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Medical Terminology and Concepts, Exams of Nursing

A wide range of medical terminology and concepts, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, and healthcare administration. It provides definitions and explanations for various medical terms, conditions, and procedures, making it a valuable resource for healthcare professionals, students, and anyone interested in understanding the language and principles of medicine. The document delves into topics such as the structure and function of the human body, common diseases and their causes, medical imaging and diagnostic techniques, as well as legal and ethical considerations in healthcare. With its comprehensive coverage and clear explanations, this document can serve as a comprehensive reference guide or study material for those seeking to expand their knowledge in the medical field.

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Available from 09/13/2024

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Download Medical Terminology and Concepts and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! CODING CERTIFICATION NAHP 2024 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS | A+ GRADE purpose of output devices Correct Answer display info after it has been processed examples of output devices Correct Answer monitor and printer resolution Correct Answer sharpness of the images and is measured in dot pitch all in one printer Correct Answer is a printer, fax machine, scanner and photocopier it is illegal for a pt to be denied a copy of their chart if.. Correct Answer they're unable to pay the fee to obtain it HBV Correct Answer highly contagious and potentially fatal disease that causes inflammation of the liver terminating care of a patient AKA Correct Answer withdrawing from a case appropriate way for Dr. to terminate care of a pt is Correct Answer send pt a certified letter subpoena Correct Answer written court order addressed to specific person, requiring person's presence in court at a specific time direct cause Correct Answer when a patient's leg healed incorrectly because of the way the cast had been applied tort Correct Answer breach of some obligation that causes harm or injury to someone arbitration Correct Answer opposing sides choose a person outside the court system , with special knowledge in the field, to hear and decide a dispute respondent superior Correct Answer employee who is considered to be acting on the Dr's behalf while performing professional tasks derelict Correct Answer pt shows the Dr. failed to comply with standards of the profession malfeasance Correct Answer unlawful act of misconduct 2 types of law pertains to healthcare profession Correct Answer criminal and civil law subpoena duces tecum Correct Answer court order to produce documents nonfeasance Correct Answer failure to perform an act that is one's required duty or that's not required by law Medi Medi Correct Answer older/disabled pts who have Medicare and cannot pay difference between bill and Medicare payment can qualify out patient care Correct Answer patient is not confined to hospital or treatment health insurance first offered in US Correct Answer 1847 first type of insurance Correct Answer accident insurance first health insurance created to Correct Answer cover income because of disability first group coverage emerged Correct Answer 1929 health insurance first became an employment benefit Correct Answer WW2 and hold-the-line wage freeze subscriber Correct Answer person whose name the name is carried in insurance claims are filed Correct Answer 7-10 business days from date of service review for allowable benefits Correct Answer insurance claims dept. compares fee Dr. charges with benefits provided by pt insurance subscriber liability Correct Answer what pt owes after insurance company has paid customary fee Correct Answer prevailing fee for that service or procedure in geographic region reasonable fee Correct Answer generally accepted fee for Dr. charges for difficult or complicated service UCR system Correct Answer need for flexible fee schedule for medical services that can reflect regional cost differences and differences in medical education and specialty use of capital letters for all entries HCFA-1500 Correct Answer for optical character reading scanning tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982 Correct Answer law that sets reimbursement based on diagnosis related groups major diagnostic category Correct Answer diagnosis related groups are classified first by comorbidity Correct Answer is a preexisting condition under Medicare part B Correct Answer pts are not permitted to submit their own claims for reimbursement Medicare part A Correct Answer pt who has been hospitalized up tp 90 days for each benefits period is covered benefit period for Medicare Correct Answer starts the day pt goes into hospital and ends when pa has not been hospitalized for 60 days Medicaid