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MID-TERM REVIEW
JULY 9TH 2014
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -a | no, not, without |
| -algia | pain |
| -ase | enzyme |
| *atrophy | shrink |
| -carcinoma | cancer |
| de- | lack of |
| dys | difficulty |
| -emia | blood |
| -genesis | to form, make or beginging |
| hemo-, hema- | blood |
| hyper- | high or above |
| hypo- | below or low |
| -itis | inflammation or infection |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| macro- | large |
| -malacia | soft |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| micro- | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis -iasis | abnormal condition |
| poly- | many |
| -sis | state of condition |
| -sthenia | strenght |
| *-trophy | nourishment or development |
| -logy | study of |
| rrhea- | discharge |
| -plasty | repair |
| -otomy | to cut; making an incision |
| -ostomy | surgical or artificial opening |
| -ectomy | excision or remove |
| -rrhaphy | to sew or suture |
| -pexy | to fix |
| -centesis | to puncture |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION |
| DERMATITIS | SKIN |
| ENCEPHALITIS | BRAIN |
| MENINGITIS | MENNIGES |
| OSTEOMYELITIS OSTE/O/MYEL | BONE/O/BONE MARROW |
| BURSITIS | BURSA SAC |
| TENDONITIS | TENDON |
| ARTHRITIS | JOINTS |
| PNEUMONITIS | LUNGS |
| OSTEOARTHRITIS OSTE/O/ARTHR | BONE/O/JOINT |
| MYOSITIS MY/O | MUSCLE |
| CONJUNCTIVITIS | CONJUNCTIVIA |
| RETINITITS | RETINA |
| MASTOIDITIS | MASTOID PROCESS (EAR) |
| PHLEBITIS | VEIN |
| ENDOCARDITIS | ENDOCARDIUM |
| PERICARDITIS | PERICARDIUM |
| THYROIDITIS | THYROID |
| LYMPHADENITIS | LYMPH NODE |
| EPIGLOTTITIS | EPIGLOTTIS |
| LARYNGITIS | VOICE BOX |
| NASOPHARYNGITIS NAS/O/PHARYNG/ | NOSE AND THROAT |
| SINUSITIS | SINUS |
| GINGIVITIS | GUM (DISEASE) |
| APPENDICITIS | APPENDIX |
| STOMATITSIS | MOUTH |
| BALANITIS | GLAN PENIS (HEAD) |
| PROSTATITIS | PROSTATE |
| MASTITIS | BREAST |
| VAGINITIS | VAGINA |
| OOPHORITIS | OVARIES |
| CERVICITIS | CERVIX |
| CYSTITIS | BLADDER |
| URETHRITIS | URETHRA |
| PYELONEPHRITIS PYEL/O/NEPHR | GALL BLADDER |
| NEPHRITIS | NEPHRON |
| OTITIS | EAR |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| CAUSALGIA | BURNING |
| NEURALGIA | NERVE |
| CEPHALGIA | HEAD (ACHE) |
| MYALGIA | MUSCLE |
| POLYMYALGIA | IN MANY MUSCLES |
| GASTRALGIA | GASTRIC/STOMACH |
| -PLASTY | REPAIR |
| DERMOPLASTY | SKIN |
| ARTHROPLASTY | JOINT |
| TYMPANOPLASTY TYMPAN/O/PLASTY | TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| URETEROPLASTY URETER/O/PLASTY | URETER |
| URETHROPLASTY URETHR/O/PLASTY | URETHRA |
| OTOPLASTY OT/O/PLASTY | INNER EAR |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| LIPOMA | FATTY TISSUE |
| MELANOMA | MALIGNANT SKIN |
| THYMOMA | THYMUS GLAND |
| CARCINOMA | CANCEROUS |
| -RRHEA | DISCHARGE |
| DIARRHEA | LOOSE STOOL |
