TAUC PF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A.pdf

TAUC PF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔ What routes is anesthesia administered by at TAUC? - ✔✔locally, topically, nerve
block

✔✔1% lidocaine - ✔✔may be administered locally or as a nerve block

✔✔2% lidocaine - ✔✔stronger than 1% lidocaine, may be administered locally or as a
nerve block

✔✔1% lidocaine with epi - ✔✔similar to 1% lidocaine, but contains epinephrine
(constricts blood vessels and helps control bleeding); may be administered locally or as
a nerve block

✔✔0.5% sensorcaine - ✔✔also known as buvipacaine or marcaine, longer acting
alternative to lidocaine

✔✔ethyl chloride spray - ✔✔topical anesthesia which significantly chills the skin when
applied

✔✔Which boxes must be checked when documenting a procedure performed by the
provider? - ✔✔"verbal consent obtained", "the risks and benefits were explained..."

✔✔What does it mean when the CPT code symbol at the top left of a procedure is a
blue circle with a checkmark? - ✔✔the procedure is billable

✔✔What does it mean when the CPT code symbol at the top left of a procedure is an
orange circle with an exclamation point? - ✔✔you must add more to the procedure for it
to qualify as billable

✔✔What is Abscess Drain/Incision used to document? - ✔✔- Abscess I&D (most
common)