covers Correct Answer 12 office visits per year appropriate way to file Medicare form for pt who cannot sign a claim form Correct Answer submit pt signature on a Lifetime Beneficiary Claim Authorization and Information release examples of compounds Correct Answer carbs, lipids and proteins epidermis Correct Answer outer most layer of skin adduction Correct Answer moving toward the body ventricles Correct Answer have one way valves at entrances and exits so blood goes in proper direction as the heart pumps ova ova Correct Answer female reproductive cells nose Correct Answer ventral to ears and brain is dorsal to eyes trichinella spiralis Correct Answer roundworm that enters body in infected meat eaten raw or undercooked sympathetic nervous system responds to body stress by Correct Answer increasing heart rate, dilating pupils, and increasing hormone production pituitary hormones Correct Answer regulate metabolism, growth and physical and mental development microfiche Correct Answer film imprinted with information and stored in rectangular sheets new models of fax machines use.. Correct Answer plain paper when a fax machine is not able to make a connection Correct Answer the number is automatically recalled closed patients Correct Answer no longer consult the office due to moving, dying or another reason incidental supplies Correct Answer needed in office but do not threaten efficiency of the office expendable items Correct Answer are used and must be restocked telephone calls from another physician Correct Answer should not be handled by an assistant meter part of postage meter Correct Answer belongs to post office transcription AKA Correct Answer writing dictation-transcription machine starts and stops by Correct Answer pressing down on the foot pedal procedure for voiding a check Correct Answer write void or use red ink void stamp microfilm Correct Answer roll of film imprinted with information and stored on reel roller attachment used Correct Answer to read microfilm risograph Correct Answer does not print multiple colors at one time fax cover sheet includes Correct Answer name, telephone number, fax number of the sender, the receiver, the date and number of pages being sent 3 basic types of computers Correct Answer mainframe, personal and mini mainframe computers Correct Answer used frequently in hospitals minicomputers Correct Answer used most in network setting personal computer AKA Correct Answer microcomputer server Correct Answer computer used as a centralized storage location for shared info palmtop computer Correct Answer used by health care professional to enter pt data from locations outside the office modem Correct Answer input/output device b/c it allows info to be transferred to and from a computer types of scanners Correct Answer single-sheet, handheld and flatbed primary computer chip Correct Answer responsible for interpreting and executing programs in a central processing unit ROM Correct Answer provide basic operating instructions the computer needs to function parathyroid glands Correct Answer regulate levels of electrolytes in blood adrenal glands Correct Answer located directly above kidneys functions of adrenal cortex Correct Answer maintaining BP, regulating inflammatory, allergic and immune responses, and governing sexual characteristics coccus Correct Answer bacteria that spherical round or ovoid vibrio Correct Answer comma shaped bacteria spirillum Correct Answer spiral shaped bacteria bacillus Correct Answer rod shaped bacteria staphylococci Correct Answer grapevine clusters of cocci commonly found on skin streptococci Correct Answer grow in chains diplococci bacteria Correct Answer responsible for causing gonorrhea and some forms of meningitis streptococci bacteria Correct Answer causes infections like strep throat, certain types of pneumonia and rheumatic fever bacilli are responsible for Correct Answer gastroenteritis, TB, whopping cough, botulism and tetanus spirilla are responsible for Correct Answer infections like syphilis and Lyme disease vibrio responsible for Correct Answer diseases like cholera aerobes Correct Answer bacteria that grow best in presence of O2 anaerobes Correct Answer bacteria that grow best in absence of O2 facultative Correct Answer bacteria that can grow in presence or absence of O2 rickettsii Correct Answer commonly found in insects like ticks and mites and responsible for diseases like rocky mountain spotted fever mycobacterium Correct Answer genus that causes TB and leprosy chlamydia Correct Answer causes venereal disease, eye disease, certain types of pneumonia and certain types of heart disease spores are called Correct Answer mold an infestation Correct Answer infection caused by a parasite scabies Correct Answer is a parasitic disease fungi Correct Answer lack of ability to make their own food, depend on other life forms and reproduce by budding rheumatic fever Correct Answer inflammation of heart tissue that more frequently occurs in