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Medical Coding Basics

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1. What are the 2 types of glands on the skin?
Hardening
1. Sebaceous (oil) glands 2. Suddiferous (sweat) glands
Lung
Tongue

2. Lateral
To view
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
Movement away from the midline
Side

3. What is Assignment of Benefits?
Out - out of
To cut into
Reimbursement is sent directly from payer to the provider.
Bones at the corner of each eye that cradle the tearducts

4. Lipocyte
Surgical Fixation
Moving backward
Fat cell
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.

5. What hormones do the adrenal glands secrete?
Blood Condition
Milk
CMS-1500
Epinephrine and Steriods

6. Inferior nasal conchae
Fallopian tubes
Abnormal condition
Interior of the nose
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.

7. supra
A law passed by the Federal Government to prosecute cases of Medicaid fraud.
Blood Condition
A pregnant woman who has had at least one pregnancy.
Above

8. Occipital Bone
5. (ex 311.56)
Surgical Repair
Above
Forms the back of the skull

9. What is Benign?
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Nose
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

10. Parietal Bones
Forms the sides of the cranium
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Sacrum
Active - retired - survivors and their families of the Armed Forces.

11. What is Carcinoma in situ?
In front of the temporal bones
Sacs of fluid located in-between the bones of the joint and tendons that hold the muscles into place.
Cancer that has localized and not spread at all.
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.

12. Temporal Bones
Provides medical benefits to spouses and children of veterans with total - permanent - service related disabilities- or have died.
Interior of the nose
Forms the two lower sides of the cranium
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

13. -rrhea
Pain
Side
Discharge - Flow
The bone is crushed or shattered.

14. Who developed HCPCs codes?
CMS
Lunula
5
Moving backward

15. What is the False Claims Act (FCA)
To cut into
Discharge - Flow
1. Insurance Reform 2. Administrative Simplification
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

16. Long Bones
Strong - broad and have large surfaces for muscles to attach to.
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
Enlargement
Shoulder - collar - pelvic - arms and legs.

17. What are the key components of E/M?
Liver
1. History -Chief complaint -History of Present illness -Review of Symptoms -Past - Family and Social History 2. Physical Exam 3.Medical Decision Making Complexity
Upper Arm bone
CMS

18. Medial
Middle of the body.
Surgical Repair
Separation - Breakdown
Smaller - lateral leg bone

19. derm/
Major skin pigment
Skin
Before
Bones the palm of the hand

20. Sacral
Separation - Breakdown
Noninvasive - non-spreading - nonmalignant.
Finger Bones
Sacrum

21. Melanin
Visual Examination
Major skin pigment
1. Column 1/ Column 2; identified unbundled codes.2. Mutually Exclusive Edits: Codes that are unlikely to be performed on the same patient in the same day.
5. (ex 311.56)

22. -pathy
Karatin
Liver
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Disease Condition

23. How are bones categorized?
Little - scanty
26
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
All

24. sub
Under
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
All
Bones the palm of the hand

25. Hypo
Below - deficient
A working diagnosis that has not yet been established.
Out - out of
Small - rounded bones that resemble sesame seeds that are found near joints. (ie knee cap)

26. -itis
Smaller - lateral leg bone
Inflammation
Cheek Bone
Lower medial arm bone

27. What is the Axial Skeleton comprised of?
Vulva
Skull - Ribcage and Spine.
Intestine
Under

28. Metacarpals
Mouth
Bones the palm of the hand
CMS
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal

29. -pexy
Death of tissue due to loss of blood supply
The Axial Skeleton and the Appendicular Skeleton
1. Eccrine (secrete odor) 2. Apocrine (odorless sweat)
Surgical Fixation

30. Ethmoid Bone
The bone is crushed or shattered.
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Forms the roof of the nasal cavity
A Federal law that prohibits submitting a false claim or making a false statement or representation in connection with a claim.

31. Tarsal
Hind foot bone
Nose
Major skin pigment
Above

32. What is a Colles Fracture?
Lunula
Bones the palm of the hand
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Coccyx (Tailbone)

33. -therapy
Upper roof of the mouth
Treatment
Governed by State and Local laws; should be retained indefinitely. For deceased patients - they should be kept at least 5 years.
Protection against loss of money caused by failure through error or unintentional omission of the individual or service submitting the claim.

34. para
Within
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Beside
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease with lesions - pustules and vesicles

35. hin/
In the cause of injury - poisoning - accidents or other adverse effects.
Movement toward the midline
Nose
3 (ex 311)

36. Proximal
Near the point of attachment to the trunk.
Epinephrine and Steriods
26
Major skin pigment

37. lact/
Cartilage
Milk
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Surgical Fixation

38. What is a Colles Fracture?
1. Cervical 2. Thoracic 3.Lumbar 4. Sacral 5. Coccygeal
A break at the distal end of the bone - usually when someone tries to break their fall.
Smooth - slightly elevated swollen area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.

39. What are the 3 classifications of Hypertension?
Epinephrine and Steriods
1. Malignant (Accelerated and severe) 2. Benign (Mild or controlled) 3. Unspecified (Not specified in the Medical Record)
Hind foot bone
Bone that forms the wall between the nostrils

40. Malleolus
Osseous
Movement toward the midline
Within
Ankle

41. salping/
Forms the front part of the skull and the forehead.
Abdomen
Fallopian tubes
Wrist bones

42. Anterior/Ventral
Bursting forth blood
Mass
Front part of the body.
Bones the palm of the hand

43. oglio
Little - scanty
Back part of the body.
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.
Vertical plane dividing the body to the left and the right sides.

44. What is in a Medical Record?
Discharge - Flow
Social and Medical History -Family History -Physical Exam Findings -Progress Notes -Lab/Rad Results -Consultation Reports -Correspondence to the patient
All
Middle of the body.

45. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Tongue
A change in the code description since the last edition.
Liver

46. Phalanx
Free moving joints that are surrounded by joint capsules.
Upper Back
Toe Bones
Removal - Excision - Resection

47. hepato/
Nose
Liver
Bones the palm of the hand
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)

48. -osis
Head
Out - out of
Abnormal condition
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

49. Frontal - Coronal
Forms the sides of the cranium
Date of Service (DOS) -Place of Service (POS) -Type of Service (TOS) -Diagnosis -Procedure(s)
Vertical plane dividing the body into Anterior and Posterior sections.
Lower Back

50. chondro/
Cartilage
Far from the point of attachment of the trunk.
Many
Pain