Developers of the CPT coding system
Who is the AMA?
Go to code 19000. I am the subheading.
What is breast?
Code assignment in the E/M section varies according to these 3 factors.
What is place of service, type of service, and patient status
Use me if more than one procedure was done.
What is modifier -51?
I show that a description has been changed or modified since the previous edition.
What is a triangle?
These codes are for performance measurements.
What are Category II codes?
Code 19000 I am the category.
What is the word Incision?
The levels of E/M service are based on these 3 components.
What is history, exam, and medical decision making?
An anesthesiologist uses this to show he used general anesthesia when normally a local or regional is used.
What is modifier -23?
I show that this is a new code.
What is a bullet?
There are 16 of me in the CPT book.
What is appendices?
Code 19000 I am the section.
What is Surgery?
These are the four elements of a patient's history.
What is the chief complaint, history of present illness, review of systems, and past family and/or social history.
I'm used to designate the professional component of a procedure.
What is modifier -26?
I tell you not to use modifier-51.
I am a circle with a slash through it.
These codes can be there for 5 years.
What are Category III codes.
Code 19000 I am the subsection.
What is Integumentary system?
These are the 4 levels of exams and patient history.
What is problem focused, expanded problem focused, detailed and comprehensive?
I'm used to show that a procedure was discontinued.
What is modifier -53?
I show that you use this code in addition to another code.
What is the plus sign?
CPT codes were first published in this year.
What is 1966?
Subheadings, categories, and subcategories are divisions of sections bases on one of these 5 things.
What is anatomy, procedures, conditions, descriptions or approaches.
These are the four levels of medical decision making.
What is straightforward, low-complexity, moderate-complexity, and high-complexity decision making?
I am used to identify procedures done on a neonate or infant up to 4 kg.
What is modifier 63?
My symbol shows the code has been re-sequenced.
What is the pound sign?