school age children as a result of an untreated strep throat QID PC AC AS Correct Answer 4 times a day after meals before meals left ear subcutaneously right eye left eye cardiovascular Correct Answer s.c. O.D O.S CV grain frozen specimen radium fracture bedtime Correct Answer gr FS Ra fx h.s carcinoma culdocebtesis Correct Answer surgical puncture of cul-de- sac multipara Correct Answer woman that gives birth to multiple children episioplasty Correct Answer plastic repair of vulva endocervicitis Correct Answer inflammation of lining of cervix menorrhagia Correct Answer excessive bleeding during menstrual period gout Correct Answer recurrent problem of elevated blood uric acid with arthritis attack affecting the toes polyphagia overeating Correct Answer overeating cushing's disease Correct Answer syndrome attributed to hyper production of cortisone and hydrocortisone by adrenal cortex goiter Correct Answer enlargement of thyroid gland hyperglycemia Correct Answer condition of excessive sugar concentration in circulating blood vitiligo Correct Answer patient with hyperthyroidism can have white patches on skin of hands and feet acromegaly Correct Answer over secretion of pituitary growth hormone in an adult hyperthyroidism AKA Correct Answer grave's disease remission Correct Answer lessening of symptoms necroscopy Correct Answer autopsy urinary system Correct Answer kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra bones in fingers Correct Answer phalanges hydrochloric Correct Answer produced by stomach and needed for digestion of food hemarthrosis Correct Answer accumulation of blood in a joint histologist Correct Answer studies microscopic tissue hyperplasia excessive tissue formation Correct Answer excessive tissue formation myoma Correct Answer tumor of muscle metastasis Correct Answer growth of cancer cells from one tissue to another glioma Correct Answer tumor that grows from connective tissue of nerve centers and its basic substance resembles structure and is found in retina and brain median or sagittal plane divides body Correct Answer into left and right proximal opposite Correct Answer of lateral anterior Correct Answer front of body opposite of medial Correct Answer distal prone position Correct Answer lying on stomach pituitary gland referred to Correct Answer as master gland isles of Langerhans Correct Answer produces insulin number of muscles in body Correct Answer 600 tendonitis Correct Answer inflamed condition of tendon and tendon muscles diaphragm Correct Answer most important muscle to aid in breathing pectoralis major Correct Answer main upper chest muscle neoplasm new growth Correct Answer new growth epilepsy Correct Answer seizure disorder affecting 1-2% of population spinal bifida Correct Answer congenital defect consisting of absence of vertebral arch of spinal column coronary artery disease Correct Answer directly associated with bacterial infection eczema Correct Answer inflammation of skin causing itching and sometimes has scaling or blisters thrombic occlusion Correct Answer blocking of an artery by a clot cataracts Correct Answer gradually developing cloudiness of lens glaucoma Correct Answer condition of excessive intraocular pressure rheumatoid arthritis Correct Answer chronic inflammatory disease that attacks joints and surrounding tissues 2 types of CPT codes Correct Answer add on and stand alone basic cpt codes use Correct Answer 5 digits multiple procedures Correct Answer modifier 51 modifier 76 Correct Answer procedure or service repeated by same Dr. subsequent to original service modified 50 Correct Answer bilateral procedure unbundling Correct Answer assigning multiple CPT codes when one cpt code would fully describe service or procedure modifier 91 Correct Answer repeat clinical diagnostic lab tests modifier 22 Correct Answer more than in customary is performed during a given procedure modifier 90 Correct Answer reference outside lab modifier 99 Correct Answer multiple modifiers 2 main abbreviations in ICD 10 Correct Answer NEC and NOS IDC 10 developed by Correct Answer WHO letter x Correct Answer used as dummy place holder Z codes Correct Answer used for routine newborn vaccine and health supervision NEC Correct Answer not elsewhere classified allergies Correct Answer not a part of nature of presenting problem concurrent care Correct Answer similar services provided by 1 or more Dr. on same day face to face time Correct Answer obtaining a Hx, performing an exam, and counseling pt appropriate 7th character to indicate initial encounter appropriate 7th character to indicate sequela appropriate 7th character to indicate subsequent encounter Correct Answer A S D morbidity Correct Answer disease rate or number of cases of particular disease in given age range, gender, occupation, or other population based grouping modifier 26 modifier 32 modifier 33 modifier 52 modifier 53 modifier 59 modifier 63 modifier 76 modifier 77 modifier 92 Correct Answer professional component