Within each category or subcategory of E/M service, there are a number of levels. Which of the following best describes these levels?

If a patient is discharged from the hospital on a different day from that on which the patient was admitted, which of the following category of codes is reported?

Case management is defined as a process by which a physician/QHP is responsible for which of the following?

Preventive Medicine Services (99381-99429) include which of the following subcategories?

Non–Face-to-Face Services (99441-99449) include which of the following?

When determining which category of codes to use for reporting care for newborns and pediatric patients, which of the following determines the category?

If a patient with medical or psychosocial conditions or problems needs to be moved from acute care to a community care, domiciliary, or assisted living environment, what is the appropriate code category for this change?

Two CMS Documentation Guidelines were established in 1995 and 1997. What is the main difference between the two guidelines?

In the 1995 CMS Documentation Guidelines, there were seven body areas and eleven organ systems. The 1997 CMS Documentation Guidelines called for how many general multisystem examinations?

Placement of invasive monitoring devices and the use of transesophageal echocardiography may be:

When multiple surgical procedures are performed during a single anesthetic administration:

In addition to physical status modifiers, it may be appropriate to report other CPT modifiers when codes for procedural services are reported in addition to the basic anesthesia service. If an anesthesiologist performs additional procedures, how is this reported?

Which of the following refers to the technique of anesthetizing the roots or trunks of the brachial plexus in the neck between the anterior and middle scalene muscles?

A patient’s nostril was retracted because of a scar acquired during the patient’s childhood. The scar was exercised and the dorsal nasal flap was used to repair a 2 sq cm, full-thickness defect caused by the excision. What is the correct code(s) to report?

When performing a posterior lumbar arthrodesis of the L3-L5 vertebra, what is the correct code to report?

A code that refers to a procedure or service that is always performed in addition to the primary surgery or procedure, is known as a(n):

Code 99024 is associated with which of the following concepts?

When detailed and delicate surgeries involving the spine, the spinal cord, the skull, or one of the complicated joints are performed, often cosurgery may be necessary. This usually entails two equally qualified surgeons with parallel but separate responsibilities during the procedure or surgery. When coding such a procedure, which of the following modifiers is used?

A component of a spinal deformity correction involves cutting and removing a portion of the vertebral segment in order to realign the spine. This procedure or surgery is known as a(n):

A procedure to remove a posterior arch of a vertebrae is known as a(n):

Which of the following is another term for the manipulation of a fracture?

Additional codes for reporting procedures of the spine and spinal cord may be found in which non-musculoskeletal section?

Fluid, initial bloody fluid, or pus may settle at the bottom of the pleural space between the lung and the chest wall. This condition is referred to as:

When pleural cavity or lung biopsy procedures are carried using video-assisted techniques, how may these procedures be designated?

When reporting skin pocket relocation codes during a repositioning of a previously implanted pacemaker, which of the following procedures are reported separately?

What may a left ventricular pacing catheter be called?

Biopsy, removal of foreign body, dilation hot biopsy or bipolar cautery treatment, and snare treatment are some of the techniques used in which of the following procedures?

What is the examination of the entire colon from rectum to cecum called?

Which of the following refers to the recording of electrical activity generated in muscle that is often used for diagnostic purposes within the urinary tract?

Simple and complex uroflowmetry procedures are performed to gather information on:

Which of the following is a procedure performed to obtain a semen sample or determine if there is an obstruction?

The code choice for a vesiculotomy depends on the:

How many core samples may be taken in a saturation biopsy performed on certain high-risk patients with elevated prostate specific antigen levels, abnormal findings on previous biopsies, or abnormal rectal exams?

Which of the following terms refers to the excision of a cone of tissue from the cervix?

How is a medical condition that occurs when the supportive tissue between a woman’s bladder and vaginal wall weakens and stretches, allowing the bladder to bulge into the vagina coded?

When an endometrial biopsy is performed at the same time as a colposcopy:

The surgical management of lesions of the skull base may require a team of specialists working together in:

Variables such as tumor size, initial surgical procedure or reoperation, and patient’s anatomy are indicators of which of the following procedures?

Certain skull base procedures cannot be performed alone. How are these procedures coded?

If a physician performs either a tympanoplasty or a mastoidectomy on both ears, how is the procedure reported?

Which of the following is one of the three families of tympanoplasty codes that are differentiated by unique techniques, approach, anatomy, and prosthetic or graft placement procedures?

A procedure to implant a bone-anchored hearing aid is coded as a(n):

How many body systems does a family practice physician need to examine during an encounter for the encounter to be considered a comprehensive examination?

How many body systems does a specialist need to examine during an encounter for the encounter to be considered a comprehensive examination?

Which listing below best covers some of the seven dimensions of HPI?

Which of the following terms describes blood oxygen concentration?

Which of the following terms describes the passing of a thin tube or catheter into the right side of the heart and the arteries leading to the lungs?

  

Esophageal repair may include which of the following procedures?