Instructor’s Guide for ICD-9-CM Diagnostic Coding and ...



Component 3 Unit 1 Application Activities

Unit 1

Understanding Medical Words

Suggested Student Application Activities

Instructor Guidelines for Application Activities

• Paper Activities

1. Word Building Exercise

2. Pluralizing Exercise

3. Medical Dictionary Exercise

• Interactive Activities

1. Navigating the Medline Plus website

a. This is a narrated animated tour of the main features of MedlinePlus. It runs for 8 minutes and requires a Flash plug-in. (reference 1)

2. Medical Words Tutorial

a. This is a tutorial from the National Library of Medicine that teaches about medical words. Students will learn about how to put together parts of medical words. Students will also find quizzes to see what they have learned. (reference 2)

Instructions to Instructors:

1. Word Building Exercise

Instructions: This activity enables the student to identify various word parts and complete the medical term that best fits each definition given.

Distribute the Word Building Exercise to the students either as an in-class or homework assignment.

Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words - Word Building Exercise

 

Using the following word parts, complete the word that best fits each definition given below. Word parts may be used more than once.

 

ambi- bacteri(o) lith(o) -pathy

anti- chrom(o) -lytic phot(o)

-algia cyt(o) mega -plasty

-asthenia -cyte -megaly -rrhea

aut(o) gyn(o) path(o) therm(o)

 

1. Nerve pain:

2. Bone repair:

3. Study of disease:

4. Nerve weakness:

5. Abnormally enlarged head:

6. Enlarged heart:

7. Dissolving of stones:

8. Caused by bacteria:

9. Of both sides:

10. Cell formed in lymph:

11. Agent that kills cells:

12. Repair of the nose:

13. Self-love:

14. Production of heat:

15. Pigmented cell:

16. Foot pain:

17. Female disease:

18. Drug reducing bleeding:

19. Sensitivity to light:

20. Nasal discharge:

Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words - Word Building Exercise - Key

 

Using the following word parts, complete the word that best fits each definition given below. Word parts may be used more than once.

 

ambi- bacteri(o) lith(o) -pathy

anti- chrom(o) -lytic phot(o)

-algia cyt(o) mega -plasty

-asthenia -cyte -megaly -rrhea

aut(o) gyn(o) path(o) therm(o)

 

1. Nerve pain: neuralgia

2. Bone repair: osteoplasty

3. Study of disease: pathology

4. Nerve weakness: neurasthenia

5. Abnormally enlarged head: megacephaly

6. Enlarged heart: cardiomegaly

7. Dissolving of stones: litholytic

8. Caused by bacteria: bacteriogenic

9. Of both sides: ambilateral

10. Cell formed in lymph: lymphogenic

11. Agent that kills cells: cytocide

12. Repair of the nose: rhinoplasty

13. Self-love: autophilia

14. Production of heat: thermogenesis

15. Pigmented cell: chromocyte

16. Foot pain: podalgia

17. Female disease: gynopathy

18. Drug reducing bleeding: antihemorrhagic

19. Sensitivity to light: photophobia

Nasal discharge: rhinorrhea

2. Pluralizing Exercise

Instructions: This activity enables the student to appropriately identify the plural form of the medical words given.

Distribute the Pluralizing Exercise to the students either as an in-class or homework assignment.

Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words - Pluralizing Exercise

 

Give the plurals for the following terms.  

1.                  carcinoma ______________________

2.                  frenulum ______________________

3.                  serum ______________________

4.                  psychosis ______________________

5.                  virus ______________________

6.                  septum ______________________

7.                  femur ______________________

8.                  kidney ______________________

9.                  tongue ______________________

10.             urethra ______________________

11.             ureter ______________________

12.             malignancy ______________________

13.             leukocyte ______________________

14.             nucleus ______________________

15.             reflex ______________________

16.             tremor ______________________

17.             venogram ______________________

18.             suture ______________________

19.             macula ______________________

20.             thrombus ______________________

21.             tricuspid ______________________

22.             respiration ______________________

23.             antibiotic ______________________

24.             fungus ______________________

25.             palate ______________________

Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words - Pluralizing Exercise - Key

Give the plurals for the following terms.  

1.                  carcinoma carcinomata; carcinomas

2.                  frenulum frenula

3.                  serum sera

4.                  psychosis psychoses

5.                  virus viruses

6.                  septum septa

7.                  femur femurs

8.                  kidney kidneys

9.                  tongue tongues

10.             urethra urethrae or urethras

11.             ureter ureters

12.             malignancy malignancies

13.             leukocyte leukocytes

14.             nucleus nuclei or nucleuses

15.             reflex reflexes

16.             tremor tremors

17.             venogram venograms

18.             suture sutures

19.             macula maculae or maculas

20.             thrombus thrombi

21.             tricuspid tricuspids

22.             respiration respirations

23.             antibiotic antibiotics

24.             fungus fungi or funguses

25.             palate palates

3. Medical Dictionary Exercise

Instructions: This activity enables the student to gain experience with using a medical dictionary to correctly answer the various questions.

