Medical Terminology
The study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined populations.
What is Epidemiology?
MDM
What is Medical Decision Making?
Running in the snow an ice often results in weather related accidents. How would you code Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, initial encounter?
What is ICD-10 W00.9xxA Unspecified fall due to ice and snow, initial encounter?
Office or outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient that requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and low level of medical decision making. When using time for this code selection, 30-44 minutes of total time is spent on the date of the encounter.
What is 99203?
When you receive an electric shock from stringing up lights that have bare wiring and piggy backing extension cords.
What is Electrocution ICD 10 T75.4xxA ?
The invasion of bodily tissue by pathogenic microorganisms that proliferate, resulting in tissue injury that can progress to disease.
What is an infection?
EFT
What is Electronic Funds Transfer?
Those beautiful displays of lights take plenty of work and entail a good amount of time spent on a ladder. How would you code reporting patient falls from ladder while decorating?
What is W11.xxxA Fall on and from ladder, initial encounter?
Office or other outpatient visit for evaluation and management of an established patient that requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and low level of medical decision making. When using time for code selection, 20-29 minutes of total time is spent on the date of encounter.
What is 99213?
We all love a good holiday party. If you enjoy too much eggnog, though, you could suffer a ho-ho-hangover.
What is Alcohol use, unspecified with intoxication, unspecified, ICD 10 F10.929 ?
The study of the causes and effects of disease or injury.
What is Pathology?
NEC
What is Not Elsewhere Classifiable?
Turkeys tend to be a bit on edge around the holiday season. How would you code getting pecked by a turkey?
What is W61.43, Pecked by a turkey?
A Subsequent hospital care visit that requires 2 out of the 3 of the following:
A problem focused history; A problem focused exam, Medical Decision making that is straightforward or of low complexity. Or if time is basis, 15 minutes spent face to face with the patient and the appropriate documentation must be included.
What is 99231?
For parents that stay up late to wrap last minute gifts and getting up early to get that holiday dinner done. How do you code when parents don't get enough shut-eye during the holidays?
What is sleep deprivation, ICD-10 Z72.820 ?
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses.
What is DNA?
TIN
What is Tax Identification Number?
For those brave individuals who head out to the stores to do their Black Friday shopping, there is always a risk of getting pushed or stepped on to get the door buster special before they are all gone. How would you code getting stepped on by crowd?
What is W52, crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede?
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the minimum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time, requiring total time with or without direct patient contact beyond the usual service, each 15 minutes of total time. (List separately in addition to codes 99205, 99215)
What is a 99417?
If a jolly older gentleman is seeking medical attention around December 24th that has been injured in an animal drawn sleigh, how would you code?
What is V80.929A Occupant of animal-drawn vehicle injured in unspecified transport accident, initial encounter?
The scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.
What is Physiology?
ATD
What is applied to deductible?
The holidays are about bringing families together, but it doesn't always go smoothly. How would you code when siblings start to squabble over a toy?
What is Z62.891 Sibling rivalry?
Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient, first 30-74 minutes.
What is 99291?
Those dreaming of a White Christmas, wanting to get out early and enjoy the white powder this holiday season, might decide to go skiing, snow tubing or sledding. What Y activity code would you append?
What is Y93.23 Activity, snow skiing, snowboarding, sledding, tobogganing, and snow tubing?