Medical Insurance 7th Edition by Amy Blochowiak, Joanne Valerius, Nenna Bayes, Cynthia Newby

Exercise 19

1. Find the following codes in the index of CPT. Underline the key term you used to find the code.
A. Intracapsular lens removal
B. Direct Coombs test
C. X-ray of duodenum
D. Unlisted procedure, maxillofacial prosthetics
E. DTaP immunization
2. Identify the symbol used to indicate a new procedure code, and list five new codes that appear in CPT.
3. Identify the symbol used to indicate a procedure that is usually done in addition to a primary procedure. Locate code 92979, and describe the unit of measure that is involved with this add-on code.
4. Identify the symbol that indicates that the code's descriptor has been changed, and list five examples of codes with new or revised descriptors that appear in CPT.
5. Identify the symbols that enclose new or revised text other than the code's descriptor, and list five examples of codes with new or revised text that appear in CPT.
6. Identify the symbol next to a code that means that moderate sedation is a part of the procedure that the surgeon performs, and list five examples from CPT.
7. Identify the symbol next to a code that means that FDA approval is pending, and list one example from CPT's vaccines and toxoids code section (codes 90476-90749).
8. Identify the symbol next to resequenced code, and list one example from CPT.