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CMAA VOCAB #1
Question Answer
Advance Beneficiary document that Medicare recipients must sign when there is a possibility that
Notice Medicare will not pay for a service or procedure.
SUPRA ABOVE, OVER
EPI ABOVE, UPON, ON
POST AFTER, BEHIND
EXOUT AWAY FROM
Preauthorization - Admin needs to obtain before a patient can see specialist (granting prior approval
precertification for reimbursement of health care service), wil have certification number
Anti Against
MAL BAD, ILLNESS
PRE BEFORE
HYPO DEFICIENT, BELOW, LESS THEN NORMAL
PATHO DISEASE, SUFFERING
HYPER EXCESSIVE , ABOVE MORE THEN NORMAL
ECTOMY EXCISION
TACHY FAST, SWIFT, RAPID
HEMI HALF
If a group of patients are scheduled to come in to receive the same type of
Cluster Booking or service, the medical assistant should schedule the patients around the same
Scheduling block of time, a method known as
Mistakes made by the medical administrative assistant, and other members of
Doctrine of the medical staff can result in a lawsuit filed against the physician who owns the
Respondeat superior medical facility
NKDA No Known Drug Allergies
ALGIA PAIN
AL PERTAINING TO
Patient has not received care from any of the health care providers of the same
new patient specialty within the previous 3 years.
Patient has received care from one of the health care providers of the same
Established Patient
specialty in a medical office within the previous 3 years
MICRO SMALL
PERI SURROUNDING, AROUND
TRI THREE
SUB UNDER, BELOW
A, An Without, not, lack of
Ante before, in front of
Intra, Inter between, within
disapart free from
dysbad painful
Triaging prioritize the patients based on their medical needs.
Malpractice professional negligence
brady slow
Dia through, Complete
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Bi two
End, Endo within , inner

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