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Medical Coding Basics

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1. -tomy
Front part of the body.
To cut into
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
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin

2. What are synovial joints?
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Surgical Fixation
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
All

3. Lacrimal Bones
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
Tongue
Forms the sides of the cranium
Skin

4. Inversion
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
Turning Inward
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Between

5. -sclerosis
Hardening
Front part of the body.
Heart
Neck Bones

6. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subcategory code have?
Surgical Fixation
4. (ex 311.0)
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

7. What is Employee Liability Insurance?
Movement toward the midline
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Upper Arm bone
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.

8. Occipital Bone
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.
Below
Fat cell
Forms the back of the skull

9. endo
Lower Back
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Within
Turning Outward

10. What is the name of the claim form that is standard for submitting claims?
In front of the temporal bones
False
Abnormal condition
CMS-1500

11. mast/
Hardening
Upper Back
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Breast

12. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
Fallopian tubes
Separation - Breakdown
5. (ex 311.56)
Toe Bones

13. nat/
Fallopian tubes
Birth
Lower Back
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

14. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
Stone
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Middle of the foot bone
1996

15. What is a Colles Fracture?
CMS-1500
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Skin
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.

16. tetra
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Neck Bones
Four
Above

17. Impetigo
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

18. hin/
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Enlargement
Nose
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.

19. Carpals
Wrist bones
MM/DD/YY
Surgical Puncture
Suture

20. Transverse/Cross Sectional
Slow
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Upper roof of the mouth

21. Supination
Intestine
Little - scanty
Turning the palm or foot upward
Hind foot bone

22. When was the Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) created?
1996
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Smaller - lateral leg bone

23. hepato/
Little - scanty
Suture
Liver
Vulva

24. -osis
Abnormal condition
Out - out of
To view
Inflammation

25. Transverse/Cross Sectional
Lower Jawbone
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Horizontal plane dividing the upper and lower parts of the body.
Karatin

26. When can a provider share PHI without specific permission from the patient?

27. Flat Bones
An insurance company that bids for a contract with CMS to handle the Medicare program in a specific area.
Movement toward the midline
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Bones covering body parts (ie shoulder blades - ribs - pelvic bones)

28. per
Through
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
CMS
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.

29. Humerus
Major skin pigment
Turning the palm or foot upward
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles
Upper Arm bone

30. How many bones are in the spine?
Smaller - lateral leg bone
26
Half
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.

31. What is Benign?
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
New
Above
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

32. Infra
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Below
Osseous
Sacrum

33. oste/
Opening
Above
Bone
Record

34. What is Carcinoma in situ?
Opening
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Intestine

35. -rrhea
Discharge - Flow
To view
5
Slow

36. chondro/
Cartilage
Muscle
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
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.

37. What is in a Medical Record?
Out - out of
Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue.
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands

38. lith/
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Against
Stone
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.

39. -ectomy
Lower Jawbone
Intestine
Removal - Excision - Resection
Lower Back

40. lact/
To view
Lung
Milk
Heart

41. What is primary malignancy?
Within
Little - scanty
CMS-1500
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.

42. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Lunula
Pain
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Disease Condition

43. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Disease Condition
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
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
Below - deficient

44. How are bones categorized?
Middle of the body.
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
Ovary

45. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
Suture
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Within
Enlargement

46. supra
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Above
Ankle
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

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

48. -emia
CMS
Blood Condition
Sacrum
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient

49. -meter
Measure
Before
Treatment
All

50. dys
Ovary
Painful - difficult
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.
Karatin