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A Cabner Ch18

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