CPMA Exam Chapter 3 Questions and Answers

CPMA Exam Chapter 3 Questions and Answers Accurate reimbursement begins with - Correct ️️ accurate coding and rules that vary by payer The CPT codebook contains - Correct ️️ instructions, coding guidelines, parenthetical notes, and symbols to provide guidance for proper coding. Not all payers follow CPT coding guidelines. - Correct ️️ An auditor must be able to apply payer variations to the CPT guidelines during an audit, and must communicate the differences in a way that will make sense to the provider. Add-on codes - Correct ️️ Listing found in Appendix D in the CPT codebook Add-on code are carried out in addition to the primary procedure Add-on codes are never reported alone, and always accompany specific primary procedure codes. There is a parenthetical note following the add-on code to indicate the associated primary code(s) When the list of associated add-on codes is too extensive, - Correct ️️ there will not be a list of applicable primary codes in a parenthetical note following the add-on code All add-on codes are - Correct ️️ exempt from the multiple procedure concepts (modifier 51) See Appendix A Multiple surgical procedure reduction is applied when - Correct ️️ multiple procedures are performed during the same operative session.