CPT Cardiovascular Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+

CPT Cardiovascular Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+ When you are reporting cardiology services, what 3 sections of CPT Manual will you most likely using? - Answers -Surgery cardiovascular sugical -Medicine nonsurgical cardiovascular -radiology diagnostic study or radiologic visualization surgery - Answers -heart and pericardium -endoscopy -arteries and veins -adjuvant techniques medicine - Answers -therapuetic servies -cardiography -echocardioraphy -cardiac cath -intracardiac electrophysiological -peripheral arterial disease rehab -other vascular studies -other procedures radiology - Answers - diagnositc radiology -diagnostic ultrasound -ultrasonic guidance -radiologic guidance -nuclear medicine -cardiovascular what does invasive mean? - Answers -entering the body, breaking the skin -to make a correction or for examination -percutaneous -invasive cardiology procedures are also referred to as interventional procedures what does not invasive mean? - Answers -not breaking the skin -usually peformed for diagnostic purposed; performed outside the body example:electrocardiograms,vascular studies first step in coding cardiology services - Answers make a determination whether the service is invasive or noninvasive what is electrophysiology? - Answers -study of the electrical system of the heart and includes the study of arrhytmias -medicine codes more invasive treatments - Answers pacemaker placement cardioverter-defibrillator what does angiography mean? - Answers -involves nuclear cardiology;diagnositc specialty -uses a radioactive radiologic procedure to aid in diagnosis of cardiologic conditions how is cardiovascular surgery section divided? - Answers -body part -arteries -procedure coronary or noncoronary? - Answers coronary or noncoronary is important in selecting correct cardiovascular code what are heart and pericardium codes used for? - Answers services provided to repair the heart pericardium or coronary vessels what does CABG stand for and purpose? - Answers stands for Coronary Artery Bypass graft bypasses the clogged areas of vessels to increas blood flow name 3 types of CABG - Answers -venous grafts