A.   To endorse a particular health insurance coverage or reimbursement policy

B.   To provide a uniform language to accurately reflect medical, surgical, and diagnostic services

C.   To restrict the use of medical procedures and services

D.   To promote the use of specific diagnostic or therapeutic procedures

A.   Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

B.   AMA’s CPT Editorial Panel

C.   Health Insurance Plans

D.   American Hospital Association

A.   Organ or other anatomic site

B.   Procedure or service

C.   Condition

D.   Provider specialty

A.   All of these

B.   To save space on the printed page

C.   To identify different types of procedures

D.   To indicate a shared or common description

A.   A system for identifying health insurance policies

B.   A system for identifying diseases and medical conditions

C.   A system for identifying prescription drugs

D.   A system for identifying medical procedures and services

A.   To promote specific diagnostic or therapeutic procedures

B.   For administrative management purposes, such as claims processing

C.   For medical education and research

D.   To report medical procedures and services under government and private health insurance

A.   Only the AMA

B.   Only government agencies

C.   Only physicians

D.   Anyone

A.   It is generally based on the procedure being consistent with contemporary medical practice and performed by many physicians in clinical practice in multiple locations

B.   It implies a specific health insurance coverage or reimbursement policy

C.   It represents endorsement by the AMA of a particular diagnostic or therapeutic procedure

D.   It is not necessary to ensure accurate communication among physicians, patients, and third parties

A.   To ensure accurate code selection

B.   To provide the main text of the CPT code set

C.   To list all the possible codes for a given procedure or service

D.   To organize main terms by primary classes of index entries

A.   It is not related to the parent code’s descriptor

B.   It is listed in a separate section of the codebook

C.   It is listed before the parent code’s descriptor

D.   It is physically indented beneath the parent code’s descriptor

A.   To limit the number of physicians that can perform a particular medical procedure.

B.   To limit the number of medical procedures and services that can be performed.

C.   To provide a uniform language to accurately reflect medical, surgical, and diagnostic services.

D.   To provide a list of medical procedures and services that are not covered by insurance.

A.   Organ or other anatomic site

B.   Physician or specialist name

C.   Condition

D.   Procedure or service

A.   To report medical procedures and services for administrative management purposes only.

B.   To provide a list of medical procedures and services that are not covered by insurance.

C.   To limit the amount of reimbursement for medical procedures and services.

D.   To develop guidelines for medical review, medical education, and research.

A.   The child code's descriptor is physically indented beneath the parent code's descriptor.

B.   The shared description appears in the child code's descriptor.

C.   The parent code is always followed by only one child code.

D.   The shared content appears after the semicolon in the parent code.

A.   The American Medical Association's (AMA) CPT Editorial Panel.

B.   The National Institutes of Health (NIH).

C.   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

D.   The World Health Organization (WHO).

A.   To limit the number of medical procedures and services that can be performed.

B.   To limit the amount of reimbursement for medical procedures and services.

C.   To revise, update, and modify CPT codes.

D.   To limit the number of physicians that can perform a particular medical procedure.

A.   Diagnosis codes

B.   Procedure codes

C.   Services provided by physicians and other QHPs

D.   Patient demographics

A.   By diagnosis

B.   By place of service

C.   By broad categories such as office visits, hospital visits, consultations, preventive medicine, and advance care planning

D.   By patient demographics

A.   Diagnosis, medical decision-making complexity, counseling, coordination of care, nature of presenting problem, time, place of service

B.   Diagnosis, history, examination, medical decision-making complexity, counseling, coordination of care, time

C.   History, examination, medical decision-making complexity, coordination of care, nature of presenting problem, time, patient demographics

D.   History, examination, medical decision-making complexity, counseling, coordination of care, nature of presenting problem, time

A.   History, examination, time

B.   History, examination, medical decision making

C.   History, medical decision making, coordination of care

D.   Examination, medical decision making, coordination of care

A.   By age

B.   By whether they have received a face-to-face professional medical service from the physician/QHP within the past three years

C.   By place of service

D.   By diagnosis

A.   Moderate complexity

B.   High complexity

C.   Low complexity

D.   Straightforward

A.   History, examination, and medical decision making

B.   History, examination, and consultation

C.   Examination, consultation, and medical decision making

D.   History, consultation, and medical decision making

A.   More than 75%

B.   More than 90%

C.   More than 50%

D.   More than 25%

A.   Only two of the three key components must meet or exceed the stated requirements to qualify for a particular level of E/M service