| RHINORRHEA RHIN/O/RRHEA | RUNNY NOSE |
| SEBORRHEA SEB/O/RRHEA | OILY causing DANDRUFF |
| STEATORRHEA STEAT/O/RRHEA | EXCESS FAT IN THE FECES |
| GONORRHEA GON/O/RRHEA | GONAD (SEX GLANDS) |
| AMENORRHEA A-MEN/O/RRHEA | NO MENSES |
| GALACTORRHEA GALACT/O/RRHEA | EXCESS DISCHARGE OF MILK FROM THE BREAST |
| -GRAM | TO RECORD |
| MYELOGRAM MYEL/O/GRAM | MUSCLE |
| AUDIOGRAM AUDI/O/GRAM | HEARING |
| ANGIOGRAM ANGI/O/GRAM | BLOOD VESSEL |
| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM ELECTRO ENCEPHAL/O/GRAM | BRAIN WAVE (ELECTRICITY) |
| ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ELECTRO/O/CARDI/O/GRAM | HEART BEAT (ELECTRICAL) |
| -OTOMY | INCISION/CUT |
| VAGOTOMY | VAGUS NERVE #10 |
| KERATOTOMY | CORNEA |
| TRACHEOTOMY | TRACHEA/WINDPIPE |
| EPISIOTOMY | EPIDERMIS/VULVA |
| PHLEBOTOMY | BLOOD |
| -ECTOMY | EXCISION,REMOVAL,RESECTION |
| FASCIECTOMY | FASCIA/CONNECTIVE MUSCLE TISSUE |
| ADENECTOMY | GLAND |
| PANCREATECTOMY | PANCREAS |
| PARATHYROIDECTOMY | PARATHYROID |
| SPLENECTOMY | SPLEEN |
| THYMECTOMY | THYMUS GLAND |
| ADENOIDECTOMY | ADENOID GLAND |
| LOBECTOMY | LUNG |
| TONSILIECTOMY | TONSILS |
| APPENDECTOMY | APPENDIX |
| CHOLECYSTECTOMY | GALL BLADDER |
| ORCHIECTOMY | TESTIS |
| VASECTOMY | VAS DEFEREN |
| HYSTERECTOMY | REMOVAL OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS |
| MASTECTOMY | BREAST |
| MYOMECTOMY | FIBROIDS |
| SALPINGECTOMY | FALLOPIAN/URETREINE TUBES |
| CYSTECTOMY | STONES (ANY TYPE) |
| -PLEGIA | SHRINKAGE |
| HEMIPLEGIA | VERTICAL SIDE |
| PARAPLEGIA | TWO (2) EXTREMITIES |
| QUADRIPLEGIA | FOUR(4) EXTREMITIES |
| -PNEA | TO BREATHE |
| A- | NO, NOT, WITHOUT |
| DYS- | DIFFICULT |
| -OPIA | VISION |
| DIPLOPIA | DOUBLE |
| NYCTALOPIA | NIGHT |
| HYPEROPIA | FARSIGHTEDNESS |
| MYOPIA | NEARSIGHTEDNESS |
| -SCLEROSIS | FAT DEPOSITS, HARDENING |
| ARTHROSCLEROSIS ARTHR/O/SCLEROSIS | FATTY DEPOSITS IN THE JOINT |
| ARTHEROSCLEROSIS ARTHER/O/SCLEROSIS | FATTY DEPOSITS IN THE ARTERIES |
| OTOSCLEROSIS OT/O/SCLEROSIS | HARDENED FAT DEPOSITS IN THE EARS |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
| CARDIOMEGALY CARDI/O/MEGALY | ENLARGED HEART |
| SPLENOMEGALY SPLEN/O/MEGALY | ENLARGED SPLEEN |
| HEPATOMEGALY HEPAT/O/MEGALY | ENLARGED LIVER |
| -SCOPY | VISUAL EXAM WITH AN INSTRUMENT |
| OTOSCOPY OT/O/SCOPY | EAR WITH OTOSCOPE |
| COLONOSCOPY COLON/O/SCOPY | COLON |
| LAPAROSCOPY LAPAR/O/SCOPY | LAPAR, ABDOMEN |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPY SIGMOID/O/SCOPY | SIGMOID |
| COPLOSCOPY COPL/O/SCOPY | VAGINA |
| -STOMY | OPENING |
| COLOSTOMY | COLON |
| -URIA | FOUND IN URINE |
| BACTERIURIA | BACTERIA |
| KETONURIA | KETONES |
| OLIGURIA | SCANT |
| PYURIA | PUS |
| HEMATURIA | BLOOD |
| POLYURIA | FREQUENTLY |
| DYSURIA | DIFFICULTY |
| -EMIA | IN BLOOD |
| ANEMIA | LOW RED BLOOD CELL COUNT |
| LEUKEMIA | HIGH WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT |
