Medical Terminology
against, opposite of
what is Anti?
Five digits in length
Descriptions reflect health care services and procedures?performed in modern medical practice.
Reviewed by AMA to update codes and descriptions?annually
what is CPT codes?
areas of the law that are not classified as criminal.
What is Civil Law?
Federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, younger people with disabilities, or indivuduals with end stage renal disease.
What is Medicare?
The amount that patient owes at the time of service.
What is Copay?
a word part that is affixed to the end of a word
What is a Suffix?
Reported to track performance measurements
Use is optional.
What is Category 2 CPT codes?
Unauthorized release of patient information to a third-party.
What is breach of confidentiality?
A form of insurance providing medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment.
What is worker's compensation?
A portion of the isnurance allowed amount that the patient or secondary insurance must pay?
What is Coinsurance?
immediate reaction to a foreign substance
what is Anaphylaxis?
includes complete description of procedure or service
What is standalone code?
A document that provides official instruction such as the customized document that gives covered entities permission to use specified protected health information (PHI) for specified purposes or to disclosure PHI to a third party specified by the individual.
What is Authorization?
Joint federal and state program that helps with Medical cost for some people with limited income.
What is Medicaid
A specified amount of money that the insured must pay before insurance company will pay a claim.
What is Deductible?
germ, bud, developing cell
blast/o
what is 99201?
means actions that are improper, inappropriate, outside acceptable standards of professional conduct or medically unnecessary.
Examples
What is Abuse?
Is often offered through employers, organizations, or can be purchased on your own.
What is Private/Commercial?
A law which protects the confidentiality and security of healthcare information
what is HIPAA?
inflammation of the meniscus
what is menicitis?
Medicare Gcode for Welcome to Medicare (very first preventative visit)
what is G0402?
_ has been at the forefront of the Nation's efforts to fight waste, fraud and abuse and to improving the efficiency of Medicare, Medicaid and more than 100 other Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) programs.
What is OIG?
A type of insurance plan when PCP has to be chosen, and patient usually needs referral to see a specialist?
What is HMO?
A list of the unlisted procedures for use in a specific section of the CPT manual is contained in
What is Guidelines?