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Med. Insurance Terms
Medical Insurance in a Flash Chapter 5
Question | Answer |
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What type of hypertension contains a minimum diastolic reading of 130 mm Hg? | Malignant |
What type of malignant neoplasm is localized or encapsulated? | Ca in situ |
What type of code is used by the hospital to report the type of neoplasm? | M code |
What can poisoning codes be found? | Table of Drugs and Chemicals |
This fracture has more than two fragments of bone that are broken off | Comminuted |
This fracture runs along the length of the bone. | Linear |
These are used to enclose synonyms, alternative terminology, or explanatory phrases | Brackets |
This term is used to identify a code that is not otherwise specified | NOS |
What is the name of the new diagnosis coding system starting in 2013? | ICD-10 |
What type of diagnosis code is used to identify that the service was an examination, therapy, ancillary, or aftercare? | Service oriented |
What type of diagnosis code is used to establish medical necessity? | E codes |
What type of code is used to describe a residual condition produced after the acute phase of an illness? | Law effect code |
What type of code is one that has not reported the required fourth or fifth digit? | Truncated diagnosis code |
When coding both surgical and medical problems for the same patients, which diagnosis code is listed first, surgical or medical? | Surgical |
How many diagnosis codes can be listed per claim? | Eight |
What are the three columns on the Hypertension Table? | Malignant, benign, and unspecified |
How is the neoplasm table arranged? | By anatomical site |
What volume contains the most specific information about the disease or injury? | Volume 1 |
What volume contains the Table of Drugs and Chemicals? | volume 2 |
What typeface is used to indicate categories within the ICD-9-CM that cannot be reported as a primary diagnosis code? | Italicized type |