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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what section of the CPT manual would you locate codes to report venipunctures and arterial punctures? | Surgery |
| How are drugs listed in the Pathology/Laboratory section of the CPT? | by generic name |
| Qualitive analysis is defined as: | analysis of a substance in order to ascertain the nature of the chemical constituents |
| What name is given to cultures for identification of organisms, as well as the identification of sentivities of the organism to antibiotics | Culture/sensitivity |
| Quantitative analysis is defined as | determining the amount and proportions of chemical constituents |
| A SAMPLE OF TISSUE FROM A SUSPECT AREA CAN BE FURTHER DIVIDED INTO | SAMPLE/BLOCK/SECTION |
| WHAT TYPE OF DRUG TEST MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF A DRUG IN THE SPECIMEN | QUANTITATIVE |
| PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW EXAMINATION INCLUDES: | HISTORY, MENTAL STATUS, DISPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION W/ FAMILY OR OTHER SOURCES |
| IF AN ESTABLISHED PATIENT IS GIVEN AN IMMUNIZATION DURING AN OFFICE VISIT, AND THE ONLY SERVICE PROVIDED WAS THE IMMUNIZATION, WHAT TYPE OF CODES WOULD YOU USE TO REPORT THE SERVICE? | MEDICINE SECTION IMMUNIZATION AND AN ADMINISTRATION CODE |
| WHAT MUST ALWAYS BE DOCUMENTED ON THE PT RECORD AND IS THE MAJOR BILLING FACTOR FOR REPORTING CODES IN THE PSYCHIATRIC SUBSECTION? | TIME |
| OUTPATIENT DIALYSIS SERVICES ARE USUALLY REPORTED ON WHAT BASIS? | MONTHLY |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DIALYSIS THAT INVOLVES USING A BODY CAVITY AS A FILTER? | PERITONEAL |
| WHAT IS BEING MEASURED WHILE THE SLEEP TESTING IS BEING CONDUCTED ? | PARAMETERS |
| WHAT DOES THE ABBREVIATION EMG STAND FOR? | ELECTROMYOGRAPHY |
| WHAT CODES ARE USED TO CODE DRUGS | J CODES |
| WHAT WORD IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE PUSHING OF LIQUID INTO THE BODY OVER A LONG PD OF TIME? | INFUSION |
| HOW MANY CATEGORIES ARE LOCATED IN THE MADIASTINUM SUBHEADING? | 4 |
| MEDIASTINUM CODES ARE IDENTIFIED BY WHICH FACTOR? | SURGICAL APPROACH |
| WHERE IS THE MEDIASTINUM LOCATED? | BETWEEN THE LUNGS |
| WHAT DOES A RADICAL LYMPHADENECTOMY CONSIST OF? | REMOVAL OF LYMPH NODES, GLANDS, AND SURROUNDING TISSUE |
| THE LYMPH NODE EXCISION CATEGORY CADES ARE BASED ON WHAT TWO THINGS? | METHOD AND LOCATION |
| WHERE IS THE JUGULAR GROUP OF LYMPH NODES LOCATED? | NECK |
| CAN A PERSON LIVE WITH OUT A SPLEEN? | YES |
| WHAT DOES A COLECTOMY CONSIST OF? | CONSISTS OF THE SURGICAL RESECTION OF ANY EXTENT OF THE LARGE INTESTINE (COLON) |
| WHY IS A GASTROSTOMY TUBE PLACED IN THE STUMACH? | FEEDING PURPOSES |
| WHEN A DIAGNOSTIC COLONSCOPY IS CODED, THE CODE INCLUDES: | ANOSCOPY, SIGMOIDSCOPY, PROCTOSIGMOIDOSCOPY |
| WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN CHOOSING THE CORRECT DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURE CODE? | EXTENT |
| WHAT TWO WORDS ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS IN CODING HERNIA REPAIR | STRANGULATED/INCARCERATED |
| WHAT THE COMMON ABBREVIATION FOR A TRANSURETHRAL ELECTROSURGERY OF THE PROSTATE? | NO ABBREVIATION |
| WHEN URODYNAMICS ARE PERFORED AND THE PHYSICIAN ONLY INTERPRETS THE RESULTS, WHAT MODIFIER WOULD BE USED? | ----26 |
| WHAT IS PRIAPISM | PROLONGED ERECTION |
| WHAT IS A NEPHRECTOMY | REMOVAL KIDNEY |
| WHAT TYPE OF TREATMENT IS USED TO TREAT PROSTATE CANCER BY PLACING THE RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS DIRECTLY INTO THE PROSTATE? | BRACHYTHERAPY |
| HOW IS THE URINARY SYSTEM SUBSECTION IS FIRST DIVIDED BY? | ANATOMICALLY |
| VULVECTOMY CODES ARE DIVIDED BASED ON THE WHAT? | EXTENT AND SIZE |
| WHAT IS A RADICAL VULVECTOMY? | REMOVAL VULVA, SKIN AND DEEP SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE |
| DOES DIAGNOSTIC AMNIOCENTESIS INCLUDE RADIOLOGIC SUPERVISION AND INTERPRETATION? | NO |
| WHAT DOES ANTEPARTUM CARE INCLUDE? | INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT HISTORY, PHYSICAL EXAMS, RECORDING OF WEIGHT, BLOOD PRESSURE, FETAL HEART TONES, AND ROUTINE UA'S |
| WHAT IS THE FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM SUBSECTION ANATOMY ORDER? | VULVA TO OVARY |
| LOOP ELECTRODE EXCISION PROCEDURES ARE ALSO REFERRED TO AS: | LEEP, LETZ, CERVICAL LOOP DIATHERMY |
| HOW MANY CODES DOES THE INTERSEX SURGERY SUBHEADING HAVE? | 2 |
| WHAT IS THE ABBREVIATION FOR VAGINA BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN? | VBAC |
| HOW MANY GLANDS ARE IN THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM OF THE BODY? | 9 |
| DURING SKULL-BASED SURGERY, IF ONE SURGEON PERFORMS THE APPROACH AND A SECOND PHYSICIAN PERFORMS THE DIFINITIVE PROCEDURE AND A THIRD PHYSICIAN PERFORMS THE CLOSURE, WHAT MODIFIER IS APPENDED TO THE DEFINITIVE PROCEDURE CODE? | NO MODIFIER USED |
| IN THE SURGERY OF SKULL BASE, WHAT IS THE APPROACH PROCEDURE? | METHOD USED TO OBTAIN EXPOSURE OF THE LESION |
| IN THE SURGERY OF SKULL BASE, WHAT IS THE DEFINITIVE PROCEDURE? | WHAT IS DONE TO THE LESION |
| WHAT IS NEUROPLASTY? | DECOMPRESSION OF NERVES |
| WITHIN THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DESCRIPTION, WHAT TERMS MEAN SOMETHING LESS THAN THE TOTAL? | SUBTOTAL/PARTIAL |
| WHAT PROCEDURES IS OFTEN PERFORMED WITH A LAMINECTOMY? | ARTHRODESIS |
| WHAT ARE SHUNTS USED FOR? | DRAIN EXCESS FLUID/RELIEVE PRESSURE FROM FLUID BUILD UP |
| ARE THE CODES IN THE EYE OCULAR ADNEXA SUBSECTION BILATERAL CODES? | NO |
| WHY IS STRABISMUS SURGERY PERFORMED? | CORRECTS MUSCLE MISALIGNMENT |
| DO THE DESTRUCTION CODES IN THE POSTERIOR SEGMENT SUBSECTION INCLUDE ONE OR MORE SESSIONS? | YES |
| HOW MANY APPROACHES ARE USED FOR CATARACT AND LENS REPLACEMENT? | 3 |
| CAN RADIOLOGY CODES DESIGNATED AS A ''SEPERATE PROCEDURE'' BE REPORTED IN ADDITION TO THE CODE FOR THE TOTAL PROCEDURE OF SERVICE? | NO |
| THE DIVISION OF THE RADIATION ONCOLOGY SECTION OF THE CPT MANUAL ARE DIVIDED INTO SUBSECTIONS BASED ON WHAT? | TYPE OF SERVICE |
| WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES IN AN IMAGING PROCESS THAT IS USED TO DIAGNOSE PATIENT ILLNESS? | ULTRASOUND |
| THIS IS A NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE THAT PRODUCES A CROSS -SECTIONAL IMAGE OF ORGANS AND OTHER INTERNAL BODY STRUCTURES; | MAGNETIC RESONANCE |
| THE PHRASE "" WITH CONTRAST'' REPRESENTS CONTRAST MATERIAL ADMINISTERED INTRAVASSCULARY, INTRARTICULARLY, OR INTRATHECALLY. | YES |
| WHAT MODIFIER IS REPORTED WHEN A PHYSICIAN COMPONENT IS REPORTED SEPERATED? | ---26 |
| THIS TYPE OF PROCEDURE IS ONE THAT IS PERFORMED INDEPENDENTLY OF, AND NOT IMMEDIATELY RELATED TO, ANOTHER SERVICE? | SEPERATE |
| ACCORDING TO CPT GUIDLINES, RADIATION ONCOLOGY CODES INCLUDE NORMAL FOLLOW UP CARE DURING THE COURSE OF TREATMENT AND --------------FOLLOWING ITS COMPLETION. | 3 MONTHS |
| SERVICES IN PATHOLOGY/LABORATORY ARE PROVIDED BY A PHYSICIAN OR BY TECHNOLOGISTS UNDER RESPONSIBLE SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN? | YES |
| A SERVICE THAT IS RARELY PROVIDED, UNUSUAL, VARIABLE, OR NEW WOULD ALWAYS REQUIRE A SPECIAL REPORT IN DETERMINING MEDICAL APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SERVICE. | YES |
| A SURGICAL PATHOLOGY SPECIMEN THAT IS NOT LISTED IN THE PATHOLOGY CODE DESCRIPTIONS SHOULD BE ASSIGNED A CODE THAT MOST CLOSELY REFLECTS THE PHYSICIANS WORK INVOLVED COMPARED TO OTHER SPECIMES ASSIGNED TO THAT CODE | YES |
| HOW MANY LEVELS OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY ARE THERE? | 6 |
| WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO GROUPED LABORATORY WORK THAT REPRESENTS THOSE TESTS COMMONLY PERFOREMED TOGETHER? |