Medical Coding Quiz

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2. A fistula is tube-like passage between two organs, for example, between the kidney and an organ of the digestive system.

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  3. A sigmoidoscopy is an endoscopic examination of a part of the small intestines.

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4. The term percutaneous is derived from the greek "to cut a (small) incision (through the skin)"

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5. Ablation refers to the procedure of expanding a vessel (e.g., an artery)  using a balloon.

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6. A Laryngostomy is a surgical incision (opening) from the neck into the larynx.

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7.  Ablution means to destroy or remove.

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8. A neurorrhaphy is the separating of a blood vessel.

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9. Osteoclasis is the surgical breaking of a bone.

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10. Costectomy is the surgical repair of the coccyx. 

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