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NHA - Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS) Exam Study Guide/Updated

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Medical Ethics (ANS- Standards of conduct based on moral principals. Acting within ethical behavior boundries means carrying out one's responsibilities with integrity, decency, respect, honesty, com ... petence, fairness and trust. Compliance Regulations (ANS- Most billing related cases are based on HIPAA and the False Claims Act. HIPAA is an acronym for (ANS- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Category 1 CPT codes (ANS- Medical Procedures. Category 2 CPT codes (ANS- Supplemental Codes for Performance Measures. Category 3 CPT codes (ANS- Emerging Technologies. Add on Codes (ANS- Used for procedures that are always performed during the same operative session, as another surgery in addition to the primary service/procedure and is never performed separately. Anesthesia is found (ANS- 00100-01999, 99100-99140. Evaluation and Management (E&M) codes (ANS- Are listed first in the CPT manual because they are used by all the different specialties. Brackets (ANS- Used to enclose synonyms, alternative wording or and explanatory phrase. Bullets (ANS- Represents a new procedure or service code added since the previous edition of the manual. Chief Complaint (CC) (ANS- The reason the patient came to see the physician. Circle with a line through it (?) (ANS- Exemption from modifier 51. CPT (ANS- Used to report services and procedures by physicians. E&M codes (ANS- 99201-99499 Guidelines are found (ANS- At the beginning of each section and used to provide specific coding rules for that section. History (HX) (ANS- The set of information the physician gathers from the patient concerning his/her past. History of Present Illness (HPI) (ANS- A chronological account of the development of the complaint from the first sign or symptom that the patient experienced to the present. Indented Codes (ANS- Listed under associate and stand alone codes. E Codes (ANS- For durable medical equipment for use in home. [Show More]

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