Exam 6: General Coding Guidelines for Medical and Surgical Procedures

Match the following with the correct term or definition. -Procedure codes identified by the Medicare Code Editor as procedures covered under limited circumstances

Above knee amputation,right midshaft femoral region

ICD-10-PCS codes are alphanumeric.

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy,force,or a destructive agent is extraction.

Temporary wound drain inserted at the time of surgery

Match the following with the correct term or definition. -Procedure codes identified by the Medicare Code Editor as Noncovered Operating Room Procedures for which Medicare does not provide reimbursement

Procedures performed on the distal end of the humerus are coded to the arm body part value.

How many characters are in an ICD-10-PCS code?

Alphabetic Index entry for reattachment right hand

Total knee replacement with prosthesis (synthetic substitute),left

The resection of tonsils is coded to an external approach.

The body site for perirenal is peritoneum.

Which of the following is a characteristic of ICD-10-PCS?

Heart transplant,cadaver donor with extracorporeal circulation auxiliary during the open heart surgery

A closed reduction of a fracture is coded to the manipulation approach.

____ identifies procedure codes identified by the Medicare Code Editor as procedures covered under limited circumstances.

EGD with biopsy of the esophagus

A ____________________ approach uses a thoracoscope to examine and perform closed procedures within the thorax.

____________________ examinations and procedures are performed with an instrument that examines any cavity of the body with the use of a rigid or a flexible scope.

It is a routine part of most surgical procedures to close the operative wound(s),so it is not necessary to code this separately.