| CARDI | HEART |
| BRADYCARDIA | SLOW BEATING |
| TACHYCARDIA | FAST BEATING |
| OSTEO | BONE |
| OSTEOMALACIA | SOFT BONE |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | FRAGILE,POROUS BONE |
| OSTEOGENIC SARCOMA | PERTAINING TO MALIGNANT BONE CANCER |
| OSTEOITIS | INFLAMMATION/INFECTION |
| DYS- | DIFFIUCLT |
| DYSLEXIA | LEARNING |
| DYSPHAGIA | EATING |
| DYSPHONIA | HOARSE |
| DYSPHASIA | SPEAKING |
| HYPER- | HIGH/ABOVE |
| HYPER/CALC/EMIA | CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD |
| HYPER/OPIA | |
| HYPER/CHOLESTEROL/EMIA | CHOLESTROL IN BLOOD |
| HYPERTERNSION | BLOOD PRESSURE |
| HYPER/GLYC/EMIA | SUGAR IN BLOOD |
| HYPERSPLENISM SPLEN/O/MEGALY | ENLARGED SPLEEN |
| HYPERTHYROIDISM | THYROID |
| PY/O- | PUS |
| PYODERMA | IN THE SKIN |
| PYOTHORAX | IN THE CHEST/THORAX |
| HYPO- | LOW |
| HYPOCALCEMIA HYPO/CALC/EMIA | LOW CALCIUM IN BLOOD |
| HYPOKALEMIA HYPO/KAL/EMIA | LOW POTASSIUM IN BLOOD |
| RHINO | NOSE |
| HEMAT | BLOOD |
| LAPAR | STOMACH |
| ANGIO | BLOOD VESSEL |
| PHLEBO | VEIN |
| OTO | EAR |
| MYO | EYE MUSCLE |
| NEO | NEW |
| HEPAT | LIVER |
| CHOLE | GALL |
| ATHRO | JOINT |
| MAMMO OR MASTO | BREAST |
| NEUR | NERVE |
| MYELO | SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN |
| NEPHR | KIDNEY |
| DERM | SKIN |
| KERATO | CORNEA |
| MYRINGO | EARDRUM |
| STOMAT | MOUTH |
| OOPHORO | UTERUS |
| BENEFICIARY | THE PERSON RECIEVING THE BENEFITS OF AN INSURANCE POLICY. |
| COB - CORORDINATION OF BENEFITS | THE PROVISION IN AN INSRUANCE CONTRACT THAT LIMITS BENEFITS TO 100% OF THE COST. |
| CAPITATION | WHEN A DOCTOR AGREES TO GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY EACH MONTH FOR A PATIENT EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT SEEN. |
| SUBSCRIBER | A PERSON NAMED AS PRINCIPAL IN AN INSURANCE CONTRACT. |
| PREMIUM | THE PERIODIC PAYMENT REQUIRED TO KEEP A POLICY IN FORCE. |
| CLAIM | A DEMAND TO THE INSURER BY THE INSURED PERSON FOR THE PAYMENT OF BENEFITS UNDER A POLICY. |
| DEDUCTIBLE | A STATEMENT IN AN INSURANCE POLICY THAT THE INSURING COMPANY WILL PAY THE EXPENSES INCURRED AFTER THE INSURED PERSON HAS PAID A SPECIFIED AMOUNT. |
| SSI - SOCIAL SECURITY INSURANCE | PROGRAM OF INCOME SUPPORT FOR LOW INCOME, AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED PERSONS, ESTABLISHED BY THE TITLE XVI OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. |
| CMS - CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES AKA HEALTH CARE FINANCE ADMINISTRATION (HCFA) | AN AGENCY WITHIN THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF SEVERAL KEY FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS. |
| SUPERBILL | A PRIVATE INSURANCE CARRIER SOMETIMES SENDS ITS OWN FORM TO THE PATIENT, RATHER THAN COMPLETING THIS FORM, THE OFFICE THAT USES THE SUPERBILL CAN SIMPLY ATTACH A COPY TO THE INSURANCE FORM OR GIVE AN EXTRA COPY TO THE PATIENT IF HE/SHE IS TO SUBMIT IT. |
