Chapter 8 Introduction to CPT coding| 50 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

CPT stands for: correct answer: Current Procedural Terminology The CPT manual often reflects the technologic advances made in medicine with these codes: correct answer: Category 3 Codes The CPT manual is ever changing and is updated annually to reflect technologic advances and editorial _______. correct answer: Revisions What type of codes end with 99? correct answer: Unlisted Procedures or Services Coding information that pertains to an entire section is located in the ___________. correct answer: Guidelines These codes provide supplemental information and do not substitute for a Category 1 Code: correct answer: Category 2 Codes. What is the name of the two-digit number or a digit and a number that is located after the CPT code number and provides more detail about the code? correct answer: Modifier Exempt When using an unlisted or Category 3 Code, third-party payers usually require the submission of what? correct answer: Special Report The CPT manual was developed by? correct answer: The American Medical Association Providers of health care are paid based on the codes submitted for ________ or procedures provided to the patient. correct answer: Services The first CPT was published in this year: correct answer: 1966 In which year were CPT codes incorporated as Level 1 codes into the Healthcare Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)? correct answer: 1983 Appendix A correct answer: lists all modifiers that are used to alter or modify codes. Appendix B correct answer: additions to, deletions from, and revisions of the CPT manual. Appendix C correct answer: clinical examples of many of the Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes. Appendix D correct answer: lists all add-on codes SYMBOL = + Appendix E correct answer: complete list of Modifier -5