Distribute the Medical Dictionary Exercise to the students either as an in-class or homework assignment.

Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words – Medical Dictionary Exercise

Group:__________________________________________________

Directions: Use a medical dictionary to answer the following questions.

1. What are the words parts of the term “hypervolemia” derived from?

2. What is the definition of laryngectomy? What is the combining form for this term? What is the function of the body part described?

3. What is the phonetic pronunciation of “phlebitis?”

4. Break the word “cryalgesia” into syllables. Define the meanings of the word parts and state their derivative languages.

5. What is the common name for Hansen’s disease?

6. Distinguish between “ilium” and “ileum.”

7. How do you pronounce “psoriasis?”

8. What language does the suffix in the term “neuralgia” derive from?

9. Where is the trigeminal nerve located?

10. If a physician describes skin as “peau d’orange, what does that mean?

11. What is a synonym for “pneumocele?”

12. How does a person who is “cyanotic” look? What causes this condition? What is the correct form of the term to describe this condition (i.e., change suffix to denote condition)?

13. A woman who has delivered two babies would be designated as ‘para __.”

14. What part of the blood is removed in leukapheresis?

15. What does the prefix in “aphasia” mean? What does the whole trm mean?

Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words – Medical Dictionary Exercise - Key

Group:__________________________________________________

Directions: Use a medical dictionary to answer the following questions.

1. What are the words parts of the term “hypervolemia” derived from?

Hyper + Latin vol (umen) + Greek (-h) aimia (blood condition)

2. What is the definition of laryngectomy? What is the combining form for this term? What is the function of the body part described?

Excision of the larynx

Laryng(o)

The larynx is the voice box; makes sounds for speech.

3. What is the phonetic pronunciation of “phlebitis?”

Fle ( bi’ ( tis

4. Break the word “cryalgesia” into syllables. Define the meanings of the word parts and state their derivative languages.

Cry ( al ( ge ( sia

Kryos = icy cold, frost (Greek); algesis = sense of pain

5. What is the common name for Hansen’s disease?

Leprosy

6. Distinguish between “ilium” and “ileum.”

ilium = portion of hip bone

ileum = third portion of small intestine

7. How do you pronounce “psoriasis?”

So ( ri ( a ( sis

8. What language does the suffix in the term “neuralgia” derive from?

Greek -algos, meaning pain

9. Where is the trigeminal nerve located?

The face

10. If a physician describes skin as “peau d’orange, what does that mean?

The skin is dimpled, much like the skin/peel of an orange. Generally found over a carcinoma of the breast. The term derives from the French “orange peel.”

11. What is a synonym for “pneumocele?”

Pneumonocele

12. How does a person who is “cyanotic” look? What causes this condition? What is the correct form of the term to describe this condition (i.e., change suffix to denote condition)?

Blue color to skin, caused by deficient oxygenation of blood.

Cyanosis

13. A woman who has has delivered two babies would be designated as ‘para __.”

Para II or Para 2

14. What part of the blood is removed in leukapheresis?

The leukocytes

15. What does the prefix in “aphasia” mean? What does the whole trm mean?

A = not or without; + -phasis = speech (Greek). Inability to speak.

Interactive Activities

1. Navigating Medline Plus

Instructions: This activity enables the student to correctly navigate and appropriately find required items on the Medline Plus website.

Have the students either as an in-class or homework assignment go to the Medline Plus website and complete the tour.

• This is a narrated animated tour of the main features of MedlinePlus. It runs for 8 minutes and requires a Flash plug-in.

2. Medical Word Tutorial

Instructions: This activity reinforces the materials provided within Unit 1: Understanding Medical Words.

Have the students either as an in-class or homework assignment complete this tutorial.

• This is a tutorial from the National Library of Medicine that teaches about medical words. Students will learn about how to put together parts of medical words. Students will also find quizzes to see what they have learned.(reference 2)

Expected Outcomes for Student Activities

1. Word Building Exercise

This activity demonstrates the ability of the student to combine word roots, prefixes, and suffixes to create proper medical terms.

2. Pluralizing Exercise

This activity demonstrates the ability of the student to correctly formulate the plural forms of medical terms.

3. Medical Dictionary Exercise

This activity demonstrates the ability of the student to utilize a medical dictionary to research and answer various questions about medical terms.

4. Navigating the Medline Plus Website

This activity demonstrates the ability of the student to approximately navigate and find materials on the Medline Plus website.

5. Medical Word Tutorial

This activity demonstrates and reinforces the ability of the student to combine word roots, prefixes and suffixes to create proper terms.

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