Exam 13: Basics of Procedural Coding

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Anesthesia coding is based on a billing formula.

__________ are procedures or treatments named for a person.

Codes with a plus sign are additional codes that must be used with which of the following?

Initial nursing facility care, detailed or comprehensive history or examination, straightforward or low-complexity decision making

A(n) __________ code indicates that additional or supplemental procedures carried out in addition to the primary procedure are needed.

An eponym will be used in which of the following CPT divisions?

The dollar value of each basic unit value used in anesthesia coding is called the __________.

The CPT is divided into eight sections.

Breast reduction

A detailed history takes the shortest amount of time.

Initial hospital observation care, new patient

Which of the following codes is assigned to an urgent care facility as the place of service?

Basic metabolic panel

Thoracentesis, puncture of pleural cavity for aspiration, initial or subsequent

Eustachian tube inflation, transnasal, with catheterization

Hospital discharge day management, 45 minutes

The place of service never changes for physician billing.

Downcoding can increase reimbursements.

Which of the following modifiers indicates a professional component and is used when a separate technician performs the service but the provider reviews the report and makes an accurate diagnosis?