AMCA Certification Exam
-al - ANS-Pertaining to
-algia - ANS-Pain
-dynia - ANS-Pain
-ectomy - ANS-Excision
-ectomy - ANS-Excision, removal
-emia - ANS-Blood condition
-genic - ANS-Produced by, pertaining to producing
-globin - ANS-Protein
-graphy - ANS-Progress of recording
-itis - ANS-Inflammation
-metry - ANS-Progress of measurement
-oma - ANS-Tumor, mass swelling
-osis - ANS-Condition, usually abnormal
-pathy - ANS-Disease condition
-scopy - ANS-A visual examination
-sis - ANS-State of; condition
-stomy - ANS-A new opening
-tomy - ANS-Incision
-tripsy - ANS-Progress of crushingay
: - ANS-Used in the tabular list after an incomplete term which needs one or more of the
modifiers
· (Solid Circle) - ANS-A bullet indicates a new procedure code
[ ] - ANS-Parentheses are used in both the index and tabular list to enclose supplementary
wrote (non-essential modifiers)
{ } - ANS-Brackets enclose synonyms, alternative wording or explanatory phrases; identify
manifestation codes
^ (Triangle) - ANS-Indicates that the codes descriptor has changed
© (a bullet with a circle - ANS-Indicates that moderate dream is part of the procedure
+ (Plus Sign) - ANS-Indicates an add-on code
>< (2 triangles facing each other) - ANS-Facing triangles enclose new or revised text other than
a codes descriptor
~ (a lightning bolt) - ANS-Used when vaccine chord that have been submitted to the FDA for
approval and are awaiting approval
4 Elements of a History - ANS-Chief complaint, history levels, examination levels, medical
decision making complexity levels
A Medical Record Contains... - ANS-Personal information, financial information, medical
information and social information
, Abduction - ANS-Movement away from the midline
Acute Care - ANS-Most often refers to a hospital, treats patients with urgent problems that
cannot be handled
Adduction - ANS-Movement towards the middle
Allowed Amount - ANS-The amount charged for service determined by the insurance company
Alphabetic Filing System - ANS-Information is filed according to the patients last name
Ambulatory Care - ANS-Refers to treatment without admission to hospital
Ante- - ANS-Before, in front of
Anti- - ANS-Against
Arthr/o - ANS-Joint
Assessment - ANS-A brief summary of the patients symptoms, and may often include a
diagnosis as well as a list of other possible diagnoses
Assignment of Benefits - ANS-Reimbursement is sent directly from the payer to the provider
Assumption Coding - ANS-Reporting items or services that are not actually documented
Beneficiary - ANS-A patient covered by a federal program, such as Medicare or Medicaid
Beneficiary Pays - ANS-Deductible, premium, co-insurance (20%) non-covered services
Bi/o - ANS-Life
Brady- - ANS-Slow
Bursae - ANS-Sacs of fluid that are located between the bones out the joint and the tensions
that hold the muscle in place
Capitation - ANS-Managed care plans that prepaid per person per month regardless of how
many times that patient is seen
Carcin/o - ANS-Cancerous, cancer
Cardi/o - ANS-Heart
Category - ANS-The character alphanumeric code that covers a single disease or related
condition
Cephal/o - ANS-Head
Cerebr/o - ANS-Cerebrum
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) - ANS-A private sector
organization that certifies electronic health record products
CHAMPVA - ANS-A benefit program for veterans with service-related disabilities
Clearing Houses - ANS-Edits and transmits batches of claims to insurance companies
Clinical Templates - ANS-Allows doctors to document patient encounters into an EHR on a
structured form
Clinical Vocabularies - ANS-Set a common definitions for medical terms that ease
communication by decreasing uncertainty
Cluster Scheduling - ANS-Scheduling a group of patients cooking in for the fake tour of service
should be scheduled around the same block of time
CMS - ANS-Center for Medicare and Medicaid services
Coinsurance - ANS-A set percentage of charges that the patient pays in surfing to the
guidelines set forth by their policy (80/20)
Colles Fracture - ANS-The break of the distal end of the radius at the epiphysis often occurs
when the patient has steroid to break his or her fall
Combing Form - ANS-Word root plus the appropriate combining vowel
