Anatomy
Combining Words
Medical Terminology
Coding
Procedures
100

A type of epithelial cell in the epidermis

Squamous cell

100

The outermost layer of skin: epi______

Dermis

100

adip/o

fat

100

suction lipectomy, lower right let

15879-RT

100

The repaired wound should be measured or converted to?

Centimeters

200

Hard protein material found in the epidermis

Keratin

200

Under the nail: sub_______________

Ungual

200

erythem/o

redness

200

Mastopexy

19316

200

Chronic recurrent dermatosis with silvery gray scales covering red patches in skin

Psoriasis

300

Absence of pigment of skin

Albinism

300

White patches on mucous membrane of tongue or cheek: leuko_________________

Plakia

300

onych/o

nail

300

repair superficial wound of the nose measuring 5.2 cm

12014

300

Procedure in which layers of growth are removed and examined microscopically

Mohs surgery

400

What is a Wheal?

Hives

400

Excessive secretion from subaceous glands: sebo________

Rrhea

400

sweat

hydr/o

400

excision of pilonidal cyst, simple

11770

400

Incision and drainage codes are divided into subcategories according to the ______________.

Condition for which the procedure is performed

500

Inflammatory disease of the joints and collagen of the skin; can affect othe body organs

Systemic lupus erythematosus

500

Abnormal condition of dry, scaly skin: __________osis

Ichthy

500

trich/o

hair

500

excision of a sacral pressure ulcer with ostectomy, with primary suture

15933

500

The removal of a lesion by transverse incision that did not require sutured closure is reported using codes from which subsection?

Shaving of Epidermal or Dermal Lesions