Terminology
surgery guidelines
Pathology/Labs
Integument system
Modifiers
100
Bundling together of time, effort and services for a procedure into one code
What is surgical package
100
When using an unlisted code this must accompany the claim
What is special report
100
What type of drug test measures the presence of a drug in the specimen
What is qualitative
100
excision defined as full thickness would be through the
What is dermis
100
Modifiers may affect
What is the way payment is made by third party payers
200
service or procedure reduced or elimnated at physician request
What is reduced services
200
the global surgery period includes this
What is all routine preop and post op care
200
In what section would you locate codes to report venipunctures and arerial punctures
What is Surgery
200
Using the Rule of Nines adult legs are what percentage of the human body
What is 18%
200
Modifier -57 desicion for surgery is used on what type of service
What is E/M
300
decreased level of consciouness with use of anesthesia
What is moderate or conscious sedation
300
This information is placed after some codes in the CPT manual and contains helpful information
What is parenthetical information
300
In the Pathology/Labs section if the CPT, drugs are listed by their what names
What is generic
300
What two items are needed to correctly code for local treatment of burns
What is percentage of body surface and depth of burn
300
Modifier -51 Multiple Procedure is used on what type of service
What is surgery
400
used to indicate patient condition at time anesthesia is adminstered
What is physical status modifiers
400
The divisions of Surgery section is based on what
What is body system
400
how many surgical pathologys are there
What is 6
400
The method used by a physician to obtain a lesion biopsy depends on which set of factors
What is size and type
400
Modifier -52 reduced service is used to indicate
What is a service was reduced without changing the definition of the code
500
services that are required by an insurance company or govenrment agency
What is mandated services
500
A triangle before a code indicates that the code is or has been what
What is revised
500
A sample of tissue from a suspect area can be further divided into what
What is block, section
500
To properly code lesion excision you must know the behavior and the narrowst margin about the lesion in addition to the following
What is site,number, diameter
500
The modifier -AA is an example of what type of modifier
What is HCPCS
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