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Question | Answer |
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How is surgery sections of the CPT manual divided? | Amotomic site |
How many subsections are there in the surgery sections? | 18 |
Explain sub section | Body systems (divisions os sections into smaller units) |
Explain subheading | Amotic site (ex. Skin, arm, leg) |
Catagory | Procedure being done |
what do unlisted codes ususally end in? | 99 |
What should always accompany the billing of unlisted code or a category 3 code? | A special report explaining the procedure |
Explain what seperate procedure means | Minor procedures that are coded only when they are the only services preformed |
When do you NOt bill seperate procedures? | When the same minor procedure iis preformed in conjuntion with a major procedure |
What is included in a surgilcal package? | Operation, Local anesthia, Follow up care, related encounter prior to the procedure, immediate follow up care |
What does anesthia include? | Local infilteration, metacarpel blockm topical anesthiea |
Included in the definition if the surgical package is routine peroperative and postperative care including _______ complications | Usual |
Who defined the global package? | Insurancce companies |
What is the global period for major surgeries? | 90 days |
What do I and D stand for> | incision and Drainage |
The I and D codes are divided according to acne, absecess, carbuncle, boil or? | condition |
What is included under the I and D category> | asperation |
What does debridement mean? | Cleansing of area and removing the dead tissue. |
Whats important to know when coding a lesion? | Maligant or beingn? and site number and size |
how do you measure a lesion? | At the narrowest point |
skin leasion Nodule: | Solidelevation |
Fissure | Cracks in skin |
tumor | Solid mass |
Wheal | Tyoe of plauge |
Bulla | large blister greater the .5cm |
How is shaving of a lesion preformed?? | By using a scaple or other sharp insturments |
Do you code for local anesthesia for excisions of lesions? | no |
what types of lesion closures are not included in the package for the procedure? | Intermediate and complex |
Avulsion | Speration and removal of the nail plate |
where and what is Pilonidal Cyst? | located in sacral area (ingrown hair) |
What do you need to know when coding a wound rrepair? | length complexity and site |
Simple | One layer os stiching |
Intermediate | Layers of stitch |
Complez | several layer |
What does ligation mean? | Binding or tieing off |
What does epidermis mean? | Outter layer of skin |
What does split thickness graft mean? | Epidermius and pardermus |
What does full thickness graft mean? | consits of epidumis |
When a graft is taken from another patients body this is called? | allographs |
When a graft is taken from a patients own body this is called | autographs |
What are the rules of nine? | Calculate body area of adults |
Pressure ulcers | bed sores |
escharotomy | cutting thro dead burned skin |
what makes Moh's micrographic surgery helpful | can do pathology during surgery to get cancer cells out |