Exam 19: Basics of Procedural Coding

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

Eustachian tube inflation, transnasal, with catheterization

Hospital discharge day management, 45 minutes

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

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

Serum folic acid

Basic metabolic panel

Urinalysis

Total splenectomy

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

Downcoding can increase reimbursements.

A(n) __________ patient is one who is having his or her first encounter with the physician.

New patient office visit, expanded problem-focused history and examination, straightforward decision making

Chest x-ray examination, single view, frontal

Biopsy of external ear

The CPT-4 is divided into eight sections.

Codes used mostly by hospitals that are not included in the CPT-4 are called __________ codes.

Revised codes are not highlighted in the CPT-4 manual.

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

New patient, initial inpatient consultation