-al - ANS-Pertaining to
-algia - ANS-Pain
-dynia - ANS-Pain
-ectomy - ANS-Excision
-ectomy - ANS-Excision, removal
-emia - ANS-Blood condition
-genic - ANS-Produced by, pertaining to producing
-globin - ANS-Protein
-graphy - ANS-Progress of recording
-itis - ANS-Inflammation
-metry - ANS-Progress of measurement
-oma - ANS-Tumor, mass swelling
-osis - ANS-Condition, usually abnormal
-pathy - ANS-Disease condition
-scopy - ANS-A visual examination
-sis - ANS-State of; condition
-stomy - ANS-A new opening
-tomy - ANS-Incision
-tripsy - ANS-Progress of crushingay
: - ANS-Used in the tabular list after an incomplete term which needs one or more of the
modifiers
· (Solid Circle) - ANS-A bullet indicates a new procedure code
[ ] - ANS-Parentheses are used in both the index and tabular list to enclose supplementary
wrote (non-essential modifiers)
{ } - ANS-Brackets enclose synonyms, alternative wording or explanatory phrases; identify
manifestation codes
^ (Triangle) - ANS-Indicates that the codes descriptor has changed
© (a bullet with a circle - ANS-Indicates that moderate dream is part of the procedure
+ (Plus Sign) - ANS-Indicates an add-on code
>< (2 triangles facing each other) - ANS-Facing triangles enclose new or revised text other than
a codes descriptor
~ (a lightning bolt) - ANS-Used when vaccine chord that have been submitted to the FDA for
approval and are awaiting approval
4 Elements of a History - ANS-Chief complaint, history levels, examination levels, medical
decision making complexity levels
A Medical Record Contains... - ANS-Personal information, financial information, medical
information and social information
, Abduction - ANS-Movement away from the midline
Acute Care - ANS-Most often refers to a hospital, treats patients with urgent problems that
cannot be handled
Adduction - ANS-Movement towards the middle
Allowed Amount - ANS-The amount charged for service determined by the insurance company
Alphabetic Filing System - ANS-Information is filed according to the patients last name
Ambulatory Care - ANS-Refers to treatment without admission to hospital
Ante- - ANS-Before, in front of
Anti- - ANS-Against
Arthr/o - ANS-Joint
Assessment - ANS-A brief summary of the patients symptoms, and may often include a
diagnosis as well as a list of other possible diagnoses
Assignment of Benefits - ANS-Reimbursement is sent directly from the payer to the provider
Assumption Coding - ANS-Reporting items or services that are not actually documented
Beneficiary - ANS-A patient covered by a federal program, such as Medicare or Medicaid
Beneficiary Pays - ANS-Deductible, premium, co-insurance (20%) non-covered services
Bi/o - ANS-Life
Brady- - ANS-Slow
Bursae - ANS-Sacs of fluid that are located between the bones out the joint and the tensions
that hold the muscle in place
Capitation - ANS-Managed care plans that prepaid per person per month regardless of how
many times that patient is seen
Carcin/o - ANS-Cancerous, cancer
Cardi/o - ANS-Heart
Category - ANS-The character alphanumeric code that covers a single disease or related
condition
Cephal/o - ANS-Head
Cerebr/o - ANS-Cerebrum
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) - ANS-A private sector
organization that certifies electronic health record products
CHAMPVA - ANS-A benefit program for veterans with service-related disabilities
Clearing Houses - ANS-Edits and transmits batches of claims to insurance companies
Clinical Templates - ANS-Allows doctors to document patient encounters into an EHR on a
structured form
Clinical Vocabularies - ANS-Set a common definitions for medical terms that ease
communication by decreasing uncertainty
Cluster Scheduling - ANS-Scheduling a group of patients cooking in for the fake tour of service
should be scheduled around the same block of time
CMS - ANS-Center for Medicare and Medicaid services
Coinsurance - ANS-A set percentage of charges that the patient pays in surfing to the
guidelines set forth by their policy (80/20)
Colles Fracture - ANS-The break of the distal end of the radius at the epiphysis often occurs
when the patient has steroid to break his or her fall
Combing Form - ANS-Word root plus the appropriate combining vowel
