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A set of multiple-choice questions and answers related to medical coding and billing. It covers topics such as medical ethics, patient confidentiality, insurance billing procedures, and computer systems used in healthcare. The questions are designed to test knowledge of basic concepts and practices in medical coding and billing.
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In order ot work completently as a medical claims specialist in a physician's office, one needs - CORRECT ANSWERS-To know procedural and diagnostic coding In addition to medical data, the medical record may include - CORRECT ANSWERS- Personal data, financial data, social data Medical ethics will typically address standards of - CORRECT ANSWERS-Conduct Everything that a medical claims specialist learns abiout a patient's condition must remain - CORRECT ANSWERS-Confidential Which of the following skills would NOT be required for accurate filing of claims - CORRECT ANSWERS-Computer programming All of the following are expected as part of a professional image - CORRECT ANSWERS-Conservative business, attire, clean well groomed hair, clean hands and nails If an error is made in a patients chart, what should be done to the incorrect information prior to adding the correct infiormation nearby? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Draw a single line through it Typical knowledge expected of an insurance billing specialist - CORRECT ANSWERS- How to prevent fraudulent claims, what constitutes abuse when processing insurance claims, how to respond to a subpoena of records A legally enforceable document composed by an insurance company describing an agreement is a - CORRECT ANSWERS-Policy The patient-physician contract begins when the - CORRECT ANSWERS-physician agrees to treat the patient Scanners for directly reading claims into a computer's memory are called - CORRECT ANSWERS-OCR devices When a fax is used to transmit medical records, the patient must sign a - CORRECT ANSWERS-Release
Who should interpret reports and laboratory tests to the patient - CORRECT ANSWERS-The physician According to income tax regulations, accounting records should be kept for - CORRECT ANSWERS-4 years A writ requiring the appearance of a person at a trial or other proceedint is a - CORRECT ANSWERS-Subpoena Precautions for use of a physician's signature stamp include all of the following - CORRECT ANSWERS-It should be kept in a locked location, only bonded staff members should have access, there should be just one stap per physician An insurance billing specialist should be able to do all of the following - CORRECT ANSWERS-Define common insurance terms, handle insurance claims to minimize rejection by cr arriers, ask appropriate questions to complete a patient record When phsicians evaluate other physicians, this process is called - CORRECT ANSWERS-Peer review The following are names of parts of a coputer - CORRECT ANSWERS-hard disk, monitor, CPU ROM and RAM refer to a computer's - CORRECT ANSWERS-memory A transmission device for sending electronic data is called a - CORRECT ANSWERS- Modem The following is an area of expected expertise for the medical billing specialist - CORRECT ANSWERS-ICD-9 coding, CPT coding, Claims processing The following should be considered when selecting and setting up a computer system - CORRECT ANSWERS-Electrical modifications, cost, storage capacity Medical ethics has to do with - CORRECT ANSWERS-Making right and wrong decisions Computer data regarding patient medical records is considered - CORRECT ANSWERS-Confidential A destructive computer program that attaches itself to other programs is called a - CORRECT ANSWERS-Virus Backing-up refers to - CORRECT ANSWERS-Saving data