Chapter 13 Review

Urinalysis

Suture of a recent wound on the eyelid

Thoracentesis, puncture of pleural cavity for aspiration, initial or subsequent

Breast reduction

Eustachian tube inflation, transnasal, with catheterization

Chest x-ray examination, single view, frontal

Pelvimetry, with or without placental localization

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Biopsy of external ear

Serum folic acid

Triglycerides

Febrile agglutinins, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Liver function study with hepatobiliary agents, with serial images

New patient office visit, comprehensive history, examination, and moderate-complexity decision making

Established patient office visit, problem-focused history and examination, straightforward decision making

New patient office visit, problem-focused history and examination, straightforward decision making

Hospital discharge day management, 45 minutes

New patient, initial inpatient consultation

New patient office visit, comprehensive history and examination, high-complexity decision making

Initial hospital observation care, new patient

Initial pediatric inpatient critical care

Subsequent nursing facility care, comprehensive interval history and examination, high-complexity medical decisions

New patient office visit, expanded problem-focused history and examination, straightforward decision making

Initial nursing facility care, detailed or comprehensive history or examination, straightforward or low-complexity decision making

Established patient, home patient, problem-focused interval history and examination, straightforward medical decision making

Basic metabolic panel

Cyanide

Psychoanalysis

Acne surgery, removal of multiple milia, comedones, cysts, pustules

Total splenectomy

Which of the following codes can be used to help measure performance and outcomes?

An eponym will be used in which of the following CPT divisions?

Which of the following sections uses the code range between 70000 and 79999?

Codes with a plus sign are additional codes that must be used with which of the following?

Medical records used for procedural coding can include which of the following?

When searching the alphabetic index, "humerus" is an example of which of the following?

Which of the following levels of history includes a review of the systems that relate to the chief complaint?

One time unit in anesthesia coding typically equals which of the following?

When wounds of more than one classification are repaired, list the less complicated repair as the primary procedure and the more complicated repair as the secondary procedure. When multiple wounds are repaired, add together the lengths of those in the same classification.

Which of the following is a method of closed treatment of fractures?

Qualitative and quantitative codes for drug testing are found in which of the following CPT sections?

Which of the following HCPCS codes range from A4000 to A8999?

Which of the following modifiers indicates a professional component and is used when a separate technician performs the service but the provider reviews the report and makes an accurate diagnosis?

Which of the following codes is assigned to an urgent care facility as the place of service?

Physical status modifier P4 is assigned to which of the following?

A new or experimental procedure or service code is a category __________ code.

The state of the patient as either new or established is called the patient __________.

A(n) __________ patient is one who is having his or her first encounter with the physician.

__________ codes are separated and reported individually.

A(n) __________ patient has seen the physician within the past 3 years.

__________ are procedures or treatments named for a person.

Codes that are grouped together and paid as one service or procedure are known as __________.

CPT-4 codes have __________ digits.

Special symbols used to provide additional information about certain codes are called __________; seven are used in CPT-4 coding.

Some physicians must __________ patient care among several different providers.

__________ and management codes are used for physician's office visits.

The dollar value of each basic unit value used in anesthesia coding is called the __________.

The __________ indicates that modifying terms and descriptions follow.

A(n) __________ code indicates that additional or supplemental procedures carried out in addition to the primary procedure are needed.

The CPT is divided into eight sections.

Revised codes are not highlighted in the CPT manual.

Subcategories are the lowest level of code description and specificity.

It is acceptable to code from the Alphabetic Index.

A detailed history takes the shortest amount of time.

Anesthesia coding is based on a billing formula.

The place of service never changes for physician billing.

Downcoding can increase reimbursements.

Downcoding and upcoding are illegal practices, and medical assistants can be prosecuted for either practice.