HA CBCS EXAM 2025. (CORRECT ANSWERS).

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Medical Ethics - correct answer Standards of conduct based on moral principals. Acting within ethical
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behavior boundries means carrying out one's responsibilities with integrity, decency, respect, honesty,
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Compliance Regulations - correct answer Most billing related cases are based on HIPAA and the False Claims
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Act.



HIPAA is an acronym for - correct answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
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Category 1 CPT codes - correct answer Medical Procedures.
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Category 2 CPT codes - correct answer Supplemental Codes for Performance Measures.
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Category 3 CPT codes - correct answer Emerging Technologies.
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Add on Codes - correct answer Used for procedures that are always performed during the same operative
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session, as another surgery in addition to the primary service/procedure and is never performed separately.
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, Anesthesia is found - correct answer 00100-01999, 99100-99140. q q q q q q q




Evaluation and Management (E&M) codes - correct answer Are listed first in the CPT manual because they are
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used by all the different specialties.
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Brackets - correct answer Used to enclose synonyms, alternative wording or and explanatory phrase.
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Bullets - correct answer Represents a new procedure or service code added since the previous edition of the
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manual.



Chief Complaint (CC) - correct answer The reason the patient came to see the physician.
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Circle with a line through it (🚫) - correct answer Exemption from modifier 51.
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CPT - correct answer Used to report services and procedures by physicians.
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E&M codes - correct answer 99201-99499
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Guidelines are found - correct answer At the beginning of each section and used to provide specific coding
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rules for that section.
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History (HX) - correct answer The set of information the physician gathers from the patient concerning his/her
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past.
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History of Present Illness (HPI) - correct answer A chronological account of the development of the complaint
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from the first sign or symptom that the patient experienced to the present.
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Indented Codes - correct answer Listed under associate and stand alone codes.
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