MODIFIERS
CMS created 4 modifiers to take the place of this modifier
What is Modifier 59
1995 and 1997
What are the two E/M Documentation Guidelines?
The three types of surgical global periods
What are 0, 10 and 90 day global periods?
The World Health Organization
Who owns ICD?
Owned by the AMA
What is CPT?
This modifier is used when a patient is seen for an unrelated problem in a 90 day global period
What is modifier 24
A concise statement of the reason for and encounter, usually stated in the patient's own words
What is the chief complaint?
These codes are used for new and/or emerging technology
What are T codes or Category III codes
These entities continue to use the ICD-9-CM codes
What are Workers Comp and liability companies?
These codes describes the drugs and biologicals
What are HCPCS?
This modifier is used when an advanced non-physician practitioner assists with a surgery
What is modifier AS
This patient has not been seen before or in the last three years in the office
What is a new patient?
This symbol in the CPT book indicates a vaccine is waiting for FDA approval
What is the little lightening bolt?
These codes are to be used on newborn records only
What are P codes (chapter 16)?
Modifier used to indicate a decision was made to perform a procedure with a 90 day global the day before or the day of the procedure
What is modifier 57?
This modifier is used to indicate an advanced beneficiary notice was signed by the patient.
What is GA modifier
These are the three main section of any E/M
What is history, exam and medical decision making?
Proprietary Laboratory Analyses
What are the U codes in CPT?
14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
What is the second trimester?
This 7th character describes a subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
What is seventh character F
This modifier is used to indicate a drug amount was discarded/not administered to any patient
What is JW
A descriptive component is not allowed in the ED department
What is time?
DNA sequences within the human genome that code for proteins (coding regions)
What is an exome?
These entities continue to use ICD-9-CM codes
What are Workers Comp and liability companies?
Can be used to describe the patient's neurological status and severity of a stroke
What is the NIHSS (national institute of Health stroke scale)