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CPT/HCPCS Level I Coding – Questions/Answers1.) Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System
2.) Level I = CPT codes & Level II = National Codes - ✔️ Q. 1.)
HCPCS stands for_______?
2.) It is divided into________?
Level I codes - ✔️ Q. CPT are incorporated as Level ________codes?
Current Procedural Terminology - ✔️ Q. CPT stands for_________?
Level II codes - ✔️ Q. Level ______ codes/National Codes are
alphanumeric codes used by providers to report services, supplies, and
equipment provided to Medicare and Medicaid patients for which no CPT
codes exist.
Level III codes - ✔️ Q. Level_______ codes were developed by
Medicare carriers or state payers to use at the local level but are no longer
available since the implimentation of HIPAA although some were integrated
into National codes.
Category I - ✔️ Q. CPT codes are referred to as Category
____codes?
AMA, 1966 - ✔️ Q. The CPT coding system was first developed by
the______ in ________ ?
Category II - ✔️ Q. Ending in F, optional performance measures
(e.g. 3014F, Screening Mammography) are _____________codes?
Category III - ✔️ Q. Ending in T, temporary codes that identify
emerging technologies, services, and procedures are _______codes?.
1.) CMS
2.) 1983 - ✔️ Q. The CPT was incorporated as LEVEL I codes into
the HCPCS system by the
1.)_________ in 2.)_________?
, 1.) Sections
2.) Evaluation and management (E & M), Anesthesia, Surgery, Radiology,
Pathology and Laboratory, Medicine. - ✔️ Q. The six main
chapters of the CPT manual that describe procedures are referred to as
1.)____________? They include 2.)______(6 items)?
subsections, subheadings, categories, and subcategories. - ✔️ Q.
The sections of the CPT/HPCS Level I is further subdivided by?
1.) Procedure or service
2.) Organ or other anatomic site
3.) Condition
4.) Synonyms, Eponyms, and Abbreviations - ✔️ Q. The CPT
Index contains four primary classes of entries. They are:_______?
False? ICD-9, Volume 3 is used for these inpatient procedures. National
codes are used in outpatient settings. - ✔️ Q. True/False?
National Codes are used by health care facilities to report services to
inpatients?
Modifiers, (2 digits, 2 letters, letter & number) - ✔️ Q. ____________
provide additional information or "adds to the story" regarding services
provided to a patient when the regular five digit CPT code does not
completely reflect the service or procedure provided?
1.) Alternative anatomic sites
2.) Alternative procedures
3.) description of the extent of the service - ✔️ Q. Words
following the semicolon in stand-alone codes can indicate one of the
following three things?
True - ✔️ Q. True/False? Symbols with definitions are located at
the bottom of the page in the CPT manual.
Bullet - ✔️ Q. Symbol for new procedure description?
Triangle - ✔️ Q. Symbol for revised procedure description?
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