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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MOD 120, WK 2 THEORY
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-Guarantee passing score -51 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: What two items are needed to correctly code for local treatment of burns?
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Percentage of body surface and depth of the burn Question 2: removal with reinsertion of an implantable contraceptive capsule:
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11977 Question 3: Masectomy that is done foe gynecomastia:
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19300 Question 4: The removal of a lesion by transverse incision that did not require sutured closure is reported using codes from which subsection?
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Shaving of Epidermal or Dermal Lesions
Question 5: When an excision is being performed, the "margins" refer to the ______ required to adequately excise the lesion based on the physician's judgement
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Narrowest margin Question 6: When multiple therapeutic procedures are performed through a scope during the same operative session, only the major (most extensive) procdeure should be reported.
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False Question 7: An excision of the left great toe nail & matrix, complete for permanent removal
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11750-TA
Question 8: Removal of 37 skin tags by electrosurgical destruction;
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11200, 11201 X 3 units Question 9: because most third party payers do not pay for cosmetic surgery, the physician must carefully document ___ to ensure reimbrsement for noncoesmetic procedures
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medical necessity Question 10: Using the "Rule of Nines", adult legs are what percentage of the human body?
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18% Question 11: Incision and drainage codes are divided into subcategories according to the
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condition for which the procedure is performed Question 12: Mohs micrographic surgery requires a single physician to act in two integrated but separate and distinct capabilities of a surgeon and a(n)
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pathologist
Question 13: A physician performs an operative procedure that has a 90 day surgical package.On day 40, the same physician performs an unrelated procedure on the same patient. What modifier would you attach to the CPT code when reporting the second procedure?
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-79 Question 14: When reporting a staged procedure what modifier is added to the CPT code?
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-58 Question 15: When coding 3 biopsies of the sin, performed at the same visit, the reporting
would be:
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11100, 11101 x 2 Question 16: the procedure in which a scope is passes into the larynx and the physician can look at the larynx is what type of laryngoscopy?
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direct Question 17: Thoracentesis is performed to withdraw fluid from the pleural space for a variety of
conditions including:
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respitory failure
Question 18: What is the method that a physician uses to control a nosebleed?
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packing, ligation, cauterization (all of the above) Question 19: There is no tissue remaining for pathological examination after this method has been used
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destruction
Question 20: Tp properly code lesion excision, you msut know the behavior and the narrowest
margin about the lesion, in addition to the following:
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site, number, diameter Question 21: A surgical sinus endoscopy includes a sinusotomy (when appropriate) and diagnostic endoscopy
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True Question 22: what is the name of the surgical procedure for the rearrangement of the nasal septum?
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septoplasty Question 23: fine needle aspiration of the breast without imaging:
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10021 Question 24: Destruction of 7 actinic keratoses:
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17000, 17003 x 6 units Question 25: Excision of a pilonidal cyst that was a complicated procedure:
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11772 Question 26: the term that describes destruction by removing, usuall by cutting, is:
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ablation Question 27: Would closure requiring the use of adhesive strips as the sole repair material
should be coded with:
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an E/M code