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abdomin/o - Answer- abdomen
-agon - Answer- assemble
-22 - Answer-
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When should an ABN be signed? - Answer- When a service is not expected to be
covered by Medicare.
acetabul/o - Answer- hip socket
-78 - Answer- Unplanned return to the operating/procedure room by the same
physician or other qualified health care professional following initial procedure for a
related procedure during the postoperative procedure
-algesia - Answer- pain sensation
ABG - Answer- Arterial blood gas
Absence - Answer- without
a- - Answer- not
acr/o - Answer- height/extremities
-79 - Answer- Unrelated procedure or service by the same physician during the
postoperative period
What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered? - Answer- LCD
-algia - Answer- pain
ABN - Answer- Advance Beneficiary Notice; used by CMS to notify beneficiary of
payment of provider services
adipose - Answer- fatty
an- - Answer- not
ante- - Answer- before
Albinism - Answer- Lack of color pigment
ACL - Answer- anterior cruciate ligament
AD - Answer- right ear
AFB - Answer- acid-fast bacillus
AFI - Answer- Amniotic fluid index
AGA - Answer- appropriate for gestational age
-ar - Answer- pertaining to
-arche - Answer- beginning
-ary - Answer- pertaining to
-asthenia - Answer- weakness
-blast - Answer- embryonic
-capnia - Answer- carbon dioxide
-cele - Answer- hernia
-centesis - Answer- puncture to remove (drain)
What is medical billing? - Answer- Translating medical documentation into codes.
What part of Medicare should be billed for the pain medication by the pharmacy? -
Answer- Part D
The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient? -
Answer- $100 or 25% of cost.
An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another
entity into a standard is considered what? - Answer- Clearinghouse.
What is PHI? - Answer- Personal Health Information.
Intentional billing of services not provided is considered? - Answer- Fraud.
What OIG document should a provider review for potential problem areas that will
receive special scrutiny in the upcoming year? - Answer- OIG Work Plan. Each year
in October.
-80 - Answer- Assistant surgeon
-81 - Answer- Minimum assistant surgeon
-82 - Answer- Assistant surgeon (when qualified resident surgeon not available)
-90 - Answer- Reference (outside) laboratory
-91 - Answer- Repeat clinical diagnostic laboratory test
-99 - Answer- Multiple modifiers
-23 - Answer- Unusual anesthesia
aden/o - Answer- in a relationship to a gland
audi- - Answer- hearing
bi- - Answer- two
Allograft - Answer- Homograft, same species graft
Alopecia - Answer- Condition in which hair falls out
AGCUS - Answer- atypical glandular cells of undetermined
AKA - Answer- above-knee amputation
-chezia - Answer- defecation
-clast, -clasia, -clasis - Answer- break
-coccus - Answer- spherical bacterium
-cyesis - Answer- pregnancy.......... [Show Less]