What does CPT stand for
~ Current Procedural Terminology
What is CPT used for?
~ Outpatient services
Physician offices
HCPCS - stands for?
~ Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
What is HCPCS?
~ standardized coding system developed by the federal government that is
used primarily...
CPT Test 1 Questions and
Answers
What does CPT stand for
✓~ Current Procedural Terminology
What is CPT used for?
✓~ Outpatient services
Physician offices
HCPCS - stands for?
✓~ Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
What is HCPCS?
✓~ standardized coding system developed by the federal government that is
used primarily to identify products, supplies, and services not include in CPT.
Category I CPT codes include:
✓~ -Evaluation and Management
-Anesthesia
, -Surgery
-Radiology
-pathology and Laboratory
-Medicine
Who publishes CPT?
✓~ AMA (American Medical Association)
What are the three types of supplementary codes?
✓~ Category II codes
Category III codes
Modifiers
What are Category II codes?
✓~ provides supplementary tracking codes that are designed for use in
performance assessment and quality improvement activities.
-composed of 4 numbers and an alphabetic character
-example: 1000F
What is a CPT modifier?
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