SS Ch 8

The Medicaine section Guidelines contains the definition of a separate procedure

Which section Guidelines contains the definition of the chief complaints

Act mandating adoption of national standards for electronic transmission of financial and administrative health info

Unable to locate a code that describes the exact service, it is acceptable to use a code that approximates the service

CPT stands for

Which punctuation mark between codes in the index of the CPT manual indicates two codes are available

Category III codes are released annually

Which CPT appendix would additions, deletions, and revisions can be found

2 primary surgeons perform distinct parts of a procedure require modifier

What is the function of an add-on code

Only stand-alone code has the full description

Procedures that are experimental, newly approved, or seldom used are reported with a technical code

CPT manual is in alphabetic order with the main term listed first and then further divided by subterm

Modifier -73 is used by an ASC or hospital outpatient for

Guidelines reflect the technologic advances made in medicine that are incorporated into the CPT

A ______ must accompany claims when using an unlisted procedure code

Time is not a descriptive component for the emergency dept levels of E/M service

According to Surgery guidelines, surgical destruction may be considered part of a surgical procedure

A semicolon between the codes in the index of the CPT manual indicates a range of codes

Healthcare providers are reimbursed based on the codes submitted on a claim form for procedures and services rendered

The words that follow a code number in the CPT manual are called

Who requires a special report with the use of unlisted codes

Intravascularly, intra-articularly, and intrathecally are methods that qualify as "with contrast"

Increased reimbursement is a reason for CPT coding system

An unlisted procedure code

What year was CPT first developed and published

Select 6 basic location method to locate main terms in the index of CPT

Modifier -78

Service, extent, and procedure are three of the six elements that a special report must contain

CPT Appendix A contains all modifiers

There are 7 main sections in the CPT manual

Appendix C of the CPT manual contains examples of Add-on codes

A list of the unlisted procedures for use in a specific section of thr CPT manual is contained

AMA and CMS published CPT

A modifier increases third-party payer reimbursement

Universal health insurance paper form submission of outpatient services is the

Category 1 CPT codes have 6 digits

You can find specific coding information about each section in the Guidelines

Modifier -91 is used when tests are rerun to confirm initial results

A code that has all the words that describe the code that follows is a stand-alone code

The rules that govern coding in various health care settings are