Lesson 4: Introduction to Procedural
Coding Questions with Certified
Solutions
Codes that are always paired with other codes.
Select one:
a. Indented codes
b. Add-on codes
c. Stand-alone codes
d. Modifiers ✔✔B. A
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Lesson 4: Introduction to Procedural
Coding Questions with Certified
Solutions
Codes that are always paired with other codes.
Select one:
a. Indented codes
b. Add-on codes
c. Stand-alone codes
d. Modifiers ✔✔B. Add-on codes
Which section in CPT Category I includes codes for patient visits, assessments and treatment
recommendations?
Select one:
a. Evaluation and Management
b. Surgery
c. Pathology and Laboratory
d. Medicine ✔✔a. Evaluation and Management
In the CPT manual, Appendix C is where you will find the list of modifiers.
Select one:
True
False ✔✔Flase
CPT modifiers are always two characters and may be numeric or alphanumeric.
Select one:
True
False ✔✔False
The largest code section in the CPT manual is Evaluation and Management.
Select one:
True
False ✔✔False
If the patient was seen in the Emergency Room, what section is the place to find this code?
Select one:
a. Surgery
b. Medicine
c. Radiology
d. Evaluation and Management ✔✔D. Evaluation and Management
CPT codes are used to describe which of the following?
Select one:
a. Tests
b. Surgeries
c. Evaluations
d. All of the above ✔✔D. All of the above
CPT codes that are listed under associated stand-alone codes are called:
Select one:
a. Indented codes
b. Add-on codes
c. Stand-alone codes
d. Modifiers ✔✔a. Indented codes
Used to indicate a special circumstance in the procedure such as "bilateral procedures".
Select one:
a. Indented codes
b. Add-on codes
c. Stand-alone codes
d. Modifiers ✔✔D. Modifiers
CPT category II codes commonly replace CPT category I codes.
Select one:
True
False ✔✔Flase
Temporary CPT codes for emerging technology, services and procedures.
Select one:
a. Category II Codes
b. Category III Codes
c. Category I Codes
d. Guidelines ✔✔b. Category III Codes
Located at the beginning of each section of the CPT manual and provide specific coding rules for
that section.
Select one:
a. Category II Codes
b. Category III codes
c. Category I Codes
d. Guidelines ✔✔D. Guidelines
Category II CPT codes are only numeric.
Select one:
True
False ✔✔False
CPT codes tell the insurance payer what procedures the healthcare provider would like to be
reimbursed for.
Select one:
True
False ✔✔True
What symbol in the CPT manual identifies a new code?
Select one:
a. Red circle
b. Red triangle
c. Blue triangle
d. Two green triangles ✔✔A. Red circle
If the doctor requested a CT scan of the patient's head, what section would be the starting point?
Select one:
a. Radiology
b. Evaluation and Management
c. Surgery
d. Medicine ✔✔A. Radiology
Match the CPT category to the correct statement.
1. Category III
2. Category I
3. Category II
A. Describes most of the procedures performed by healthcare providers in inpatient and
outpatient offices and hospitals.
B. Supplemental tracking codes used primarily for performance management.
C. Temporary codes that describe emerging and experimental technologies, services, and
procedures. ✔✔1c
2b
3a
What section is the place to look for codes related to an appendectomy (removal of the
appendix)?
Select one:
a. Surgery
b. Anesthesia
c. Pathology and Laboratory
d. Medicine ✔✔A. Surgery
A bullet symbol in the CPT manual represents an old code that should no longer be used.
Select one:
True
False ✔✔False
Ophthalmology codes are found in which section of the CPT manual?
Select one:
a. Surgery
b. Anesthesia
c. Medicine
d. Radiology ✔✔C. Medicine
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