Exam 19: Basics of Procedural Coding

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

An outline or summary of information contained in the medical documentation is called a(n) __________.

The __________ indicates that modifying terms and descriptions follow.

Suture of a recent wound on the eyelid

Anesthesia coding is based on a billing formula.

Cyanide

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

Febrile agglutinins, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever

The __________ status is the condition of the patient.

Triglycerides

The place of service never changes for physician billing.

A(n) __________ patient has seen the physician within the past 3 years.

It is acceptable to code from the Alphabetic Index.

Subsequent nursing facility care, comprehensive interval history and examination, high-complexity medical decisions

Pelvimetry, with or without placental localization

Initial pediatric inpatient critical care

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

Initial hospital observation care, new patient

Downcoding and upcoding are not illegal practices, and medical assistants cannot be prosecuted for either practice.

Psychoanalysis