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Undergraduate 1
04/15/2010

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The willful and unlawful use of force or violence on the person of another is called assualt.
Definition
False
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A physician who discontinues his or her medical practice must return triplicate prescription forms to the DEA.
Definition
True
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The formal action of a legislative body is called an appeal.
Definition
False.
Term
pain in joint
Definition
arthralgia
Term
resection of the nerve
Definition
neurectomy
Term
pertaining to the brain
Definition
cerebral
Term
internal organs
Definition
viscera
Term
clotting cell
Definition
platelet
Term
instrument to record
Definition
graph
Term
protrusion of an eyeball
Definition
exophthalmos
Term
anitbodies
Definition
protein substances made by leukocytes
Term
symphysis
Definition
bones grow together, as in the pelvis
Term
neglience must be
Definition
proven
Term
persumed consent is also called _______consent
Definition
implied
Term
v codes are located in
Definition
volume 1, icd-9-cm
Term
NEC
Definition
not elsewhere classified
Term
a symbol used to denote all exclusion notes and to identify those codes that are not usually sequenced as the principal diagnosis is called
Definition
italicized type
Term
what organization, in conjunction with the National Centers for Health Statistics, is responsible for maintenance of the diagnosis classifications of ICD-9-CM, Volume 3
Definition
Department of Health and Human Services
Term
-gram
Definition
record
Term
three facts that the coder must consider in the assignment
Definition
place of service, type of service, and patient status
Term
endocrine gland at the base of the brain
Definition
pituitary gland
Term
endocrine glad in front of the trachea
Definition
thyroid gland
Term
hardening of the arteries
Definition
arteriosclerosis
Term
crani/o
Definition
skull
Term
viscer/o
Definition
internal organs
Term
above another structure
Definition
superior
Term
far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure
Definition
distal
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-megaly
Definition
enlargment
Term
-tomy
Definition
incision
Term
eu-
Definition
good, normal
Term
syn-,sym-
Definition
together with
Term
The only female justice of the current Supreme Court is Ruth Bader
Definition
Gingsberg
Term
20.39
Definition
procedure
Term
-malacia
Definition
softening
Term
-phobia
Definition
fear
Term
-plasia
Definition
formation
Term
-ptosis
Definition
prolapse
Term
-pathy
Definition
disease condition
Term
-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
Term
-emia
Definition
blood condition
Term
-penia
Definition
deficiency
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-trophy
Definition
nourishment, development
Term
Municipal courts are those representing counties
Definition
false
Term
civil cases must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt
Definition
false
Term
lawsuits must be filed in the court that has jurisdiction over the case
Definition
true
Term
icd-9-cm codes are required on the claim by payers in order to pay the claims
Definition
true
Term
ICD-9-CM codes are used to translate verbal or narrative descriptions into numeric designations
Definition
true
Term
the symbol that instructs yout use an additional ICD-9-CM code is a plus symbol (+)
Definition
false
Term
The hypertension table is located in Volume 1
Definition
false
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