Query the physician - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A coder notes that the patient is taking prescribed Haldol. The final diagnoses on the progress notes include diabetes mellitus, acute pharyngitis, and malnutrition. What condition might the coder suspect the patient has that the physician should be queried to confirm? - Answer Mental or behavior problems In conducting a qualitative review, the clinical documentation specialist sees that the nursing staff has documented the patient's skin integrity on admission to support the presence of ...

CCS PRACTICE EXAM 2 LATEST EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS A 23 year old female is admitted for vaginal bleeding following a miscarriage two weeks prior to this admission. She afebrile at this time and is treated with an aspiration dilation and curettage. Products of conception are found. Which of the following should be the principle diagnosis? a. O03.1, Delayed or excessive hemorrhage following incomplete spontaneous abortion b. O08.1, Delayed or excessi...

RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Coding) 2024 (VERIFIED ANSWERS). (113) If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin, the CPT code is determined by the body area from which the excision occurs and which of the following? A) Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report B) Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the pathology report C) Width times the length of the lesion as described in the operative report D) Diameter of the lesion a...

Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) Final Exam Prep Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 | Scored A+. Diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) and ambulatory patient classifications (APCs) are similar in that they are both: a. Determined by HCPCS codes b. Focused on hospital outpatients c. Focused on hospital inpatients d. Prospective payment systems - correct answer d. Prospective payment systems ** Both are types of prospective payment systems (Casto and Forrestal 2015, 6). A patient ...

) If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin, the CPT code is determined by the body area from which the excision occurs and which of the following? A) Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report B) Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the pathology report C) Width times the length of the lesion as described in the operative report D) Diameter of the lesion as well as the margins excised as described in the operative report ANSWER IS: - ...

CCS Exam Prep Questions and Answers Latest Updated IPPS inpatient prospective payment system OPPS Outpatient Prospective Payment System fee-for-service (FFS) a written fee schedule for each treatment and/or service provided Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) an episodic care payment system to hospitals for inpatient services based on standards of care for a specific diagnoses grouped by their similar usage of resources for procedures, service, and treatments MS-DRG ...

RHIT EXAM PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Coding) 2024 (VERIFIED ANSWERS). (113) If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin, the CPT code is determined by the body area from which the excision occurs and which of the following? A) Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report B) Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the pathology report C) Width times the length of the lesion as described in the operative report D) Diameter of the lesion a...

CDI program data includes: - ACCURATE ANSWERS 1. All cases that were reviewed 2. Number of cases with queries 3. Nature of the query 4. Physician response to the query Queries should only be asked: - ACCURATE ANSWERS 1. If there is clinical evidence that the documentation is imcomplete or does not meet one of the seven criteria for high-quality clinical documentation. 2. By an individual with solid clinical knowledge. 3. In an open-ended manner (no yes or no questions) 4. In a nonleadin...

Genetic Counseling Board Review Questions You are meeting with a 25 year old woman and her parents in the cardio genetics clinic. The patient was seen at an outside institute and had genetic testing related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Unfortunately, genetic testing did not find the cause of her heart condition. Now, the family is coming to you to discuss enrolling in a cardiovascular genetics research study that aims to find new genes for HCM. During the course of the session, you begin to ...

physician's office can improve their copayment collections and increase revenue by using an electronic health record to assist them in: Benefits and eligibility checking Under RBRVS, all of the following are separate relative value units (RVUs) assigned for each CPT/HCPCS code, except for: Geographic practice cost indices: Each of the three RVUs is adjusted through the GPCIs to adjust for costs in different areas of the country. GPCIs are not relative value units The clinical do...