CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC CODER EXAM, PRACTICE EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL
EXAM 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
24 - (answer) What modifier is commonly used if a provider performs an unrelated office visit during a
post operative period?
Patient encounter documented using a certified EHR system - (answer) PQRS measure G8477 refers to
what?
Zonules - (answer) What are radially arranged natural fibers in the eye that suspend the crystalline lens
from the ciliary body and hold it in position?
face down/ palm down - (answer) Prone
Nine - (answer) For an E&M service, what is the minimum number of elements required by the
Documentation Guidelines for a Detailed Physical Exam?
No - (answer) Does Medicare have standard guidelines physicians must follow for the "written
interpretation of medical findings?"
No - (answer) Is it a federal requirement to do self audits of patient charts and coding in private
practices?
within - (answer) -endo
vertical body plain, divides the body into front & back sections - (answer) coronal
like - (answer) -oid
face up/palm up - (answer) supine
A company that a provider contracts with to transmit claims legally and safely between the provider and
the insurance companies - (answer) What is an e-claim clearing house?
,CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC CODER EXAM, PRACTICE EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL
EXAM 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Intacs - (answer) What are surgically implanted plastic half rings that change the shape of the cornea?
A written policy between the individual (policy holder) and health plan (payer) - (answer) What is
medical insurance?
Qualified Medicaid Beneficiary- limited benefits - (answer) What is "QMB" Medicaid?
For indicating which lid is involved. E1= Upper left eyelid, E2= Lower left eyelid, E3= Upper right eyelid,
E4= Lower right eyelid - (answer) What are the four "E" modifiers used for?
4 - (answer) How many "E" modifiers are there?
19 - (answer) On the CMS 1500, what box is designated to provide additional information to the
payer?
behind, back - (answer) -retro
Reason for the encounter and assessment, medical plan and date, and legible identity of the observer -
(answer) The documentation of each patient encounter should include which items(s):
across, through - (answer) trans-
No - (answer) Is it acceptable for a staff person to correct a CPT or ICD-10 code on a route slip or claim
without the consent of the doctor?
Medical Decision Making, Examination, and History - (answer) What are the Key Components of E and
M Coding?
, CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC CODER EXAM, PRACTICE EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL
EXAM 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
51 - (answer) What modifier is used if two non bundled surgical procedures are performed on the
same eye at the same visit?
24 - (answer) What modifier should you use on the office visit if a patient comes in with allergic
conjunctivitis during their global post-op period?
Resource-Based Relative Value Scale - (answer) What does RBRVS stand for?
Counseling, Coordination of Care, Presenting Problem, and Time - (answer) List the Contributory
Factors of E and M Coding
The date the eyewear is dispensed - (answer) When billing for post cataract eyewear through
Medicare, what is the date of service?
at or near front surface of the body - (answer) anterior or ventral
Surgeon - (answer) Whose name goes in Box 17 in the HCFA 1500 when billing for co-managed
cataract post op care?
Government sponsored insurance plans - (answer) What are Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE and
CHAMPVA types of?
In 2011 - (answer) When did PQRI name change to PQRS?
below - (answer) inferior
breathing - (answer) -pnea
away from - (answer) -ab
EXAM 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
24 - (answer) What modifier is commonly used if a provider performs an unrelated office visit during a
post operative period?
Patient encounter documented using a certified EHR system - (answer) PQRS measure G8477 refers to
what?
Zonules - (answer) What are radially arranged natural fibers in the eye that suspend the crystalline lens
from the ciliary body and hold it in position?
face down/ palm down - (answer) Prone
Nine - (answer) For an E&M service, what is the minimum number of elements required by the
Documentation Guidelines for a Detailed Physical Exam?
No - (answer) Does Medicare have standard guidelines physicians must follow for the "written
interpretation of medical findings?"
No - (answer) Is it a federal requirement to do self audits of patient charts and coding in private
practices?
within - (answer) -endo
vertical body plain, divides the body into front & back sections - (answer) coronal
like - (answer) -oid
face up/palm up - (answer) supine
A company that a provider contracts with to transmit claims legally and safely between the provider and
the insurance companies - (answer) What is an e-claim clearing house?
,CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC CODER EXAM, PRACTICE EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL
EXAM 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Intacs - (answer) What are surgically implanted plastic half rings that change the shape of the cornea?
A written policy between the individual (policy holder) and health plan (payer) - (answer) What is
medical insurance?
Qualified Medicaid Beneficiary- limited benefits - (answer) What is "QMB" Medicaid?
For indicating which lid is involved. E1= Upper left eyelid, E2= Lower left eyelid, E3= Upper right eyelid,
E4= Lower right eyelid - (answer) What are the four "E" modifiers used for?
4 - (answer) How many "E" modifiers are there?
19 - (answer) On the CMS 1500, what box is designated to provide additional information to the
payer?
behind, back - (answer) -retro
Reason for the encounter and assessment, medical plan and date, and legible identity of the observer -
(answer) The documentation of each patient encounter should include which items(s):
across, through - (answer) trans-
No - (answer) Is it acceptable for a staff person to correct a CPT or ICD-10 code on a route slip or claim
without the consent of the doctor?
Medical Decision Making, Examination, and History - (answer) What are the Key Components of E and
M Coding?
, CERTIFIED PARAOPTOMETRIC CODER EXAM, PRACTICE EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL
EXAM 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
51 - (answer) What modifier is used if two non bundled surgical procedures are performed on the
same eye at the same visit?
24 - (answer) What modifier should you use on the office visit if a patient comes in with allergic
conjunctivitis during their global post-op period?
Resource-Based Relative Value Scale - (answer) What does RBRVS stand for?
Counseling, Coordination of Care, Presenting Problem, and Time - (answer) List the Contributory
Factors of E and M Coding
The date the eyewear is dispensed - (answer) When billing for post cataract eyewear through
Medicare, what is the date of service?
at or near front surface of the body - (answer) anterior or ventral
Surgeon - (answer) Whose name goes in Box 17 in the HCFA 1500 when billing for co-managed
cataract post op care?
Government sponsored insurance plans - (answer) What are Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE and
CHAMPVA types of?
In 2011 - (answer) When did PQRI name change to PQRS?
below - (answer) inferior
breathing - (answer) -pnea
away from - (answer) -ab