Holiday Giggles
This beverage fuels coders more reliably than Santa’s sleigh.
What is coffee?
A patient slips on their icy front steps while rushing out to grab a last-minute Amazon package.
What is Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes?
This suffix means “inflammation,” also known as what coders develop after reviewing end-of-year documentation.
What is -itis?
This is the largest organ of the body — and where holiday cookie crumbs eventually land.
What is the skin?
CPT 2026 made changes to AI-assisted medical services. True or false?
What is True?
This festive activity represents documentation that magically disappears when needed.
What is hiding presents?
A patient comes in with a sore throat and fever after caroling at 14 different houses.
What is Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system?
This prefix means “within,” much like how coders scream internally when new CPT codes go live Jan 1.
What is endo-?
This organ produces insulin — and REALLY works overtime during December.
What is the pancreas?
CPT 2026 added new codes for this type of monitoring done from home.
What is Remote Patient Monitoring?
This Christmas character has better documentation than some providers.
Who is Santa Claus?
The patient has elevated blood pressure after surviving holiday traffic and 47 stops at Target.
What is Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue?
This root word means “blood,” which boils every time you get an unwarranted denial from a payer.
What is hem/o or hemat-?
This part of the brain controls balance, something we all lose from time to time.
What is the cerebellum?
CPT 2026 added a dedicated code for this endoscopic bariatric procedure performed transorally.
What is CPT 43889- endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG)?
Instead of candy, coders want Santa to fill their stocking with this — the thing providers forget as often as car keys.
What is a documented diagnosis?
Patient ate 12 sugar cookies, 3 slices of pie, and “just a taste” of everything else. Now they have severe stomach pain.
What is Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system?
This prefix means “new,” like the flood of brand-new CPT codes Santa drops off every year.
What is neo-?
This bone is the “collarbone,” where tension lives during year end coding deadlines.
What is the clavicle?
CPT 2026 includes major restructuring of codes in this specific vascular territory.
What is lower extremity revascularization?
This stocking gift would stop 90% of queries and 100% of coder tears.
What is clear medical decision-making?
Patient experiences shortness of breath after sprinting through the airport trying not to miss their holiday flight.
What is Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system?
This term means “surgical removal,” and it’s also what coders want to do to the copy/paste portion of provider notes?
What is excision?
This muscle helps you breathe through CPT changes and in-laws visiting at the same time.
What is the diaphragm?
This must support every new CPT code — and CPT 2026 added a LOT of new requirements.
What is documentation?