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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CPT CODING EXAM
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-Guarantee passing score -39 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Health care providers are ____ based on the codes submitted on a claim form for procedures and services rendered.
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reimbursed Question 2: According to the CPT manual, modifier -91 is NOT to be used when tests are ___ to confirm inertial results.
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rerun Question 3: A modifier:
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provides additional information to the third-party payer Question 4: The rules that govern coding in various health care settings are:
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nationally established
Question 5: What year was CPT first developed and published?
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1966
Question 6: Who requires a special report with the use of unlisted codes?
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third-party payers
Question 7: How many sections are in the CPT manual?
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6 Question 8: An unlisted procedure code:
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ALL OF THE ABOVE: is a procedure or service not found in the CPT manual, is located in the Section Guidelines, is located at the end of a subsection or subheading Question 9: The universal health insurance form for submission of outpatient services is the:
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CMS-1500
Question 10: The words that follow a code number in the CPT manual are called:
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procedure/service descriptor Question 11: According to the notes preceding the Category III codes in the CPT manual, the digits of the Category III codes are not intended to reflect the placement of the code in the
Category I section of the CPT:
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nomenclature Question 12: Which term reflects the technological advances made in medicine that are incorporated into the CPT manual?
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revisions
Question 13: This act mandated the adoption of national uniform standards for electronic
transmission of financial and administrative health information:
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HIPAA
Question 14: What is the function of an add-on code?
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identifies a code that is never used alone Question 15: What is the word that means assigning multiple codes when one code would do?
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Unbundling (It's FRAUD!!) Question 16: Name the six basic location methods to locate main terms in the index of the CPT manual.
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procedure/service, synonym, eponymous, anatomic site, condition of disease, abbreviations
Question 17: Which of the following is NOT a reason for the CPT coding system?
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increased reimbursement Question 18: CPT stands for:
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Current Procedural Terminology Question 19: Procedures that are experimental, newly approved, or seldom used are reported with what type of code?
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unlisted/Category III Question 20: What is the term that describes two physicians working together in the completion of a procedure when each has the same level of responsibility?
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Co-surgeons
Question 21: What is the term that describes the services provided to a patient be the physician before surgery?
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Preoperative Question 22: According to the Radiology guidelines, these are the methods that qualify as 'with contrast'.
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intavascularly, intra-articularly, intrathecally Question 23: In which CPT appendix would additions, deletions, and revisions be found?
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Appendix B
Question 24: Where is specific coding information about each section located?
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Guidelines Question 25: What is another term for the time after the surgery that the physician provides services to the patient?
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Postoperative Question 26: Which punctuation mark between codes in the index of the CPT manual indicates two codes are available?
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comma Question 27: A list of unlisted procedures for use in a specific section of the CPT manual is
contained in:
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Guidelines