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1. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
A change in the code description since the last edition.
In front of the temporal bones
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.

2. nat/
Visual Examination
To view
Birth
Painful - difficult

3. Sagittal
Ovary
Measure
Removal - Excision - Resection
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

4. Sesamoid Bones
Osseous
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)
Moving backward
Movement away from the midline

5. What are the key components of E/M?
Neck Bones
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
To view
Bursting forth blood

6. Gangrene
Below - deficient
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Movement toward the midline
Through

7. Phalanx
Interior of the nose
Many
Surgical Puncture
Toe Bones

8. When are E codes used?
Osseous
Upper Arm bone
Treatment
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.

9. Cervical
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
MM/DD/YY
Neck Bones
Half

10. -rrhaphy
Nose
Small collection of clear fluid; blister
Suture
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.

11. pre
Before - in front of
Hind foot bone
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

12. -stomy
Opening
Coccyx (Tailbone)
Head
Hind foot bone

13. lact/
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
Little - scanty
Karatin
Milk

14. What is the moon like white area at the base of the nail called?
Breast
Muscle
Lunula
Hardening

15. anti
False
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
Against
Wrist bones

16. Multigravida
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Beside
Within
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.

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

18. episi/
Middle of the body.
Vulva
Heart
Inflammation

19. cardi/
Blood Condition
Major skin pigment
Heart
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

20. Who does TRICARE cover?
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.
Fallopian tubes
Before - in front of
Smaller - lateral leg bone

21. Posterior/Dorsal
Beside
Back part of the body.
Record
Shin

22. What is Benign?
Out - out of
Enlargement
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
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.

23. ex
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Cartilage
Out - out of
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

24. Multigravida
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Blood Condition

25. Vomer
Painful - difficult
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Surgical Fixation
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils

26. Protraction
Mass
Moving forward
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Hardening

27. When are V codes used?
Heart
Breast
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
Middle of the body.

28. What is Benign?
New
Finger Bones
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Cartilage

29. What is hair made of?
Opening
Karatin
Nose
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.

30. What is secondary malignancy?
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Surgical Repair
False
Separation - Breakdown

31. Anterior/Ventral
To cut into
Discolored - flat lesion
Front part of the body.
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.

32. cephal/
Out - out of
The bone is broken and pierces an organ.
Head
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply

33. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
Mass
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
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.
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)

34. Ulna
1. Epidermis (Top layer) 2. Dermis (Middle layer) 3. Subcutaneous Layer
Upper Jawbone
Inflammation
Lower medial arm bone

35. pseudo
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts
False
Osseous
Upper roof of the mouth

36. -pexy
Stomach
Upper roof of the mouth
Fibrous bands of ligaments
Surgical Fixation

37. How many volumes is the ICD-9 manual divided into?
1. Volume 1; Tabular List 2. Volume 2; Diseases - Alphabetic Index 3. Volume 3; Procedures - tabular list and index
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Uteris
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin

38. Sphenoid Bones
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Side
Absence of hair
In front of the temporal bones

39. What are bones made of?
Lunula
Osseous
Vagina
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.

40. What does a Surgical Package (aka Global Surgery) include?
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
Middle of the body.
Muscle

41. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Above
The original cancer site. Malignant tumores are considered primary unless documented as secondary or metastatic.
Gall bladder

42. hyster/
Fat cell
Uteris
Before - in front of
Small with irregular shapes (ie wrist and ankle)

43. What does a bullet in the CPT code book next to a code mean?
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Lower arm bone in line with the thumb
MM/DD/YY
A new procedure or service since the previous edition.

44. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Standards of conduct based on moral principals.
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Back part of the body.
Head

45. What are the 5 regions of the spine?
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
Disease Condition
Lunula

46. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?
5. (ex 311.56)
Moving forward
Discolored - flat lesion
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

47. What are the insides of bones comprised of?
Hematopoietic tissue
Half
Liver
Fibrous bands of ligaments

48. mast/
Turning Inward
Breast
Milk
All

49. -ectomy
Breast
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
Removal - Excision - Resection
Hind foot bone

50. Vomer
Cancer that has spread to a secondary site.
Side
Toe Bones
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils