Exam 4: Foundations of CPT

CPT is what level of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System?

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

Each section of the CPT manual is divided into subsections based on all of the following except:

The description for Modifier 26 is:

Which organization is responsible for updates of the CPT manual?

The Musculoskeletal section is in the code range 20100- __________:

In CPT, the semicolon symbol:

The description for Modifier 26 is:

Bilateral procedure is the description for which modifier?

When a local orthopedist follows up on a patient after his return home, following surgery while on vacation out of state, the following modifier would be applied to the service:

In CPT, the star symbol:

The Digestive section is found in which code range?

In CPT, the star symbol:

In the CPT manual, the _____ symbol designates that a code has been revised.

Code range 50010-53899 represents what section of the CPT manual?

CPT codes describe all of the following services except:

This Appendix contains a list of codes that have a lightning bolt symbol, indicating the product referenced in the code is pending FDA approval:

Modifier 57 represents:

Modifier 62 is assigned in which scenario:

How often is the CPT manual updated?