INTRODUCTION TO CPT AND HCPCS CODING EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

INTRODUCTION TO CPT AND HCPCS CODING EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ What are CMS 1500 forms? - universal health insurance form used for submission of outpatient services to insurance carriers Who publishes the CPT? - American Medical Association What is a modifier? - Additional code that provides information to the 3rd party payer What does CPT stand for? - Current Procedural Terminology What is a panel - A series of test that are grouped together because they are usually used together What is a block? - Frozen piece of a sample What is a section? - Slice of frozen block Who is the one who requires a special report when you use unlisted codes? - The company, insurance company, or 3rd party payer that is processing the claims. Which code does the pathology section include test only? - Laboratory Test Only What are the descriptive components for the emergency departments? - Time is not the descriptive component in the emergency department What does Appendix B cover? - Additions to, deletion from and revisions What are J codes? - Drugs What does appendix A contain? - List Of MODIFIERS that are used to ALTER or MODIFY Codes What is an add on code? - Identifies a code that is used in combination with a primary procedure What is a hyphen? - A range of Codes; the symbol used between two code numbers to indicate that a range is available What is the range of codes for a surgery procedure? - What is the reason for the CPT Coding System? - Health care providers to communicate both effectively & efficiently with the third party payer (To describe Health care Services) What is contained in the guidelines? - Provide specific information about coding in that section & contain valuable information for the coder What are the 6 elements that a special report must contain? - Nature, extent, need, time, effort and equipment What is a tracer? - An identifiable substance, such as a dye or a radioactive isotope What is the CPT codebook? - compilation of guidelines, codes and descriptions used to report health care services What does HCPCS stand for? - Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Who maintains the HCPCs coding system? - American Medical Association