Exam 4: Foundations of CPT

There are ____ digits in CPT codes:

Code range 00100-01999 comprises what section of the CPT manual?

An unrelated Evaluation and Management service by the same physician during the postoperative period is represented by modifier:

The description "Assistant surgeon, when a qualified resident is unavailable," describes which modifier?

In CPT, the semicolon symbol:

The CPT manual tells the ______ about the patient's encounter.

The Radiology section is found in what code range?

Appendix N is:

Modifier 91, Repeat clinical diagnostic laboratory test, is used when:

CPT code 36400 Venipuncture, younger than age 3 years, necessitating physician's skill, not to be used for routine venipuncture; femoral or jugular vein, is found in the ________ section.

Modifier 62 is assigned in which scenario:

Accurate translation of the medical record into codes accomplishes all of the following except:

Modifier 57 represents:

Which organization is responsible for updates of the CPT manual?

An unrelated Evaluation and Management service by the same physician during the postoperative period is represented by modifier:

In CPT, an addition to the code that is used to show that the service or procedure performed was altered in some way is a(n):

In January, a coder is looking for a code in the Medicine section that she used last October to bill for a service the physician performed in the office. In looking through her new edition of the CPT manual, she can no longer locate the code she used last year. To see if this code has been deleted or revised, the coder would look in which Appendix of the CPT manual?

Code 60240 Thyroidectomy, total or complete is from the ______ section of the CPT manual.

Modifier 91, Repeat clinical diagnostic laboratory test, is used when:

Main terms in the CPT index may be all of the following except: