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1.) HCPCS stands for_______?
2.) It is divided into________? - answer-1.) Healthcare Common Procedural Coding
System
2.) Level I = CPT codes & Level II = National Codes
CPT are incorporated as Level ________codes? - answer-Level I codes
CPT stands for_________? - answer-Current Procedural Terminology
Level ______ codes/National Codes are alphanumeric codes used by providers to
report services, supplies, and equipment provided to Medicare and Medicaid patients
for which no CPT codes exist. - answer-Level II codes
CPT codes are referred to as Category ____codes? - answer-Category I
The CPT coding system was first developed by the______ in ________ ? - answer-
AMA, 1966
Ending in F, optional performance measures (e.g. 3014F, Screening Mammography)
are _____________codes? - answer-Category II
Ending in T, temporary codes that identify emerging technologies, services, and
procedures are _______codes?. - answer-Category III
The CPT was incorporated as LEVEL I codes into the HCPCS system by the
_________ - answer-CMS in 1983
The six main chapters of the CPT manual that describe procedures are referred to as
1.)____________? They include 2.)______(6 items)? - answer-1.) Sections
2.) Evaluation and management (E & M), Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology
and Laboratory, Medicine.
The sections of the CPT/HPCS Level I is further subdivided by? - answer-subsections,
subheadings, categories, and subcategories.
The CPT Index contains four primary classes of entries. They are:_______? - answer-
1.) Procedure or service