Question | Answer |
A person can live without a spleen | True |
When a limited lymphadenectomy is performed with a prostatectomy, the lymphadenectomy is considered bundled with the prostatectomy | True |
Stem cell harvesting is the collection of stem cells from the bone marrow | False |
The codes in the Eye and Ocular Adnexa subsection are bilateral codes | False |
The destruction codes in the Ocular Adnexa subsection include one or more sessions | True |
The __ manufactures most blood cells | bone marrow |
The spleen is composed of | lymph tissue |
__ is a malignant disease of the bone marrow in which excessive white blood cells are produced | Leukemia |
There are __ glands in the endocrine system | nine |
The perpheral nervous system refers to the nervous structures outside of the | central nervous system |
During skull-based surgery, if one surgeon performs the approach and a second physician performs the definitive procedure and a third physician performs the closure, what modifier is used | No modifier is used |
Shunts are devices used to__ | relive pressure in the brain caused by fluid build up. |
What procedure is often performed with a laminectomy | arthrodesis |
Neuroplasty is __ | the decompression of intact nerves. |
Cataract and lens replacement uses __ different approaches | three |
Strabismus surgery __ | corrects the muscle misalignment. |
The endocrine subsection of the CPT manual contains codes for __ endocrine glands | four |
This is the most commonly known neuroplastic procedure | carpal tunnel |
This bone marrow is taken from a close relative, so there is a genetic similarity | allogenic |
This bone marrow is collected from the patient and later transplanted or reinfused back into the patient from whom it came | autologenic |
What word describes a lymphadenectomy in which only the lymph nodes are removed | limited |
Within the Endocrine System codes the terms subtotal and __ mean something less than the total | partial |
When coding a craniectomy/craniotomy procedure, it is common to also code __ procedures | grafting |
In the Surgery of Skull Base, the __ procedure is the method used to obtain esposure of the lesion | approach |
In the Surgery of Skull Base, the __ prodecure is what is done to the lesion | definitive |
The initials that indicate a shunting procedure are | CSF |
Method of identifying a specific area or point in the brain | steriotaxis |
Removal of a portion of the skull | craniectomy |
A small opening in the skull | Burr hole |
An incision of the skull | craniotomy |
When coding skull base surgery, what are the three types of procedures the coder should report | approach proceedure, definitive proceedure, reconstruction/repair proceedure |
Name the four glands represented in the Endocrine subsection | thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, thymus |
Pertaining to between the ribs | intracostal |
Pertaining to the opposite side | contralaterial |
Protrusion of an eyeball | exopthalmos |
A congenital anomaly | syndactyly |
Symbiosis | two organisms living together in close association, either for mutual benefit or not, parasitism is an example of nonbenifical |
Symptoms precede an illness | prodome |
Before meals | Ante cibum |
Antibodies | Protein substance made by leukocytes |
Symphysis | bones grow together, as in the pelvis |
Ultrasonography | sound waves and echoes are used to create an image |
Metamorphosis | change in shape or form |
Hypertrophy | increase in cell size, increased development |
Excessive sugar in the blood | hyperglycemia |
Retroperitoneal | behind the abdomen |
example of an ( antigen ) | streptococci
a substance, usually foreign to the body,that stimulates the production of antibodies (posion,virus,bacterium) |
Return of disease symptoms | relapse |
Dia- | complete; through |
Abductor muscle | carries a limb away from the body |
Dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
Brady | slow |
Located on the dorsal side of an endocrine gland in the neck | parathyroid glands |
Recombinant DNA | gene from one organism is inserted into another organism |
Tachycardia | rapid heartbeat
faster than 100 beats per minute |
Epithelium | surface cells that line internal organs and are found in the skin |
Percutaneous | through the skin |
anti- | against |
ante- | before, forward |
ana- | up; apart; backward; again; anew |
bradycardia | Usually a pulse less than 60 minutes |
con- | with, together |
contra- | against, opposite |
bi- | two |
ad- | towards |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
dia- | through, complete |
epi- | upon, on, above |
eu- | good, normal |
intra- | within, into, in |
de- | lack of, down |
inter- | between |
hypo- | deficent, under |
hyper- | excessive, above |
mal- | bad |
peri- | surrounding |
poly- | after, behind, many, much |
per- | through |
syn- | together, with |
neo- | new |
meta- | beyond, change |
para- | abnormal, beside, near |
post- | after, behind |
pregnancy that is out of place: __topic | ec |
good feeling (well-being): __phoria | eu |
condition of abnormal formation (of cells): dys ___ | plasia |
pertaining to within the windpipe: endo___ | tracheal |
pertaining to below the ribs: infra___ | costal |
blood condition of less than normal sugar: __glycemia | hypo |
against infection | antisepsis |
not breathing | apnea |
before birth | antepartum |
condition of no oxygen | anoxia |
irregularity at birth | congenital anomaly |
pertaining to opposite side | contralaterial |
condition of change of shape or form | metamorphosis |
vague feeling of bodily discomfort | malaise |
deficiency of all blood cells | pancytopenia |
separation of wastes from the blood | dialysis |
spread of a cancerous tumor to a secondary organ or tissue | matastasis |
eyeballs that bulge outward | exophthalmos |
loss of movement in muscles | paralysis |
symptoms that appear before an illness | prodome |
symptoms lessen | remmision |
disease or symptoms return | relapse |
webbed fingers or toes | syndactyly |
new growth (tumor) | neoplasm |
retroperitoneal | Area behind the sac holding the abdominal organs & viscera |
transurethral | proformed through the urethra ny means of a cystascope |
subcutaneous | below the skin |
tachypnea | fast breathing |
unilateral | pertaining to one side |
pseudocyesis | development of signs of pregnancy but without the presence of an embryo |
brady- | slow |