Exam 13: Basics of Procedural Coding

__________ and management codes are used for physician's office visits.

Total splenectomy

Qualitative and quantitative codes for drug testing are found in which of the following CPT sections?

Which of the following codes can be used to help measure performance and outcomes?

When wounds of more than one classification are repaired, list the less complicated repair as the primary procedure and the more complicated repair as the secondary procedure. When multiple wounds are repaired, add together the lengths of those in the same classification.

Established patient, home patient, problem-focused interval history and examination, straightforward medical decision making

When searching the alphabetic index, "humerus" is an example of which of the following?

Which of the following HCPCS codes range from A4000 to A8999?

It is acceptable to code from the Alphabetic Index.

Triglycerides

Serum folic acid

Chest x-ray examination, single view, frontal

Biopsy of external ear

Liver function study with hepatobiliary agents, with serial images

Acne surgery, removal of multiple milia, comedones, cysts, pustules

New patient office visit, comprehensive history, examination, and moderate-complexity decision making

New patient, initial inpatient consultation

__________ codes are separated and reported individually.

Codes that are grouped together and paid as one service or procedure are known as __________.

Subcategories are the lowest level of code description and specificity.