored - flat lesion
Vulva
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Intestine

41. Proximal
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
4. (ex 311.0)
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.

42. -emia
Bone
Blood Condition
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Absence of hair

43. pre
Out - out of
Half
Treatment
Before - in front of

44. arth/
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Cartilage
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer

45. gastro/
To cut into
Stomach
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

46. Fibula
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.
Visual Examination

47. What is a compression fracture?
The fractured area of the bone collapses on itself.
Moving forward
Milk
Bones the palm of the hand

48. What are the 3 classifications of Hypertension?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Against
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Mass

49. Who investigates and prosecutes Health Care fraud?
MM/DD/YY
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Suture

50. -plasty
Surgical Repair
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Painful - difficult
Moving forward