CPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

-24 - Unrelated E/M service by the same physician during a postoperative period. Service was not part of the postoperative care which is usually part of a package of services. -26 - Professional component.. attached to the procedure to indicate that the physician provide don only the professional component -32 - Mandated services .. This is used to indicate that the service provided was required by a third party payer, governmental, legislative, or regulatory body -50 - Bilateral Procedure -51 - Multiple procedures.. more than one procedure is performed during the same surgical episode -58 - Stated or Related procedure or service by the same physician during the postoperative period -78 - Return to the operating room for a related procedure during the postoperative period -79 - Unrelated procedure or service by the same physician during the postoperative period -90 - Reference (outside) laboratory -99 - Multiple modifiers AMA - is the American medical associationAnesthesia - 00100-01999 Chief Complaint - or CC reason the patient came to see the physician CPT - Current procedural terminology CPT a circle with a line through it - represents exemption from the use of modifier -51 CPT add-on codes - used for procedures that is always performed during the same operative session as another surgery in addition to a primary service CPT coding's format is - indented CPT contains the following categories - Category I, services and procedures, category II supplemental codes , and category III are temporary codes for emerging technologies CPT guidelines - usually contain definitions of terms, applicable modifiers, subsection information, unlisted services, specific reports information, or clinical examples. CPT indented codes - listed under associated stand alone codes CPT is composed of how many sections - 8 CPT is updated - Annually by the AMA