procedure Answer: anything the physician does to determine a diagnosis, or the physician's opinion about what's wrong with the patient, and treat a patient.
procedural coding Answer: uses numeric or alphanumeric codes to explain what the doctor did in treating the patient.
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Exam With Answers Lesson 32 - CPT
Coding 101 2024/2025
procedure Answer: anything the physician does to determine a diagnosis, or the physician's opinion
about what's wrong with the patient, and treat a patient.
procedural coding Answer: uses numeric or alphanumeric codes to explain what the doctor did in
treating the patient.
category I codes Answer: all of the "regular CPT codes" found in the six main sections of the book.
category II codes Answer: a special collection of codes used by providers to track and measure
performance internally.
category III codes Answer: temporary codes for emerging technology, services, and procedures.
add-on codes Answer: used for additional procedures done by the same physician. (
modifier Answer: a two-digit number added to a CPT code to provide more information.
bilateral procedures Answer: procedures performed at the same time on paired organs, such as
knees, breasts, and eyes.
conscious sedation Answer: a technique in which the patient is insensitive to pain without losing
consciousness.
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