E/M
CPT
Diagnoses
Procedures
A&P
100
One who has received professional services from a physician, or another physician of the exact same specialty who belongs to the same group practice.
What is an Established Patient?
100
CPT
What is Current Procedural Terminology?
100
ESRD
What is End Stage Renal Disease?
100
Debridement
What is the cleansing or removal of dead tissue from a wound?
100
Long bone of the thigh.
What is the Femur?
200
No distinction is made between new and established patients in this department or area.
What is Emergency Department?
200
Number of digits in a CPT code.
What is 5 (five) digits?
200
Inflammation of the large intestine.
What is Colitis?
200
Cryosurgery
What is the destruction of lesions using extreme cold?
200
Epidermis
What is the Outer Layer of Skin?
300
History, Exam and Medical Decision Making.
What are the 3 key components of E/M Coding?
300
Codes used to identify supplemental procedures, and cannot be used alone.
What are Add-on Codes?
300
Callus
What is Hardened Skin?
300
Removal of accumulated fluid or air from the pleural space by puncture between the ribs.
What is Thoracentesis?
300
Pruritus
What is the medical term that means Itching?
400
Level II codes are not used in this setting.
What is Inpatient?
400
> 41 weeks
What is Post Dates?
400
Surgical fixation of a joint.
What is Arthrodesis?
400
Nephrology is the study of this organ.
What is the Kidney?
500
Worsening or a decompensation of a chronic condition.
What is Acute Exacerbation?
500
An endoscopic ultrasound transducer is passed through the mouth into the esophagus, and a 2D image is obtained from the posterior aspect of the heart.
What is Transesophageal Echocardiography?
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