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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Direct Billing

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provider submits direct to insurance electronically

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Clearinghouse

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Submits claims using software; Audits, sorts and scrubs for mistakes

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Medicare / Medicaid billing

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Invoice cannot exceed 12 months from service

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Ambulatory Care

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can walk (in)

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Managed care

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Plans provide care in return for scheduled payments

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Osteopathic

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Medicine based on musculoskeletal system. Affects other body parts - manipulation, conventional, pharmacology, therapeutic process

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Professionalism

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skills, behavior and judgement that represent best qualities.

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Work ethic

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Values based on moral virtues of hard work and diligence

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Amputation

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Surgical removal of limb / extremity

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Biopsy

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Removal / exam of rissue

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

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partial or complete blockage of blood vessels to heart

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COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder

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Persistent disorder impairs breathing

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Dilation and Cutterage

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Surgery using instruments to open cervix and cut away tissue inside uterus

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Electrocardiogram

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Record of heart impulses

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GenitoUrinary

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Urinary and reproductive organs

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Gynecology

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Female reproductive system

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Hematocrit

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Percentage of blood sample that is red blood cells

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Hemoglobin

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Red oxygen carrying a pigment of red blood cells

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Incision

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a surgical wound from cutting into tissue

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Myocardial Infarction

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Heart attack - interruption of blood flow to the heart

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Nasogastric

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from nose to stomach

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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

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Bacterial infection of female reproductive organs

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Autoimmune disease that causes pain, swelling and deformity, especially in hands and feet

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Tonsillectomy

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Surgical removal of tonsils

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Tuberculosis

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Highly contagious infectious disease, causes necrosis of lung tissue

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Adenoidectomy

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removal of small masses of lymph tissue near pharynx opening

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Transient Ischemic Attack

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Temporary interruption of blood flow to the brain

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Urinalysis

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Diagnostic exam of urine

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