pharmacology
the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
what is pharmacology?
A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age and older
What is Medicare?
billing codes for medical, surgical and diagnostic services
What is CPT codes?
Transfer of patient care from one physician to another.
what is a referral?
swelling
What is edema?
certain drugs, such as antibiotics, kill or remove the causative agent of a disease
What is curative drug use?
The set amount of money that a patient pays at the time of the visit
What is a co-pay?
Numeric or alphanumeric characters used to classify and report diseases, conditions, and injuries.
What is diagnostic code?
money and other valuables belonging to an individual or business
What are assets?
blue in color
What is cyanosis?
This route is across the skin
What is transdermal?
an amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
What is premium?
Standard insurance form used by all government and most commercial insurance payers.
What is CMS 1500?
Amounts to be paid in the future for goods or services already acquired
What is accounts payable?
inflammation around the heart
What is pericarditis?
The Latin term for the label, the part of the prescription that gives instructions on how the patient should take the medication
What is signa (sig)
Health insurance that requires a PCP and wants you to use only in-network doctors
What is HMO?
Where would you find more information for a diagnosis
What is operative reports, discharge summaries, history and physical forms?
A Medical assistant sees that a patient has signed an Advance Beneficiary Notice for a test that the patient requested. After receiving a denial of payment from the insurance company. Which of the following actions should the assistant take?
What is bill the patient?
The root word of epigastritis?
What is gastro?
According to the right of medication administration, which of the following pieces of information should a medical assistant obtain from a patient before administering a medication?
What is DOB?
The method of determining primary coverage for a dependent child, under which the plan of the parent whose birthday occurs first in the calendar year, is designated as primary.
What is the birthday rule?
Which of the following information should a medical assistant use first to locate and assign an ICD-10-CM code?
What is the main term?
The form that is universal for medical billing?
What is CMS 1500?
create an opening of the trachea
What is tracheostomy?