cpt chapter 20 – Flashcards
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polyp
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tumor on a pedicle that bleeds easily and may become malignant
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rhino-
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prefix meaning nose
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endoscopy
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inspection of body organs or cavitities using a lighted scope that may be placed through an existing opening or through a small incision
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sinuses
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cavities within the nasal bones
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antrum
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maxillary sinus
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antrotomy
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cutting through the antrum wall to make an opening in the sinus
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laryngo-
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prefix meaning larynx
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bronchoscopy
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inspection of the bronchial tree using a bronchoscope
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thoracentesis
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surgical puncture of the thoracic cavity, usually using a needle, to remove fluids
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thoracotomy
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surgical incision into the thoracic cavity
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thoracostomy
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cutting into the thoracic cavity to allow for enlargement of the heart or for drainage
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lobectomy
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excision of a lobe of the lung
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pleura
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coving of the lungs and thoracic cavity that is moistened iwth serous fluid to reduct friction during respirator movements of the lungs
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pneumo-
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prefix meaning lung or air
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embolectomy
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removale of blockage (embolism) from vessels
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what is the name of the item that is placed into the hole in a deviated septum as a repair without sugrical grafting?
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nasal button
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what is the name of the surgical procedure for the reshaping of the nose?
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rhinoplasty
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what is the name of the surgical procedure for the rearrangement of the nasal septum often used in the patients with a deviated septum?
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septoplasty
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this term means destruction by removing, usually by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive process such as a laser or cutting?
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ablation
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which approach of treating nasal hemorrhage is most difficult to control, posterior or anterieor?
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posterior
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what term describes washing out of an organ?
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lavage
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what are two different approaches that can be used to perform a tracheostomy?
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transtracheal and cricothyroid
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What are the three sections of turbinates?
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inferior, middle, superior
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what is the name of the therapy in which the physician flushes saline solution into the sinuses to remove mucus or pus?
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displacement therapy
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an ____________ laryngoscopy is performed when a physician uses a tongue depressor to hold the tongue down and viesws the epiglottis with a mirror.
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indirect
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what type of endoscopy is always bundled into a surgical endoscopy?
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diagnostic
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an Otorhinolaryngologist is an
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ear, nose and throat doctor
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when coding endoscopy procedures, you must be certain to code to the fullest _______ of the procedure
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extent
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bullae
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blister
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resection-plication
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removal/ shortening
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thoracoscopy
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resection-plication of bullae, inclueds any pleural procedures perfomed
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epistaxis
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nose bleed
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septoplasty
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rearrangement of the nasal septum
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abilation
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removal, usually by cutting
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theraputic fracture
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the nasal turbinate is a procedure in which the physician fractures the trubinate bone and then repostitions it under local anestetic
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sinusotomy
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the physician enlarges the passage or creates a new passage from the nasal cavity into a sinus
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canula
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hollow tube
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intubation
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the establishment of an airway
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laryngeal web
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procedure performed in two stages, for the repair of congenital webbing between the vocal cords.
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tracheoplasty
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surgical repair of a damaged trachea
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pleurectomt
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procedure in which the physician opens the chest cavity, spreads ribs and the parietal pleura is removed.
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pneumonocentesis
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is the withdrawl of fluid from the lung by means of aspirating needle.
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pneumonolysis
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a procedure that is perfomed to separate the inside of the chest cavit from the lung to permit the lung to collapse.
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pneumothorac injection
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a therapeutic procedure inwhich the sugeon inserts a neeedle into the pleural cavity and injects air into the pleural cavity.
