Question 1

ANESTHESIA SERVICES ARE PERFORMED BY ANESTHESIOLOGISTS AND CRNA\'S

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 2

GENERAL ANESTHESIA CAN BE ADMINISTERED BY INJECTION, INHALATION, AND INSTILLATION

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 3

REGIONAL ANESTHESIA INCLUDES BIER BLOCKS AND EPIDURAL BLOCKS AND CAN BE REFFERED TO A CONDUCTION ANESTHESIA

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 4

PHYSICAL STATUS MODIFIERS ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE PATIENT

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 5

HCPCS MODIFIERS ARE USED FOR MEDICARE PATIENTS AND SOME THIRD-PARTY PAYERS

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 6

THE RVG (RELATIVE VALUE GUIDE) WAS DEVELOPED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 7

DOCUMENTATION OF TIME IS NECESSARY IN BILLING ANESTHESIA SERVICES

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 8

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATED BY EMERGENCY CONDITIONS IS REPORTED WITH THE ADD-ON CODE 99140

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 9

ANESTHESIA-SPECIFIC MODIFERS ARE REQUIRED ONLY IF THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST DEEMS IT NECESSARY

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 10

RVG STANDS FOR \"RELATIVE VALUE GUIDE\" AND IS PUBLISHED BY THE AMA

Accepted Answer

FALSE, PUBLISHED BY THE ASA

Question 11

THE P4 MODIFIER IS REQUIRED FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO A PATIENT WHO HAS A MILD SYSTEMIC DISEASE

Accepted Answer

FALSE, A SEVERE SYSTEMIC DISEASE

Question 12

WITHIN THE SUBSECTIONS OF THE SURGERY SECTION, THE CPT CODES ARE FIRST ARRANGED BY BODY SYSTEM AND THEN BY ANATOMICAL SITE

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 13

SURGERY AND NORMAL FOLLOW-UP CARE ARE INCLUDED IN THE SURGICAL PACKAGE

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 14

THE SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER OF THE SKIN CONTAINS THE SWEAT PORE

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 15

PLACE OF SERVICE FOR A PROCEDURE REPORTED FROM THE FIRST PART OF THE INTEGUMENTARY SECTION OF THE SURGERY CHAPTER HAS TO BE THE HOSPITAL

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 16

SENSORY NERVES ARE FOUND IN THE EPIDERMIS

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 17

THE DERMAL LAYER CONNECTS THE SKIN TO THE MUSCLE

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 18

UNDERSTANDING HOW TO READ THE NATIONAL CORRECT CODING INITIATIVE (NCCI) IS ESSENTIAL FOR ANY CODER REPORTING SURGICAL SERVICES

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 19

PROCEDURES COMPLETED AS PART OF THE CARE PLAN AND USED AS TREATMENT FOR A DIAGNOSIS ARE CALLED

Accepted Answer

THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

Question 20

THE ______ WAS IMPLEMENTED TO STANDARDIZE PROPER CODING AND PAYMENT FOR MEDICARE PART B CLAIMS

Accepted Answer

NCCI

Question 21

UNBUNDLING OCCURS WHEN PROCEDURES ARE PERFORMED AND SERVICES ARE _______ CODED AND SUBMITTED TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY FOR PAYMENT

Accepted Answer

SEPARATELY

Question 22

ACCELULAR DERMAL _______ IS A CHEMICALLY TREATED SLICE OF CADAVER TISSUE THAT HAS BEEN PROCESSED TO MAKE IT IMMUNOLOGICALLY INERT

Accepted Answer

REPLACEMENT

Question 23

MOHS MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY IS A TYPE OF

Accepted Answer

CHEMOSURGERY

Question 24

A ____ AUTOGRAFT FOR SPINE SURGERY IS COMPLETED BY HARVESTING SMALL PIECES OF THE PATIENT\'S OWN BONE THROUGH A SEPARATE INCISION

Accepted Answer

MORSELIZED

Question 25

WHEN SELECTION CODES FOR BIOPSIES OF MUSCLE OR BONE, THE CODER NEEDS TO KNOW THE SITE OF THE BIOPSY AND WHETHER THE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED AS AN OPEN PROCEDURE OR BY USING A PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE. THE CODER ALSO NEEDS TO KNOW ______

Accepted Answer

IF THE WOUND IS SUPERFICIAL OR DEEP

Question 26

THE USE OF RADIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES TO VISUALIZE THE PLACEMENT OF A NEEDLE, CATHETER, OR OTHER DEVICE IS KNOWN AS

Accepted Answer

IMAGING GUIDANCE

Question 27

THE DETERMINING FACTOR FOR CODE ASSIGNMENT OF CARTILAGE GRAFTING IS

Accepted Answer

SITE OF THE GRAFT

Question 28

A STATIC SPLINT IS USED TO ALLOW FOR MOBILITY

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 29

CODE RANGE 29000-29799 IS USED TO REPORT A CAST REPLACEMENT DURING THE OPERATIVE PERIOD

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 30

WOUND EXPLORATION IS COMPLETED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY AND INCLUDES SURGICAL EXPLORATION OF THE WOUND AREA WITH ENLARGEMENT OF THE WOUND

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 31

REPLANTATION INVOLVES THE REPAIR OF SOFT TISSUE AND TENDONS, BONE APPROXIMATION, AND BLOOD VESSEL REPAIRS

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 32

INTERNAL FIXATION, AKA OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION (ORIF), OCCURS WHEN PINS OR A PLATE ARE INTERNALLY PLACED INTO THE BONE TO HOLD THE FRACTURE

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 33

TENDONS ARE THIN SHEETS OF FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 34

DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC ARTHROSCOPIES ARE CODED USING THE SAME CODE

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 35

CPT CODES TELL THE INSURANCE CARRIER WHAT BROUGHT THE PATIENT TO THE PHYSICIAN\'S OFFICE

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 36

TEXT, SYMBOLS, AND THE HISTORY OF CPT ARE FOUND IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 37

THE CPT CODE BOOK IS UPDATED ANNUALLY EVERY JULY 1

Accepted Answer

FALSE, JANUARY 1

Question 38

THE CPT CODING SYSTEM WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1966 BY THE

Accepted Answer

AMA

Question 39

A COMPLETE AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ALL MODIFIERS USED IN CPT IS FOUND IN

Accepted Answer

APPENDIX A

Question 40

THE CPT MANUAL CONTAINS ____ MAIN SECTIONS

Accepted Answer

6

Question 41

THE ____ SEPARATES THE COMMON PORTION OF THE CODE DESCRIPTION FROM ADDITIONAL PORTIONS OF THE CODE

Accepted Answer

SEMICOLON

Question 42

THE ____ IS ORGANIZED BY MAIN TERMS

Accepted Answer

INDEX

Question 43

MODIFIERS WORK AS ADJECTIVES IN DESCRIBING SERVICES PROVIDED TO PATIENTS

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 44

SOME MODIFIERS AFFECT PAYMENT

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 45

SOME MODIFIERS ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 46

MODIFIERS INDICATE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE FOUND IN THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 47

THE TWO TYPES OF MODIFIERS ARE

Accepted Answer

CPT LEVEL 1 MODIFIERS AND HCPCS LEVEL 11 MODIFIERS

Question 48

A CPT MODIFIER IS A ___ DIGIT MODIFIER APPENDED TO A CPT CODE TO INDICATE THAT A SERVICE OR PROCEDURE HAS BEEN ALTERED

Accepted Answer

2

Question 49

WHEN BILLING PHYSICIAN SERVICES, PLACE MODIFIERS IN ITEM ___ OF THE CMS-1500 FORM

Accepted Answer

24D

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