Mod 2 week 4

Question 1

What is a open-book account?

Answer 1

an account that is open to charges made occasionally as needed

Question 2

What is a statement?

Answer 2

Similar to an invoice; a summary of total amount owed, including outstanding charges as well as payments received for services provided by office.

Question 3

What is a single-entry account?

Answer 3

An account that only has one charge, usually for a small account, for a pt who doesn’t come in regularly

Question 4

What is a written-contract account?

Answer 4

An agreement between the physician and pt stating that the pt will pay a bill in more than 4 installments

Question 5

What is a cycle billing?

Answer 5

A system that sends invoices to groups of pt’s every few days, spreading the work of billing all pt’s over a month while billing each pt once

Question 6

What is glottis?

Answer 6

The opening between the vocal cords

Question 7

What is bronchioles?

Answer 7

A part of the respiratory tract that branches from the tertiary bronchi

Question 8

What is epiglottis?

Answer 8

The flap-like structure that closes off the larynx while swallowing

Question 9

What is gross earnings?

Answer 9

The total amount an employee earns before deductions

Question 10

What is pleura?

Answer 10

The membranes that surround the lungs

Question 11

What is rhoncus/rhonchi?

Answer 11

Deep snoring or rattling sounds while sleeping: associated w/ asthma, acute bronchitis, or any condition involving partial obstruction of the lungs airway

Question 12

What is upcoding?

Answer 12

Coding to a higher level of service than that provided to obtain higher reimbursements

Question 12

What is rhinoplasty?

Answer 12

Plastic surgery on the nose

Question 13

What is unbundling?

Answer 13

Use of several current procedural terminology code for a service when one inclusive code is available

Question 14

What is superbill/encounter page/charge slip?

Answer 14

The original record of all the dr’s charges and services preformed that day for an individual pt

Question 15

What is commission?

Answer 15

A percentage of the amount an employee earns from employer

Question 16

What is atelectasis?

Answer 16

Commonly known as lung cancer

Question 17

What does Parentheses () mean in ICD coding?

Answer 17

Used around descriptions in the alphabetic index

Question 18

What does NEC mean?

Answer 18

Not elsewhere classified

Question 19

What does the plus sign(+) mean in ICD coding?

Answer 19

Is used for add on codes to describe procedures done in addition to the “main” procedure

Question 20

What is a compliance plan?

Answer 20

A process for finding, correcting, and preventing illegal medical office practices

Question 21

What is medically necessary mean?

Answer 21

Healthcare services or supplies needed to diagnose or treat an illness, injury, condition, or disease or it’s symptoms and meets accepted standards of medicine

Question 22

When do smaller practices send out statements?

Answer 22

Monthly/ at the end of the month

Question 23

What does the diaphragm do, when you exhale?

Answer 23

It relaxes

Question 24

What part of the brain controls respiratory rate?

Answer 24

The pons

Question 25

What is the role of the medulla oblongata in breathing?

Answer 25

Controls both the rhythm and depth of breathing

Question 26

What does the Fair Labor Standards Act primarily affect?

Answer 26

Employees who earn hourly wages: limits the amount of hours they can work, sets their minimum wage, regulates their overtime. Requires employer to record the hours you’ve worked

Question 27

Where do you look for answers regarding coding questions from year ago?

Answer 27

The coding manual

Question 28

How should you handle a situation where you are asked an inappropriate question during a job interview?

Answer 28

Be polite and remain professional when declining to answer. Simply state that the requested info is not necessary for the employer to evaluate your qualifications for the job. Try to move the topic on to a more relevant topic

Question 29

When is your first evaluation to be expected in most offices after you are hired?

Answer 29

At the end of a probational period

Question 30

What behaviors are considered professional and acceptable in the clinical office?

Answer 30

Common sense (couldn’t find the answer)