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Medical Coding Basics

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1. -oma
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Cheek Bone
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
Mass

2. How many regions is the spinal/vertebral column divided into?
Moving forward
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
5
Front part of the body.

3. Collagen
CMS
Upper Jawbone
Shin
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.

4. ante
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Turning Outward
Before
Intestine

5. ex
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Out - out of
Wrist bones

6. -sclerosis
Through
Hardening
Vagina
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

7. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?
Cheek Bone
Back part of the body.
Below - deficient
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification

8. What is Fiscal Intermediary?
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Vulva
Lunula
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

9. Impetigo
To cut into
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.

10. poly
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Many
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

11. derm/
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)
Skin
Forms the sides of the cranium

12. oglio
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
To cut into
Little - scanty
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.

13. supra
Back part of the body.
Above
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Without

14. mast/
Ovary
Breast
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)

15. Coccygeal
Wrist bones
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Abnormal condition
Coccyx (Tailbone)

16. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Mass

17. arth/
Cartilage
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Movement toward the midline
26

18. -therapy
Treatment
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
Heart
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.

19. nat/
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Birth
Fat cell
Fallopian tubes

20. Abduction
Turning the palm or foot upward
Movement away from the midline
In front of the temporal bones
Between

21. What is secondary malignancy?
Front part of the body.
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
Many
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

22. Retraction
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
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Before
Moving backward

23. -plasty
Surgical Repair
Turning the palm or foot upward
Side
All

24. What is Employer Liability?

25. oophor
Four
Ovary
Many
Discharge - Flow

26. What is Benign?
CMS-1500
Enlargement
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Record

27. What is hair made of?
1996
Karatin
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Lower medial arm bone

28. endo
Within
Sacrum
Cheek Bone
Enlargement

29. salping/
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Fallopian tubes
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

30. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Head
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

31. What is secondary malignancy?
Upper Jawbone
Bones the palm of the hand
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Enlargement

32. Transverse/Cross Sectional
Under
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

33. -therapy
Treatment
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
3 (ex 311)
Back part of the body.

34. What are the key components of E/M?
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Separation - Breakdown
Separation - Breakdown
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

35. a - an
Physicians are legally responsible for their actions and their employee's actions. a.k.a Respondant Superior. (Let the master answer.)
Without
Between
Forms the back of the skull

36. What is a Colles Fracture?
Surgical Fixation
Painful - difficult
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Nose

37. Tarsal
Major skin pigment
Intestine
Hind foot bone
Fallopian tubes

38. a - an
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Without

39. Ethmoid Bone
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Lung
Before - in front of

40. Flat Bones
Lower medial arm bone
Before - in front of
Slow
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)

41. Occipital Bone
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Forms the back of the skull
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.

42. -pathy
Sacrum
Mouth
Disease Condition
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.

43. -lysis
Cheek Bone
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Separation - Breakdown
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.

44. colp/
Vagina
Birth
Separation - Breakdown
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.

45. What is the Appendicular Skeleton comprised of?
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.
Vulva
Side
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.

46. -gram
Above
Cartilage
Movement away from the midline
Record

47. epi
Above
Uteris
Four
Fat cell

48. What is Assignment of Benefits?
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Milk
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.

49. gloss/
In front of the temporal bones
Through
Tongue
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

50. Anterior/Ventral
Front part of the body.
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Above
False