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CMAA
CMAA VOCAB #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SCOPY | PROCESS OF VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| STOMY | PROCESS WHICH AN ARTIFICAL OPENING IS MADE |
| TOMY | PROCESS OF CUTTING OR MAKING AN INCISION |
| BASOPHILIA | refers to when there are too many basophils in a person's blood. Basophils are a type of white blood cell. |
| ANTERIOR (VENTRAL) | FRONT SURFACE OF THE BODY |
| POSTERIOR (DORSAL) | BACK SIDE OF THE BODY |
| DEEP | AWAY FROM THE SURFACE |
| PROXIMAL | NEAR THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE TRUNK OR NEAR THE BEGINING OF A STRUCTURE |
| DISTAL | FAR FROM THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE TRUNK OR FAR FROM THE BEGINING OF A STRUCTURE |
| INFERIOR | BELOW ANOTHER STRUCTURE |
| SUPERIOR | ABOVE ANOTHER STRUCTURE |
| SUPERFICIAL | TOWARD OR ON THE SURFACE |
| MEDIAL | PERTAINING TO THE MIDDLE OR NEARER THE MEDIAL PLANE OF THE BODY |
| LATERAL | PERTAINING TO THE SIDE |
| SUPINE | LYING ON THE BACK |
| PRONE | LYING ON THE BELLY |
| COPD | CHRONIS OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE |
| Wave Booking | patients are scheduled for the first half of each hour, and each patient is seen in the order they arrive. |
| Double Booking | When two patients are scheduled to see the same physician at same time. |
| Fee Schedule | A physicians list of their charges for each service they provide |
| Modified Wave Booking | like wave booking in that they are both based on hour blocks of time. The difference in the modified technique is that no visits are scheduled for the second 30 minutes of the hour. |
| Stream/Time -specific booking | This method of scheduling medical appointments allots patients time slots in wich they are to be seen. |
| Open Booking | Certaqin facilities will offer open hour, where patients can receive care on a walk-in basis, an example of this type of cacility would be urgent care centers. |
| Fixed Appointment Booking | method in which each patient is given a different, specific appointment time. also called stream scheduling, time specified scheduling or single booking. |
| Encounter form / Superbill | listing of the diagnosis, procedures and charges for a patients visit. |
| Doctrine of Respondeat Superior | Mistakes made by the medical staff can result in lawsuit filed against physician who owns medical facility. |
| Downcoding | In coding the documentation does not justify the level of service |
| Malfeasance | Form of Malpractice - performing a wrong or unlawful act, |
| Allowed amount | this is the amount the insurance carrier can use to determine the amount for a service |
| Providers | physicians, hospitals and other suppliers that furnish care or supplies to patients are called providers. |
| Co-insurance | calculated on a percentage of a charge |
| Self-insure | employers pay directly for employees’ medical bills |
| Medicare | a government program that provides insurance for persons over 65. |
| Medicare Part A | pays for inpatient hospital care |
| Medicare Part B | supplementary medical insurance that helps pay for physician services – voluntary enrollment |
| Medicare Part C | offers Medicare beneficiaries Medicare Advantage plans that compete with the Original Medicare Plan |
| Medicare Part D | provides voluntary Medicare prescription drug plans to those on Medicare |
| Medicaid | insurance for low-income people – typically is the payer of last resort |
| Premium | – the set amount of money that a policyholder contributes to his/her policy |
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