NCCT Practice Test 2 Billing and Coding Study Guide Questions and Answers
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CPT codes are -Correct Answer 5 digits
An organization which provides a wide range of services for a specified group at a fixed periodic payment is termed an -Correct Answer HMO
TBSA refers to: -Correct Answer Total body surface area
There are two types of CPT codes, stand alone and: -Corr...
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CPT codes are -Correct Answer ✔5 digits
An organization which provides a wide range of services for a specified group at a fixed
periodic payment is termed an -Correct Answer ✔HMO
TBSA refers to: -Correct Answer ✔Total body surface area
There are two types of CPT codes, stand alone and: -Correct Answer ✔Indented Codes
Services in which opinions of specialists are requested, are called: -Correct Answer
✔Consultations
Examples of HCPCS Level II codes are: -Correct Answer ✔Supplies, orthotics,
prosthetics, DME, equipment, and ambulance services
Everything that you see, hear, or read about a patients condition must remain: -Correct
Answer ✔Confidential
Because of the new Medicare regulations insurance companies are predominantly
using what type of claims? -Correct Answer ✔Electronic
A "combining form" meaning joint is: -Correct Answer ✔Arthro/o
If an error is made in a patients chart, what should be done before adding the correct
information nearby? -Correct Answer ✔Draw a single line through the error
When sequencing codes for multiple burns, list: -Correct Answer ✔Third degree first
Another name for a release of information form is a: -Correct Answer ✔Consent
Which of the following is not a type of wound? -Correct Answer ✔Excision
The opposite of ventral is: -Correct Answer ✔Dorsal
In a Medicare billing dispute, the amount of controversy must be at least: -Correct
Answer ✔$100
A suffix indicating the surgical creation of an opening is: -Correct Answer ✔Ostomy
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The usual abbreviation for complete blood count is: -Correct Answer ✔CBC
Which of the following abbreviations might charted if a patient has a bladder infection: -
Correct Answer ✔UTI
All of the following are included in the Medicare EPSDT program for welfare children
except: -Correct Answer ✔Remedial Education
Intentional misrepresentation of facts in order to deceive or mislead others is: -Correct
Answer ✔Fraud
Self-Employed insurance billing specialists can deduct all but which one of the following
expenses from income taxes: -Correct Answer ✔Theatre Tickets
The medical term for high blood pressure: -Correct Answer ✔Hypertension
An individual who promises to pay the medical bill by signing an agreement to pay form
is the: -Correct Answer ✔Guarantor
A report mentioning such words as cranium, maxilla, and mandible would be referring
to: -Correct Answer ✔Head
The following subsections of Evaluation and Management services except: -Correct
Answer ✔Concurrent Care
In the Medicare program a clean claim means that: -Correct Answer ✔D. The claim has
no deficiencies, does not further investigation, and that it passes all electronic edits
HCT is the medical abbreviation for: -Correct Answer ✔Hematocrit
The subsequent injury fund was established for problems that arise when a: -Correct
Answer ✔Previously injured person is injured at work again
Tricare offers 3 types of plans: -Correct Answer ✔Standard, Extra & Prime
Workers Compensation can be found in: -Correct Answer ✔All US States
A 66 year old retired school teacher presenting for a first visit at a medical office would
most likely be covered by: -Correct Answer ✔Medicare
When a claim is returned for incorrect or missing information, the correct action for a
medical biller to take would be to:
A. Add or correct the information & resubmit the claim
B. Send an appeal letter
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C. Schedule a hearing before an administrative law judge
D. Resend duplicate claim -Correct Answer ✔Add or correct the information & resubmit
the claim
One insurance plan jointly sponsored by federal & state government is:
A. Medicare
B. Medicaid
C. Tricare
D. Blue Cross/Blue Shield -Correct Answer ✔Medicaid
If a person is enlisted in the military service and killed in the line of duty, future medical
benefits for his/her family would be covered under:
A. Tricare
B. Social Security
C. ChampVA
D. Workers' Compensation -Correct Answer ✔CHAMPVA
A patients medical record should be faxed only if:
A. It is convenient for both the sender & the recipient
B. The patient asks for it to be delivered via fax
C. There is an emergent need for the information stated by the physician
D. The medical assistant or insurance clerk chooses to do so -Correct Answer ✔There
is an emergent need for the information stated by the physician
To keep insurance in force, a person must pay a monthly, quarterly, or annual fee
known as the:
A. Premium
B. Deductible
C. Co-Insurance
D. Co-Payment -Correct Answer ✔Premium
Seven days after major surgery, the surgical wound dressing change would be:
A. Coded 15852
B. Included in the surgical package & not billed
C. Coded 15850
D. Coded using modifier - 24 -Correct Answer ✔Included in the surgical package & not
billed
If a patient had an operative procedure on his/her thumb on the right hand, a coder
would:
A. Use the appropriate CPT procedure code only
B. Add modifier RT to the appropriate procedure code
C. Add modifier F5 to the appropriate procedure code
D. Add modifier FA to the appropriate procedure code -Correct Answer ✔Add Modifier
F5 to the appropriate procedure code
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