STUDY GUIDE (CERTIFIED MEDICAL
CODING AND BILLING SPECIALIST)
EXAM Q&A
time reporting - Answer-guideline for anesthesiology, 24G on CMS 1500
developed and updates the CPT manual - Answer-AMA (American Medical
Association)
patient ledger account - Answer-permanent record of all financial transactions
between the practice and the patient
bull's eye - Answer-CPT symbol for conscious moderate sedation
UB04 form is used for - Answer-Hospice, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Home Health
Care
patient confidentiality - Answer-treating patient's medical information as private and
not for publication
signing an Acknowledgement of Notice of Privacy Practice is accepting what -
Answer-HIPAA
form to authorize sharing of medical information - Answer-medical release form
standard form used for medical billing - Answer-CMS-1500
must appear on CMS 1500 form prior to submission - Answer-birth date in 8 digit
format, all caps
encounter form - Answer-financial record source document to record treated
diagnosis and services rendered to the patient during the current encounter. also
called the superbill
where non allowed charges are recorded - Answer-adjustment column
10 digit numeric identifier required in box 33A of CMS 1500 - Answer-National
Provider Identifier (NPI)
CLIA - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act - Answer-quality standards for lab tests
plus sign (+) - Answer-add on CPT code symbol
triangle - Answer-new/revised code in HCPCS level 1
multiple, varying wound sizes - Answer-add the sizes together
CODING AND BILLING SPECIALIST)
EXAM Q&A
time reporting - Answer-guideline for anesthesiology, 24G on CMS 1500
developed and updates the CPT manual - Answer-AMA (American Medical
Association)
patient ledger account - Answer-permanent record of all financial transactions
between the practice and the patient
bull's eye - Answer-CPT symbol for conscious moderate sedation
UB04 form is used for - Answer-Hospice, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Home Health
Care
patient confidentiality - Answer-treating patient's medical information as private and
not for publication
signing an Acknowledgement of Notice of Privacy Practice is accepting what -
Answer-HIPAA
form to authorize sharing of medical information - Answer-medical release form
standard form used for medical billing - Answer-CMS-1500
must appear on CMS 1500 form prior to submission - Answer-birth date in 8 digit
format, all caps
encounter form - Answer-financial record source document to record treated
diagnosis and services rendered to the patient during the current encounter. also
called the superbill
where non allowed charges are recorded - Answer-adjustment column
10 digit numeric identifier required in box 33A of CMS 1500 - Answer-National
Provider Identifier (NPI)
CLIA - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act - Answer-quality standards for lab tests
plus sign (+) - Answer-add on CPT code symbol
triangle - Answer-new/revised code in HCPCS level 1
multiple, varying wound sizes - Answer-add the sizes together
