OST-247 - Procedure Coding - Chapters 4 & 5
Accurate documentation of time is essential for billing anesthesia services. ️True
The add-on code 99140 is used to report anesthesia that is complicated by emergency conditions.
️True
Anesthesia-specific modifiers must be used regardless of t...
OST-247 - Procedure Coding - Chapters 4 & 5
Accurate documentation of time is essential for billing anesthesia services. ✔️True
The add-on code 99140 is used to report anesthesia that is complicated by emergency conditions.
✔️True
Anesthesia-specific modifiers must be used regardless of the anesthesiologist's discretion. ✔️False
RVG stands for Relative Value Guide, but it is published by the American Society of Anesthesiologists
(ASA), not the AMA. ✔️False
The P4 modifier is used for patients with severe systemic disease, not mild systemic disease. ✔️False
Epidural anesthesia is administered into the peridural space of the spinal cord. ✔️Epidural
Preoperative and postoperative services are typically bundled into the procedure. ✔️bundled
Each anesthesia code is associated with a Relative Value Guide (RVG). ✔️Relative Value Guide (RVG)
A physician certified to administer anesthesia is known as an anesthesiologist. ✔️anesthesiologist
Anesthesia that involves total body hypothermia is reported with the add-on code 99116. ✔️99116
Vascular surgeons do not necessarily assign codes from the Cardiovascular section of the Surgery
chapter. ✔️False
CPT coders must be meticulous and familiar with the codes frequently used by their doctor. ✔️True
,Diagnostic procedures are used for evaluating and diagnosing conditions, not for treating a diagnosis
that has already been made. ✔️False
Within the Surgery section of CPT codes, they are first categorized by body system and then by
anatomical site. ✔️True
The surgical package includes surgery and routine follow-up care. ✔️True
The dermis is located beneath the epidermis and is a thick layer of tissue. ✔️True
The subcutaneous layer does not contain sweat pores. ✔️False
The integumentary system serves as a natural barrier against bacteria. ✔️True
For coding, lesion sizes and laceration lengths need to be measured in centimeters. ✔️True
Procedures from the first part of the Integumentary section do not necessarily have to be performed in
a hospital. ✔️False
Sensory nerves are not found in the epidermis. ✔️False
The dermal layer does not connect the skin directly to the muscle. ✔️False
A laceration measuring 2 inches converts to approximately 5.08 cm. ✔️True
A 1-cc subcutaneous collagen injection is coded as 11950. ✔️11950
To distinguish between malignant and benign tissue, a biopsy of the lesion is performed and sent to
pathology. ✔️biopsy
, Code 11730 is used to report the partial avulsion of a single nail plate. ✔️11730
Surgical repair of a damaged area due to trauma or surgery is known as a repair. ✔️repair
A clean wound has a low infection rate, involves no inflammation, and maintains sterile technique.
✔️clean
Debridement of two nails is reported with the code 11720. ✔️11720
Excision of a malignant lesion on the arm with an excised diameter of 2.2 cm is coded as 11603.
✔️11603
Evacuation of a subungual hematoma is coded as 11740. ✔️11740
Repair of a nail bed is coded as 11760. ✔️11760
Excision of a complicated pilonidal cyst is reported with code 11772. ✔️11772
An epidermal autograft on the back covering 75 sq cm is coded as 15110. ✔️15110
A split-thickness autograft on the calf covering 200 sq cm requires codes 15100 and 15101. ✔️15100
and 15101
A tissue-cultured epidermal autograft on the cheek covering 25 sq cm is coded as 15155. ✔️15155
A pinch graft on the tip of the index finger measuring 1 cm is coded as 15050. ✔️15050
Dermal autograft, neck—85 sq cm. Code ___. ✔️15135
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