CPT EXAM PACKAGE DEAL WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.

24 modifier - unrelated e/m (Evaluation and management code) service by the same physician during a postoperative period -25 modifier - Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional on the same day of the p...

Abstract - to collect pertinent medical information to make an informed decision on assigning a correct code. This process ensures that all medical procedures or services present in the medical record are identified without any omission. Further, abstracted data has sections such as main terms and...

___ is one of three coding sources used to complete the medical insurance billing process. - CPT ____ are most often bullets, triangles, and punctuation/symbols that are used to guide the coder through the coding process. Road signs of coding that alter us to look closely a we work through the co...

Add-on Codes (+) - Procedure performed and reported in addition to a primary procedure. A plus sign (+) next to a code in the main text indicates an add-on code. Add-on codes describe "secondary procedures" that are commonly carried out in addition to a primary procedure. Add-on codes usually us...

2 types of services not included in surgical package codes - 1) complications or recurrences that arise after the therapeutic surgical procedures 2) care for the condition for which a diagnostic surgical procedure is performed add on code - procedure performed and reported in addition to a primar...

-24 - Unrelated E/M service by the same physician during a postoperative period. Service was not part of the postoperative care which is usually part of a package of services. -26 - Professional component.. attached to the procedure to indicate that the physician provide don only the professional...