Chapter 8 Introduction to CPT coding

- answer-A right and left triangle indicate the beginning and end of the text change - answer-Moderate Concious Sedation included - answer-Modifier -51 exempt - answer-New Code - answer-Pending FDA Approval Status - answer-Revised procedure/change in code + - answer-Add-on code symbol A range of numbers is represented by - answer-A Hyphen Appendix A - answer-lists all modifiers that are used to alter or modify codes. Appendix B - answer-additions to, deletions from, and revisions of the CPT manual. Appendix C - answer-clinical examples of many of the Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes. Appendix D - answer-lists all add-on codes SYMBOL = + Appendix E - answer-complete list of Modifier -51 exempt codes. Appendix F Modifier -63 identifies what? - answer-Procedures that are performed on infants who weigh less than 4 kg or 8.8 pounds and represents a significant increase in the physician's works and complexity of service/procedure. Appendix F - answer-summary of CPT codes that are Modifier -63 exempt. Appendix G - answer-Summary of Moderate Sedation Codes. (Procedure that requires conscious sedation.) Appendix H - answer-Category 2 Codes. Appendix I - answer-Genetic Testing Code Modifiers Appendix J - answer-Electrodiagnostic Medicine Listing of Sensory, Motor, and Mixed Nerves. Appendix K - answer-Product Pending FDA Approval Appendix L - answer-Vascular Families Appendix M - answer-Summary of crosswalked deleted CPT codes. Appendix N - answer-Resequenced CPT codes. Category 1 codes - answer-Describe services and procedures, approved by FDA Category 2 codes - answer-Optional performance measures Coding information that pertains to an entire section is located in the ___________. - answer-Guidelines CPT modifiers are listed in descending or ascending numeric order? - answer-Descending. CPT stands for: - answer-Current Procedural Terminology Health Insurance Claim known as - answer-CMS-1500 In which year were CPT codes incorporated as Level 1 codes into the Healthcare Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)? - answer-1983 Location Methods - answer-Service or Procedure Anatomic Site Condition or Disease Synonym Eponym Abbreviation Modifier -51 indicates what? - answer-Multiple procedures Modifiers - answer-provide additional information to the third-party payer about services provided to the patient. At times a five digit code may not reflect completely the service or procedure provided so 2 digits are added on Providers of health care are paid based on the codes submitted for ________ or procedures provided to the patient. - answer-Services Sections are divided as follows using Surgery as the section example - answer-Section: Surgery Subsection: Cardiovascular System Subheading: Arteries and Veins Category: Embolectomy/Thrombectomy Subcategory: Arterial, With or Without Catheter Sections of the CPT Manual - answer-E/M Evaluation and Mgmt Anesthesia 00100-01999 Surgery Radiology Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Single Code Multiple Codes Range of Codes - answer-38115 26645,26650 The CPT manual is ever changing and is updated annually to reflect technologic advances and editorial _______. - answer-Revisions The CPT manual often reflects the technologic advances made in medicine with these codes: - answer-Category 3 Codes The CPT manual was developed by? - answer-The American Medical Association The first CPT was published in this year: - answer-1966 The semicolon in stand-alone codes can mean 3 things - answer-Alternative Anatomic Sites Alternative Procedures Description of the extent of service These codes provide supplemental information and do not substitute for a Category 1 Code: - answer-Category 2 Codes. What is a stand alone code - answer-Code has full description