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Medical Coding Basics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Short Bones






2. hyster/






3. Ethmoid Bone






4. -ectomy






5. What are bursae?






6. supra






7. -scopy






8. What does a Surgical Package (aka Global Surgery) include?






9. Protraction






10. Vomer






11. ex






12. Eversion






13. arth/






14. What is hair made of?






15. dys






16. What is Assignment of Benefits?






17. -sclerosis






18. -meter






19. Gangrene






20. What is Fiscal Intermediary?






21. Transverse/Cross Sectional






22. -plasty






23. gastro/






24. What is a compression fracture?






25. Frontal - Coronal






26. Distal






27. What are the 3 layers of skin?






28. What does a triangle in the CPT book next to a code mean?






29. ante






30. brady






31. What is CHAMPVA






32. sub






33. What is in a Medical Record?






34. Sesamoid Bones






35. What is a Complicated Fracture?






36. What are the two provisions of HIPPA?






37. What is Employer Liability?


38. Retraction






39. cephal/






40. hemi






41. hepato/






42. How many digits does an ICD-9 Subclassification code have?






43. When billing an insurance company - what information must be included?






44. anti






45. What are the 2 types of sweat glands?






46. oste/






47. Lumbar






48. Vesicle






49. How is Medicare's RBRVS calculated?






50. poly