CPT chapter 9

What feature of NCCI identifies code pairs that should not be billed together because one service inherently includes the other?

Column 1/column 2 edits

Which symbol indicates that a change has been made to a CPT guideline, and/or note when compared with the previous year's coding manual?

Horizontal triangles

Using the CPT index, select the main term, subterm, and qualifier, respectively, that result in the assignment of a code for "percutaneous transcatheter placement of intracoronary stent(s), with coronary angioplasty when performed; single major coronary artery or branch."

Insertion, stent, coronary

Using the CPT index, select the main term, subterm, and qualifier, respectively, that results in the assignment of a code for "liver imaging with vascular flow."

Liver, nuclear medicine, imaging

the regulation that required new, revised, and deleted CPT codes to be implemented each January 1 was a result of the...

Medicare prescription drug, improvement and modernization ACT

Which symbols identify CPT codes that are also listed in specific CPT appendices?

Plus, forbidden, star

Code 45379 defines a colonoscopy with removal of foreign body. Using the CPT index, determine which main term would be used to locate that code.

Removal

Headings and subheadings are also called in some sections

categories and subcategories.

The draping and positioning of a patient is coded as

integral to the standard of practice

CPT Category II codes are supplemental tracking codes used for

measuring performance.

A triangle symbol located to the left of a CPT code number signifies that the code description is

revised

"Radiology" and "Pathology and Laboratory" are CPT

sections

Guidelines, notes, and descriptive qualifiers are found in CPT

sections, subsections, headings, and subheadings.

Appendix P contains a summary of CPT codes that include

telemedicine services.

The code description for CPT code 70492

A requires the coder to refer back to code 70490 for the common portion of the description

Terms found in provider documentation (e.g., difficult, extensive, or unusual) would support adding modifier __________ to a CPT code.

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If an unrelated evaluation and management service by the same physician is provided during a postoperative period, which CPT modifier is added to the reported E/M code?

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Which CPT modifier(s) are reported when surgery is performed by two surgeons?

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Which CPT modifier is reported when a procedure is performed on an infant who weighs less than 4 kilograms (kg)?

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An intoxicated patient was brought to the emergency department with a skin laceration, for which he received stitches. The patient became combative and subsequently tore out the stitches, which were repaired by the same physician. Which CPT modifier would be reported for the second stitching procedure?

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