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CPT
Chapters 22, 26, 27 part 1
Question | Answer |
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The ____ manufactures most blood cells. | bone marrow |
The spleen is composed of this material that also surrounds veins and arteries. | lymph tissue |
_______ is a malignant disease of the bone marrow in which excessive white blood cells are produced. | leukemia |
Mediastinum codes are identified by which factor? | surgical approach |
This type of lymphadenectomy is the removal of the lymph nodes, glands, and surrounding tissues: | radical |
The lymph node excision category codes are based on what two things? | method and location |
How many categories are located in the Mediastinum sugheading? | 4 |
A diaphragmatic hernia is also known as a(n): | hital hernia |
This bone marrow is taken from a closer relative, so there is a genetic similarity. | allogenic |
This bone marrow is collected from the patient and later transplanted or reinfused back into the patient from whom it came. | autogenic |
What word describes a lymphadenectomy in which only the lymph nodes are removed? | limited |
What is it called when the diaphragm is out of normal position and has moved up farther into the thoracic cavity? | eventration |
There are _____ glands in the endocrine system of the body. | 9 |
The peripheral nervous system refers to the nervous structures outside of the: | central nervous system |
During skull-based surgery, if one surgeon performs the approach and a second physician performs the definitive procedure and a third physician performs the closure, what modifier is appended to the definitive procedure code? | none |
Shunts are devices used to? | drain fluid |
What procedure is often performed with a laminectomy? | arthrodesis |
Neuroplasty is the: | decompression of intact nerves |
The Endocrine subsection of the CPT manual contains codes for _____ endocrine glands. | 4 |
This is the most commonly known neuroplastic procedure | carpal tunnel syndrome surgery |
Within the Endocrine System description, the terms subtotal and ___ mean something less than the total. | partial |
When reporting a craniectomy/craniotomy procedure, it is not uncommon that additional ____ is required. | grafting |
In the Surgery of Skull Base, the _____ procedure is the method used to obtain exposure of the lesion. | approach |
In the Surgery of Skull Base, the ______ procedure is what is done to the lesion. | definitive |
Cataract and lens replacement uses ______ different approaches. | 3 |
Strabismus surgery: | corrects muscle misalignment |