Index Location Methods
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Modifiers
100
This location method refers to the service or ______ procedure performed.
What is Procedure
100
Into the subarachnoid space
What is IT or intrathecal
100
CPT is only one of a two-part coding system. Name this coding system.
What is HCPC's
100
CPT stands for..?
What is Current Procedural Terminology
100
When more than two physicians, with technicians and specialized equipment, work together to complete a complicated procedure and each physician has a specific portion of the surgery to complete, they are termed what?
What is team or surgical team
200
This location method refers to the body part or ____ ____ .
What is Anatomic Site
200
Into a vein
What is IV or intravenous
200
How many levels or groups is the HCPC's coding system divided into?
What is 2
200
What group publishes the CPT?
What is AMA (American Medical Association)
200
Can modifier -22 be assigned to 99291, 99292 codes?
What is No, because a note in CPT Appendix A states modifier -22 cannot be appended to an E/M code.
300
This location method refers to ____ or disease.
What is condition
300
Into a muscle
What is IM or intramuscular
300
Level II or National Codes are required for the reporting of supplies that are used in patient care. These codes are mandatory for reporting on all ________ and ________ claims.
What is Medicare and Medicaid
300
These appear at the beginning of each chapter in the CPT and provide specific information about coding in that section.
What is Guidelines.
300
This modifier indicates an increased service and is overused and results in an increase in payment of 20% to 30%. As such, the assignment of this modifier comes under particularly close scrutiny by third-party payers. What is this modifier?
What is -22, increased procedural service.
400
These two location methods are naming conventions that refers to something named after a persons or a word that may have a similar meaning as another word or phrase.
What is eponyms and synonyms
400
Under the skin
What is SC or subcutaneous
400
These types of codes contain the full description of a procedure.
What is stand alone codes
400
These type of codes are used when there is not a specific code listed. Examples are experimental, newly approved or seldom used procedures.
What is Unlisted
400
When modifier -54 is assigned, payment for the ______ portion of the surgical procedure is being requested.
What is the intraoperative or surgery.
500
This is a shortened use of a word or phrase.
What is an abbreviation
500
Through the respiratory system
What is IH or Inhalant solution.
500
These codes include their own description as well as that portion of the stand-alone code description found before the semicolon in a preceding code.
What is an indented code.
500
There are three categories of CPT codes. Which category is the most widely used?
What are category I
500
Modifier -59 can only be appended to E/M codes. True or False?
What is False May be reported with codes from all sections of the CPT manual except E/M Codes.
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