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Coding Terminology | MED - Insurance Billing & Coding, Quizzes of Medical Records

Class: MED - Insurance Billing & Coding; Subject: Medicine; University: Dallas County Community College District; Term: Forever 1989;

Typology: Quizzes

2017/2018

Uploaded on 12/28/2018

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TERM 1
What does excludes 1 mean?
DEFINITION 1
excludes 1 means that two conditions cannot exist together
TERM 2
What do you call a neoplasm that has spread
(metastasized) to an additional body site?
DEFINITION 2
In the Neoplasm Table this is classified as Secondary
TERM 3
Encryption means...
DEFINITION 3
Encryption is the process of encoding information in such a
way that only the person with a key can decode it
TERM 4
What does NEC mean?
DEFINITION 4
Not Elsewhere Classified means that no code matches the
exact situation
TERM 5
What does NOC mean?
DEFINITION 5
Not Otherwise Specified means no other information is
available for assigning the disease a more specific code
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What does excludes 1 mean?

excludes 1 means that two conditions cannot exist together TERM 2

What do you call a neoplasm that has spread

(metastasized) to an additional body site?

DEFINITION 2 In the Neoplasm Table this is classified as Secondary TERM 3

Encryption means...

DEFINITION 3 Encryption is the process of encoding information in such a way that only the person with a key can decode it TERM 4

What does NEC mean?

DEFINITION 4 Not Elsewhere Classified means that no code matches the exact situation TERM 5

What does NOC mean?

DEFINITION 5 Not Otherwise Specified means no other information is available for assigning the disease a more specific code

What is truncated coding?

truncated coding uses diagnoses that are not as specific as possible TERM 7

What is a mutually exclusive code?

DEFINITION 7 MEC are used to represent that two services could not have been performed on the same day of service. MEC codes are used during edits. TERM 8

What does re-sequenced mean?

DEFINITION 8 codes that have been reassigned to another sequence or section TERM 9

Give me examples of HCPCS level 2

modifiers

DEFINITION 9 NU - new equipment E1 - upper eyelid QC - single channel monitoring E4 - lower right eyelid TERM 10

Give me examples of CPT/HCPCS level 1

modifiers

DEFINITION 10 51 - multiple procedures 66 - surgical team 80 - assistant surgeon 62 - two surgeons