| WORKER'S COMPENSATION | STATE LAWS TO PROTECT WAGE EARNERS AGAINST THE LOSS OF WAGES AND THE COST OF MEDICAL CARE RESULTING FROM OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT OR DISEASE. |
| AMA - AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | THE STATED MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE ART & SCIENCE OF MEDICINE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF PHYSICIANS & THEIR PATIENTS, TO PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH, TO LOBBY FOR LEGISLATION FAVORABLE TO PHYSICIANS AND THEIR PATIENTS. |
| FIVE REASONS FOR CLAIM REJECTION | 1. WRONG DATE 2. WRONG PATIENT 3. WRONG PROCEDURE 4. WRONG INSURANCE 5. WRONG TIME. |
| HMO - HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION | WHERE EACH PATIENT HAS A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT, WHICH IS USUALLY NEGOTIATED THROUGH A GROUP CONTRACT, AND IN ADDITION MAY CHARGE A SMALL CO-PAYMENT FOR EACH VISIT. |
| SOF - SIGNATURE ON FILE | |
| CROSSOVER CLAIM | A CLAIM FOR BENEFITS UNDER MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. |
| TWO (2) COMMON TYPES OF MED ICAL CODING | 1. DIAGNOSTIC CODES - ICD-9-CM 2. PROCEDURAL CODES - CPT-4 |
| CPT-4: {PHYSICIANS} CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY 4TH ED. | A CODE SYSTEM USED FOR SERVICES, TREATMENTS OR PROCEDURES. |
| ICD-9-CM: INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES - 9TH REVISION CLINICAL MODIFICATION. | A CODE SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING DISEASES AND OPERATIONS TO FACILITATE COLLECTION OF UNIFORM AND COMPARABLE HEALTH INFORMATION. |
| MEDICARE | A LAW UNDER SOCIAL SECURITY FOR PT'S >65, STARTED JULY 1, 1966. IN 1973 IT ADDED DISABLED PERSONS <65 WHO RECEIVED SSI OR RAILROAD RETIREMENT CHECKS FOR >2 YRS. THIS INCLUDES DISABLED WORKERS, PERSONS INCAPACITATED <22, DISABLED DEPENDENT SPOUSES |
| MEDICAID | UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURTIY AMENDMENTS OF 1965, PROVIDED FOR AGREEMENT WITH STATES FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN PROVIDING HEALTH CARE FOR THE MEDICALLY INDIGENT. |
| CHAMPVA - CIVILIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL PROGRAM OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION | THIS COVERS SURVIVING SPOUSES AND DEPENDENTS OF CHILDREN OF VETERANS WHO DIES AS A RESULT OF A SERVICE CONNECTED DIASBILITY. |
| TRICARE AKA (CHAMPUS) CIVILIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL PROGRAM OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES | IN 1956, GOVERMENT BECAME A MAJOR INSURER WITH PASSAGE OF LAW 569, WHICH AUTHORIZED DEPENDEANTS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL TO RECEIVE TREATMENT BY CIVILIAN PHYSICIANS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE GOVERNMENT. |
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