CPT Coding Questions and Answers
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CPT stands for... ✔✔Current Procedural Terminology
___ is one of three coding sources used to complete the medical insurance billing process.
✔✔CPT
CPT codes ha
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CPT Coding Questions and Answers
(Certified Solutions)
CPT stands for... ✔✔Current Procedural Terminology
___ is one of three coding sources used to complete the medical insurance billing process.
✔✔CPT
CPT codes have ____ digits codes. ✔✔5
CPTs describe ___ & ___ performed by medical professionals. ✔✔services & procedures
____ is a listing of descriptive terms and identifying codes for reporting medical services and
procedures performed by physicians. ✔✔CPT
The purpose is to _________ that will accurately describe medical, surgical, and diagnostic
services, and will thereby provide an effective means for reliable, nationwide communication
among physicians, patients, and third parties. ✔✔provide a uniform language
AMA stands for ✔✔American Medical Association
List the 6 sections of a CPT book ✔✔Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology and
Laboratory, Medicine, and Evaluation and management (E/M)
The alphabetic index is located at the _____. ✔✔back of the book
1. Read the introduction of the CPT manual. 2.Review guidelines for each section. 3. Review
procedure or service listed on source document. 4. Locate main term in the CPT index. 5. Locate
subterms, following cross references. 6. Review descriptions of service/procedure codes and
compre all qualifiers to descriptive statements. 7. Assign applicable and additional codes to
accurately classify statement. 8. Refer to synonyms. 9. Translate medical terms to English. 10.
Substitute medical words for English terms. ✔✔Steps for successful CPT coding
First, identify ___ or ___. ✔✔service or procedure
Secondly, go to the ______ to find the term and/or service. ✔✔alphabetic index
Thirdly, verify the code in the _____. ✔✔tabular section
CPT codes are used to report ___, ____, and/or ___ provided by medical professionals.
✔✔services, procedures, DME
DME stands for... ✔✔durable medical equipment
Place of service codes are two digits ranging from ____. ✔✔01-99
Most common place of service code is ____; the office visit. ✔✔11
___,___, and ____ are located in the CPT coding book. ✔✔Modifiers, Physical Status Modifiers,
and Modifiers Approved for Hospital Outpatient Use
There are ___ sections to the CPT book. ✔✔6
each section contains ___,___,&___. ✔✔guidelines, codes, and descriptions
Evaluation & Management code range ✔✔99201-99499
Medicine code range ✔✔90281-99607
Surgery code range ✔✔10021-69990
Radiology code range ✔✔70010-79999
Pathology code range ✔✔80047-89356
Anesthesia code range ✔✔00100-01999
There are ____ appendices in the CPT code book. ✔✔12
The appendices are located... ✔✔after the tabular and before the alphabetic index
A ____ may be used to indicate that only part of a serice was performed. ✔✔modifier
The ___ area of the CPT contains instructions for the use of the CPT code book. ✔✔introduction
A ___ is the starting point when looking up a code. It will be a noun showing action. ✔✔main
term
_____ are words that are used to further define the service much like an adjective. ✔✔modifying
terms
Each section within the CPT includes a _____ that is specific for that section. ✔✔code range
____ are most often bullets, triangles, and punctuation/symbols that are used to guide the coder
through the coding process. Road signs of coding that alter us to look closely a we work through
the coding process. ✔✔Conventions
____ offer documentation/narrative examples, by service level, that the codes may find in the
medical record. These examples are used to guide the coder in choices. ✔✔Clinical examples
Coding is organized by ____. ✔✔body systems
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