CPT/HCPCS Level I coding Exam Questions and Answers 2024

CPT/HCPCS Level I coding Exam Questions and Answers 2024 1.) Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System 2.) Level I = CPT codes & Level II = National Codes -Answer-1.) HCPCS stands for_______? 2.) It is divided into________? Level I codes -Answer-CPT are incorporated as Level ________codes? Current Procedural Terminology -Answer-CPT stands for_________? Level II codes -Answer-Level ______ codes/National Codes are alphanumeric codes used by providers to report services, supplies, and equipment provided to Medicare and Medicaid patients for which no CPT codes exist. Level III codes -Answer-Level_______ codes were developed by Medicare carriers or state payers to use at the local level but are no longer available since the implimentation of HIPAA although some were integrated into National codes. Category I -Answer-CPT codes are referred to as Category ____codes? AMA, 1966 -Answer-The CPT coding system was first developed by the______ in ________ ? Category II -Answer-Ending in F, optional performance measures (e.g. 3014F, Screening Mammography) are _____________codes? Category III -Answer-Ending in T, temporary codes that identify emerging technologies, services, and procedures are _______codes?. 1.) CMS 2.) 1983 -Answer-The CPT was incorporated as LEVEL I codes into the HCPCS system by the 1.)_________ in 2.)_________? 1.) Sections 2.) Evaluation and management (E & M), Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology and Laboratory, Medicine. -Answer-The six main chapters of the CPT manual that describe procedures are referred to as 1.)____________? They include 2.)______(6 items)? subsections, subheadings, categories, and subcategories. -Answer-The sections of the CPT/HPCS Level I is further subdivided by? 1.) Procedure or service 2.) Organ or other anatomic site 3.) Condition 4.) Synonyms, Eponyms, and Abbreviations -Answer-The CPT Index contains four primary classes of entries. They are:_______? False? ICD-9, Volume 3 is used for these inpatient procedures. National codes are used in outpatient settings. -Answer-True/False? National Codes are used by health care facilities to report services to inpatients? Modifiers, (2 digits, 2 letters, letter & number) -Answer-____________ provide additional information or "adds to the story" regarding services provided to a patient when the regular five digit CPT code does not completely reflect the service