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2012 Step-by-Step Medical Coding

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show CMS  
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What does the October edition of the Federal Register publish for providers?   show
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The CMS publishes fraud and abuse guidelines that providers should follow when coding/billing for their services. As a coder, can you identify which would not be considered an act of fraud in the list below?   show
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As a coder, it is important to know that you must be truthful and accurate when coding services that are being billed to Medicare. What would you do if you are unsure of the charge?   show
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Codes ranging from 10021-69990 are found in which category of the CPT manual?   show
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show Category I  
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Listing only a portion of the narrative description that follows the semicolon is done to:   show
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show Unlisted  
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What section of CPT is code 95833 found?   show
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A complete list of modifiers is found __________.   show
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show 50  
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Which section is code 01630 found in?   show
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show Medicine  
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Modifiers are used to indicate what type of information?   show
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Modifier-79, unrelated procedure or service by the same physician during the postoperative period, is used on what type of service?   show
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Modifier-80, assistant surgeon, is used when:   show
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show objective  
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show a service was reduced without changing the definition of the code.  
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show P5  
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Bruising would be an element of review of which organ system?   show
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show number of diagnoses risk of morbidity amount of data  
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Critical care codes are reported based on:   show
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The Hospital Inpatient Services subsection is used for patients admitted to:   show
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Which codes begin with the number 99 and are used to indicate anesthesia services provided during situations that make the administration of the anesthesia more difficult?   show
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Concurrent modifiers are used to describe:   show
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Local anesthesia is defined in the CPT guidelines as:   show
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The global surgery period includes:   show
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When the words “separate procedure” appear after the descriptor of a code, you know which of the following about that code?   show
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The removal of a lesion by transverse incision that did not require sutured closure is reported using codes from which subsection?   show
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show 18%  
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show Manipulation  
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Which of the following terms describes traction by use of strapping, elastic wraps, or tape?   show
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show The code in the musculoskeletal system subsection is associated with deep tissue possibly to the bone.  
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A diagnostic endoscopic procedure is reported only when:   show
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The procedure in which a scope is passed into the larynx and the physician can look at the larynx is what type of laryngoscopy?   show
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What type of cardiology is a diagnostic specialty that uses radioactive elements to aid in the diagnosis of cardiology conditions?   show
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In which type of catheter placement is the catheter moved, manipulated, or guided into a part of the arterial system other than the vessel punctured?   show
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show -26  
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show the battery.  
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show Eventration  
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show feeding purposes.  
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show exteriorization.  
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show -26  
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show brachytherapy.  
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Within the Male Genital System, the greatest numbers of codes fall under what category?   show
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When coding a total abdominal hysterectomy with an anterior/posterior colporrhaphy, the correct modifier to add to the second procedure would be:   show
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show Skene’s.  
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show Introduction  
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