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Medical Ethics - CORRECT ANS>>Standards of conduct based on moral principals. Acting
within ethical behavior boundries means carrying out one's responsibilities with integrity,
decency, respect, honesty, competence, fairness and trust.
Compliance Regulations - CORRECT ANS>>Most billing related cases are based on HIPAA
and the False Claims Act.
HIPAA is an acronym for - CORRECT ANS>>Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996.
Category 1 CPT codes - CORRECT ANS>>Medical Procedures.
Category 2 CPT codes - CORRECT ANS>>Supplemental Codes for Performance Measures.
Category 3 CPT codes - CORRECT ANS>>Emerging Technologies.
Add on Codes - CORRECT ANS>>Used for procedures that are always performed during the
same operative session, as another surgery in addition to the primary service/procedure
and is never performed separately.
Anesthesia is found - CORRECT ANS>>00100-01999, 99100-99140.
Evaluation and Management (E&M) codes - CORRECT ANS>>Are listed first in the CPT
manual because they are used by all the different specialties.
, Brackets - CORRECT ANS>>Used to enclose synonyms, alternative wording or and
explanatory phrase.
Bullets - CORRECT ANS>>Represents a new procedure or service code added since the
previous edition of the manual.
Chief Complaint (CC) - CORRECT ANS>>The reason the patient came to see the physician.
Circle with a line through it ( ) - CORRECT ANS>>Exemption from modifier 51.
CPT - CORRECT ANS>>Used to report services and procedures by physicians.
E&M codes - CORRECT ANS>>99201-99499
Guidelines are found - CORRECT ANS>>At the beginning of each section and used to
provide specific coding rules for that section.
History (HX) - CORRECT ANS>>The set of information the physician gathers from the
patient concerning his/her past.
History of Present Illness (HPI) - CORRECT ANS>>A chronological account of the
development of the complaint from the first sign or symptom that the patient
experienced to the present.
Indented Codes - CORRECT ANS>>Listed under associate and stand alone codes.
E Codes - CORRECT ANS>>For durable medical equipment for use in home.
Level 1 codes - CORRECT ANS>>Codes found in the CPT manual.