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CORRECT ANSWERS
What does MRSA stand for? - Answer- Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
What chapter contains codes for diseases and disorders of the nails? - Answer- Chapter
12: diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
What category of code should be used to reporting evaluation and management service
provided to a patient in a psychiatric residential treatment center? - Answer- Nursing
facility services
Which of the following statements is true for reporting E codes? - Answer- E codes for
child and adult abuse take priority over all other E codes
Which statement is true about V codes: - Answer- V codes may be used as primary or
secondary code
Which of the following is an example of electronic data? - Answer- A digital x-ray
Guidelines from which of the following code sets are included as part of the code set
requirements under HIPPA? - Answer- ICD-9
Which of the following is an example of a case in which a diabetes-related problem
exists and the code for diabetes is never sequenced first? - Answer- If the patient has
an underside of insulin due to an insulin pump malfunction
Glomerulonephritis is an inflammation affecting which system? - Answer- Urinary
Which is not included in CPT surgical package? - Answer- Returning to the operating
room the next day for a complication resulting from the initial procedure
What statement is true when reporting pregnancy codes (630 - 679): - Answer- These
codes have sequencing priority over codes from other chapters
What three components are considered when relative value units are established? -
Answer- Physician work, practice expense, malpractice insurance
, CPT category III codes are reimbursable at what level of reimbursement? - Answer-
Reimbursement, if any, is determined by the payer
HCPCS level II include code ranges which consist of what type of codes? - Answer-
Permanent national codes, miscellaneous codes, dental codes, and temporary national
codes
What is commonly known as a boil of the skin? - Answer- Furuncle
What is the acromion? - Answer- Extension of the scapula
What type of provider goes through approximately 26 1/2 months of education and is
licensed to practice medicine with the oversight of a physician? - Answer- Physician
Assistant (PA)
The ____ describes whether specific medical items, services, treatment procedures, or
technologies are considered medically necessary under Medicare - Answer- National
Coverage Determinations
LCD's only have jurisdiction in their ____ area. - Answer- Regional
ABN stands for - Answer- Advance Beneficiary Notice
HIPPA was made into law in what year? - Answer- 1996
What will the scope is a compliance program depend on? - Answer- Size and resources
of the physician's practice
According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by what
means? - Answer- Periodic audits
AAPC has what to determine current year's coder salaries? - Answer- Salary survey
The ASPC offers over 440 local chapters across the country and in the Bahamas for the
purpose of - Answer- Networking
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is significant because - Answer- It is a weakness in a
large artery and rupture could be deadly
What distinguishes a "sentinel" node from the lymph nodes? - Answer- A sentinel node
is the first lymph node in a group of nodes to be reached by metastasizing cancer cells
The mediastinum contains all of the following except - Answer- Lungs
The term "pneumomediastinum" describes what condition? - Answer- The presence of
air in the mediastinum
CORRECT ANSWERS
What does MRSA stand for? - Answer- Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
What chapter contains codes for diseases and disorders of the nails? - Answer- Chapter
12: diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
What category of code should be used to reporting evaluation and management service
provided to a patient in a psychiatric residential treatment center? - Answer- Nursing
facility services
Which of the following statements is true for reporting E codes? - Answer- E codes for
child and adult abuse take priority over all other E codes
Which statement is true about V codes: - Answer- V codes may be used as primary or
secondary code
Which of the following is an example of electronic data? - Answer- A digital x-ray
Guidelines from which of the following code sets are included as part of the code set
requirements under HIPPA? - Answer- ICD-9
Which of the following is an example of a case in which a diabetes-related problem
exists and the code for diabetes is never sequenced first? - Answer- If the patient has
an underside of insulin due to an insulin pump malfunction
Glomerulonephritis is an inflammation affecting which system? - Answer- Urinary
Which is not included in CPT surgical package? - Answer- Returning to the operating
room the next day for a complication resulting from the initial procedure
What statement is true when reporting pregnancy codes (630 - 679): - Answer- These
codes have sequencing priority over codes from other chapters
What three components are considered when relative value units are established? -
Answer- Physician work, practice expense, malpractice insurance
, CPT category III codes are reimbursable at what level of reimbursement? - Answer-
Reimbursement, if any, is determined by the payer
HCPCS level II include code ranges which consist of what type of codes? - Answer-
Permanent national codes, miscellaneous codes, dental codes, and temporary national
codes
What is commonly known as a boil of the skin? - Answer- Furuncle
What is the acromion? - Answer- Extension of the scapula
What type of provider goes through approximately 26 1/2 months of education and is
licensed to practice medicine with the oversight of a physician? - Answer- Physician
Assistant (PA)
The ____ describes whether specific medical items, services, treatment procedures, or
technologies are considered medically necessary under Medicare - Answer- National
Coverage Determinations
LCD's only have jurisdiction in their ____ area. - Answer- Regional
ABN stands for - Answer- Advance Beneficiary Notice
HIPPA was made into law in what year? - Answer- 1996
What will the scope is a compliance program depend on? - Answer- Size and resources
of the physician's practice
According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by what
means? - Answer- Periodic audits
AAPC has what to determine current year's coder salaries? - Answer- Salary survey
The ASPC offers over 440 local chapters across the country and in the Bahamas for the
purpose of - Answer- Networking
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is significant because - Answer- It is a weakness in a
large artery and rupture could be deadly
What distinguishes a "sentinel" node from the lymph nodes? - Answer- A sentinel node
is the first lymph node in a group of nodes to be reached by metastasizing cancer cells
The mediastinum contains all of the following except - Answer- Lungs
The term "pneumomediastinum" describes what condition? - Answer- The presence of
air in the mediastinum
