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NCCT Practice Test 2 Billing and Coding Exam Study Guide Solutions CPT codes are - ANSWER-5 digits An organization which provides a wide range of services for a specified group at a fixed periodic payment is termed an - ANSWER-HMO TBSA refers to: - ANSWER-Total body surface area There are two...

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NCCT Practice Test 2 Billing and Coding

Exam Study Guide Solutions


CPT codes are - ANSWER✔✔-5 digits


An organization which provides a wide range of services for a specified group at a fixed periodic payment

is termed an - ANSWER✔✔-HMO


TBSA refers to: - ANSWER✔✔-Total body surface area


There are two types of CPT codes, stand alone and: - ANSWER✔✔-Indented Codes


Services in which opinions of specialists are requested, are called: - ANSWER✔✔-Consultations


Examples of HCPCS Level II codes are: - ANSWER✔✔-Supplies, orthotics, prosthetics, DME, equipment,

and ambulance services


Everything that you see, hear, or read about a patients condition must remain: - ANSWER✔✔-

Confidential


Because of the new Medicare regulations insurance companies are predominantly using what type of

claims? - ANSWER✔✔-Electronic


A "combining form" meaning joint is: - ANSWER✔✔-Arthro/o


If an error is made in a patients chart, what should be done before adding the correct information

nearby? - ANSWER✔✔-Draw a single line through the error



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When sequencing codes for multiple burns, list: - ANSWER✔✔-Third degree first


Another name for a release of information form is a: - ANSWER✔✔-Consent


Which of the following is not a type of wound? - ANSWER✔✔-Excision


The opposite of ventral is: - ANSWER✔✔-Dorsal


In a Medicare billing dispute, the amount of controversy must be at least: - ANSWER✔✔-$100


A suffix indicating the surgical creation of an opening is: - ANSWER✔✔-Ostomy


The usual abbreviation for complete blood count is: - ANSWER✔✔-CBC


Which of the following abbreviations might charted if a patient has a bladder infection: - ANSWER✔✔-

UTI


All of the following are included in the Medicare EPSDT program for welfare children except: -

ANSWER✔✔-Remedial Education


Intentional misrepresentation of facts in order to deceive or mislead others is: - ANSWER✔✔-Fraud


Self-Employed insurance billing specialists can deduct all but which one of the following expenses from

income taxes: - ANSWER✔✔-Theatre Tickets


The medical term for high blood pressure: - ANSWER✔✔-Hypertension


An individual who promises to pay the medical bill by signing an agreement to pay form is the: -

ANSWER✔✔-Guarantor


A report mentioning such words as cranium, maxilla, and mandible would be referring to: - ANSWER✔✔-

Head


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The following subsections of Evaluation and Management services except: - ANSWER✔✔-Concurrent

Care


In the Medicare program a clean claim means that: - ANSWER✔✔-D. The claim has no deficiencies, does

not further investigation, and that it passes all electronic edits


HCT is the medical abbreviation for: - ANSWER✔✔-Hematocrit


The subsequent injury fund was established for problems that arise when a: - ANSWER✔✔-Previously

injured person is injured at work again


Tricare offers 3 types of plans: - ANSWER✔✔-Standard, Extra & Prime


Workers Compensation can be found in: - ANSWER✔✔-All US States


A 66 year old retired school teacher presenting for a first visit at a medical office would most likely be

covered by: - ANSWER✔✔-Medicare


When a claim is returned for incorrect or missing information, the correct action for a medical biller to

take would be to:


A. Add or correct the information & resubmit the claim


B. Send an appeal letter


C. Schedule a hearing before an administrative law judge


D. Resend duplicate claim - ANSWER✔✔-Add or correct the information & resubmit the claim


One insurance plan jointly sponsored by federal & state government is:


A. Medicare



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B. Medicaid


C. Tricare


D. Blue Cross/Blue Shield - ANSWER✔✔-Medicaid


If a person is enlisted in the military service and killed in the line of duty, future medical benefits for

his/her family would be covered under:


A. Tricare


B. Social Security


C. ChampVA


D. Workers' Compensation - ANSWER✔✔-CHAMPVA


A patients medical record should be faxed only if:


A. It is convenient for both the sender & the recipient


B. The patient asks for it to be delivered via fax


C. There is an emergent need for the information stated by the physician


D. The medical assistant or insurance clerk chooses to do so - ANSWER✔✔-There is an emergent need

for the information stated by the physician


To keep insurance in force, a person must pay a monthly, quarterly, or annual fee known as the:


A. Premium


B. Deductible


C. Co-Insurance


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