Introduction to Medical Coding
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CPT - Answer: Current Procedural Terminology - a medical coding classification system; the standard
medical code set used to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services for payment
HIPAA - Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; the statute that protects health
insurance coverage and patient confidentiality and created standards for electronic medical record
transactions.
ICD-10 - Answer: International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision; the system used by physicians
and other healthcare providers to define, classify, and code the universe of diseases, disorders, injuries,
and other related health conditions
ICD-10-CM - Answer: 10th Revision, Clinical Modifications; an additional listing that assists in the storage
and retrieval of diagnostic information
ICD-10-PCS - Answer: 10th Revision, Procedure Classification System; U.S. cataloging system for
procedural codes that track various health interventions provided by medical professionals; created by
CMS to track statistics
inpatient coding - Answer: a review of the entire medical record for the length of stay and selection of
the principle diagnosis
medical coding - Answer: the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and
equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes; process that accurately assigns codes to the
description of a patient's condition and communicates the correct information to insurance companies
medical coding professionals - Answer: healthcare employees or contracted services that review clinical
records and correctly assign standard codes during the medical billing process
Questions and Verified Solutions 100%
Correct Already Graded A+
CPT - Answer: Current Procedural Terminology - a medical coding classification system; the standard
medical code set used to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services for payment
HIPAA - Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; the statute that protects health
insurance coverage and patient confidentiality and created standards for electronic medical record
transactions.
ICD-10 - Answer: International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision; the system used by physicians
and other healthcare providers to define, classify, and code the universe of diseases, disorders, injuries,
and other related health conditions
ICD-10-CM - Answer: 10th Revision, Clinical Modifications; an additional listing that assists in the storage
and retrieval of diagnostic information
ICD-10-PCS - Answer: 10th Revision, Procedure Classification System; U.S. cataloging system for
procedural codes that track various health interventions provided by medical professionals; created by
CMS to track statistics
inpatient coding - Answer: a review of the entire medical record for the length of stay and selection of
the principle diagnosis
medical coding - Answer: the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and
equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes; process that accurately assigns codes to the
description of a patient's condition and communicates the correct information to insurance companies
medical coding professionals - Answer: healthcare employees or contracted services that review clinical
records and correctly assign standard codes during the medical billing process
