MA 300 Study Outline #1 Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Who created the first comprehensive disease classification system in the United States in 1869? - Correct Answers ✅the American Medical Association (AMA) as the American Nomenclature of Disease.What are the main reasons to use procedure coding? - Correct Answers ✅1. To justify medical services to insurance companies by correlating procedures to diagnosis
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amount of time and skill required to provide a specific service How often are level I codes updated? - Correct Answers ✅Updated Annually Who updates and publishes the CPT manual? - Correct Answers ✅American Medical Association (AMA) HCPCS level II codes include what services that are not in the PT system and may not be covered by insurance? - Correct Answers ✅procedures, injections, and durable medical equipment covered by Medicare Part B How often should updated code books be purchased? - Correct Answers ✅every year. 1 / 3
MA 300 Study Outline #1 Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) CPT manual contains codes which are usually how many digits long? - Correct Answers ✅5-digits What is a modifier? - Correct Answers ✅is an addition to a procedure code that indicates unusual circumstances related to the procedure, such as a more extensive procedure or two procedures performed in the same session How many digits are in a Modifier? - Correct Answers ✅2 What pieces of information may be significant when choosing the correct code for a procedure? - Correct Answers ✅• Location • Size of lesion or repair • Method of performing the procedure, test, or surgery • Number of minutes allotted for a treatment (e.g., acupuncture) • Complexity of the procedure or service What are the two types of CPT codes? - Correct Answers ✅Stand-alone & Indented If a patient comes in for an exam and has an electrocardiogram done, per the physician's orders, is this 2 / 3
MA 300 Study Outline #1 Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) billed under the examination or separately, under its own code? - Correct Answers ✅The code 93005 would be used if the ECG tracing is made in one office, but insurance should not be billed for the interpretation because it will be done by another physician and billed from another office What type of services and providers would find their appropriate codes in the E/M section? - Correct Answers ✅primary care practitioners and specialists.Define established patient. - Correct Answers ✅one who has been seen in the previous 3 years Define new patient. - Correct Answers ✅one who has not had services performed by any provider in the medical office in the previous 3 years Define inpatient. - Correct Answers ✅a patient who has been formally admitted to a health care facility' Define outpatient - Correct Answers ✅one who has not been admitted to a health care facility What is problem-focused history? - Correct Answers ✅is one that addresses the chief complaint, with a brief history of the illness or problem.
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