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100

Any medical assistant that has received and has met the certification requirements set by the AAMA.

What is a CMA- Certified Medical Assistant?

100
A concise statement describing the symptoms, problem, condition, diagnosis, or other factors that is the reason for the encounter.  Usually stated in the patients own words.

What is chief complaint?

100

MMR

What is Measles, mumps and rubella?

100

11

What is Office?

100

Used in the alphabetic index to identify manifestation codes?

What is brackets ?

200

An individual who has completed a state approved or vocational nursing program, passed the NCLEX-PN Examination, and is licensed by a state board to provide patient care.

What is a RN - Registered Nurse?

200

This sac encloses the heart.

What is the pericardium?

200
AV

What is arteriovenous?

200

13

What is Assisted Living Facility?

200

This note appears immediately under a three-character code title to further define or give examples of the content of the category.

What is INCLUDES NOTE?

300

An individual who uses their proven knowledge of coding and documentation to review medical records for fraud, abuse, or coding violations.

What is a CPMA - Certified Professional Medical Auditor?


300

Laying flat, face downward is known as this. 

What is prone?
300

SOAP

What is subjective, objective, assessment and plan? 

300

02

What is telehealth?

300

A note that instructs that two codes may be required to fully describe a condition, this not does not provide sequencing directions.

What is Code Also note? 

400
Group of Coding Professionals formerly known as The Association of Records Librarians of North America. 

Who is AHIMA?

400

An organic compound and dye. It is available as a dark orange/red powder slightly soluble in water and alcohol. It is widely used as a fluorescent tracer for many applications

What is fluorescein?

400

RSV

What is respiratory syncytial virus?

400

51

What is inpatient psychiatric facility?

400

A code listed next to a main term in the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index?

What is default code?

500

When medical records are submitted by the provider, these contractors review the claims in the sample and the associated medical records to see if the claims complied with Medicare coverage, coding and billing rules.  

Who is a CERT- (Comprehensive Error Rate Testing) Contractor?

500

Use of pins and/or wires that penetrate the bone(s) and interconnection devices for fracture dislocation treatment.

What is external fixation?

500

NSTI

What is necrotizing soft tissue infection?

500

60

What is mass immunization center?

500

Structured lists of codes divided into chapters, based on body systems or condition?

What is tabular list? 

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