MEDICAL OFFICE AND BILLING EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
The physician asks the medical assistant to choose an E/M code indicating 40 minutes were
spent on an office visit that actually took less than 15 minutes. This is an example of...?
up coding
The provider prescribed and ordered a wheel chair for a patient with a below the knee
amputation. Which manual should the medical office assistant use to code these services?
HCPCS
A medical office assistant can recognize Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes
because they are
5 digit codes
When billing for durable medical equipment, a medical office assistant should use which
codes?
HCPCS
what code should the medical assistant assign to a patient's main CPT® code, indicating
unusual circumstances were present related to the procedure?
modifier
A parent brings their four-year old in for a well-child exam. The medical assistant should
assign an ICD-CM code beginning with..?
V
The physician asks the medical assistant to fill out a CMS-1500 for a patient who came in
for a 30 minute office visit and was treated for hypertension. what should be used to locate
the code for hypertension?
ICD-CM
, A medical office assistant is reviewing a chart with the following documentation: patient
presented with a complaint of itchy, red bumps on her chest and neck. Diagnosis:
Urticaria, Procedure: Expanded Office Visit. The coding reference manual that would
contain the term Urticaria and the associated code is the
International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code book
A physician has admitted a Medicare patient to the hospital for shortness of breath. After
reviewing the patient's medical record, the hospital coder codes the admission as 99223. On
which of the following claim forms should the hospital coder submit this patient's charges?
UB-04
Healthcare services for the evaluation and management of a disease consistent with the
standard of care are considered to be
a medical necessity
Which part of Medicare covers hospitalization expenses?
part A
What classifications of patient care is received at a medical facility on a walk-in basis,
where an overnight stay is not required?
outpatient
Which type of insurance begins direct payment to the patient after they have been injured
and unable to work for a specific period of time?
disability
What plan, funded by state and federal funds, exists to aid those with a limited or low
income with health care costs?
medicaid
what prevents duplication of payment by more than one insurance carrier?
coordination of benefits
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
The physician asks the medical assistant to choose an E/M code indicating 40 minutes were
spent on an office visit that actually took less than 15 minutes. This is an example of...?
up coding
The provider prescribed and ordered a wheel chair for a patient with a below the knee
amputation. Which manual should the medical office assistant use to code these services?
HCPCS
A medical office assistant can recognize Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes
because they are
5 digit codes
When billing for durable medical equipment, a medical office assistant should use which
codes?
HCPCS
what code should the medical assistant assign to a patient's main CPT® code, indicating
unusual circumstances were present related to the procedure?
modifier
A parent brings their four-year old in for a well-child exam. The medical assistant should
assign an ICD-CM code beginning with..?
V
The physician asks the medical assistant to fill out a CMS-1500 for a patient who came in
for a 30 minute office visit and was treated for hypertension. what should be used to locate
the code for hypertension?
ICD-CM
, A medical office assistant is reviewing a chart with the following documentation: patient
presented with a complaint of itchy, red bumps on her chest and neck. Diagnosis:
Urticaria, Procedure: Expanded Office Visit. The coding reference manual that would
contain the term Urticaria and the associated code is the
International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code book
A physician has admitted a Medicare patient to the hospital for shortness of breath. After
reviewing the patient's medical record, the hospital coder codes the admission as 99223. On
which of the following claim forms should the hospital coder submit this patient's charges?
UB-04
Healthcare services for the evaluation and management of a disease consistent with the
standard of care are considered to be
a medical necessity
Which part of Medicare covers hospitalization expenses?
part A
What classifications of patient care is received at a medical facility on a walk-in basis,
where an overnight stay is not required?
outpatient
Which type of insurance begins direct payment to the patient after they have been injured
and unable to work for a specific period of time?
disability
What plan, funded by state and federal funds, exists to aid those with a limited or low
income with health care costs?
medicaid
what prevents duplication of payment by more than one insurance carrier?
coordination of benefits