B.   Only one key component is required

C.   Must meet or exceed the stated requirements to qualify for a particular level of E/M service

D.   No key components are required

A.   A facility that provides medical care for routine check-ups

B.   A facility that provides medical care for elective procedures

C.   A facility that provides medical care for chronic conditions

D.   A hospital-based facility that provides unscheduled episodic services to patients who present for immediate medical attention

A.   99221-99233

B.   99471-99476

C.   99460-99463

D.   99466-99467

A.   Twice

B.   Only once

C.   Three times

D.   Four times

A.   Initial comprehensive preventive medicine E/M service for new patient visits

B.   Hospital inpatient services codes

C.   Preventive medicine counseling for individuals and groups

D.   Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation and management services for established patient visits

A.   99391-99397

B.   99401-99404

C.   99381-99387

D.   99406-99409

A.   By head-to-toe anatomic subsections

B.   Alphabetically

C.   By patient age

D.   By type of anesthesia used

A.   Yes

B.   No

A.   Anesthesia care that includes intraprocedure care and postprocedure anesthesia management.

B.   A specific diagnostic or therapeutic procedure

C.   A type of anesthesia service for patients with severe systemic disease

A.   Preprocedure visit, intraprocedure care, and postprocedure anesthesia management.

B.   Preprocedure visit only

C.   Intraprocedure care only

A.   Psychological support and physical comfort only

B.   Only administration of sedatives and analgesics

C.   Diagnosis/treatment of clinical problems during procedure, support of vital functions, and provision of other medical services needed to complete procedure

A.   Begins when patient is under postoperative supervision and ends when the anesthesia services are completed.

B.   Begins when physician starts preparing patient for anesthesia in the operating room and ends when the patient is under postoperative supervision.

C.   Begins when patient is brought to the operating room and ends when the procedure is completed.

A.   Using the CPT code for the surgical procedure being performed.

B.   Using any CPT modifier that is appropriate

C.   Using the five-digit anesthesia procedure code and two-digit physical status modifier to distinguish the various levels of complexity of the anesthesia service provided.

A.   P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6

B.   S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6

C.   A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6

A.   No

B.   Yes

A.   The code representing the least complex procedure

B.   The code representing the most complex procedure

C.   All the anesthesia codes representing each individual procedure

A.   Time for each procedure is reported separately

B.   Only the time for the most complex procedure is reported

C.   Combined total time for all procedures is reported

A.   10001-69999

B.   20001-79999

C.   10021-69990

D.   20021-79990

A.   According to anatomic perspective or types of procedures

B.   Alphabetically

C.   According to body systems

D.   Numerically

A.   Evaluation and Management (E/M) services, local infiltration, immediate postoperative care, typical postoperative follow-up care

B.   All of these

C.   Laboratory tests, imaging studies, surgical equipment, preoperative care

D.   Anesthesia, postoperative medications, medical supplies, follow-up care

A.   To indicate that the procedure performed was a diagnostic procedure

B.   To indicate that surgery was scheduled at the time of the E/M visit

C.   To indicate that the procedure performed was a therapeutic procedure

D.   To indicate that the surgery was complicated

A.   The period of time in which follow-up care is provided by the surgeon

B.   The period of time in which a patient is expected to return for follow-up care

C.   The period of time in which a patient is expected to recover after a surgical procedure

D.   The period of time in which a patient is hospitalized after a surgical procedure

A.   When they are used for surgical procedures

B.   When they are used for postoperative care

C.   When they are over and above those usually included with the services rendered

D.   When they are used for diagnostic procedures

A.   No

B.   It depends on the procedure performed

C.   It depends on the insurance contract of each individual patient

D.   Yes

A.   A code that can only be reported when performed in addition to another procedure

B.   A code that describes additional intra-service work associated with the primary procedure

C.   A code that is not commonly carried out in addition to the primary service or procedure

A.   A code that is commonly carried out in addition to the primary service or procedure

B.   A code that can only be reported when performed in addition to another procedure

C.   A code that describes additional intra-service work associated with the primary procedure

A.   A modifier that indicates a procedure is performed in addition to another procedure

B.   A modifier that indicates a procedure is unrelated or distinct from other procedures/services provided

C.   A modifier that indicates additional intra-service work associated with the primary procedure

A.   When it is performed in addition to another procedure

B.   Only when it is considered an integral component of another procedure/service

C.   When it is performed independently, unrelated, or distinct from other procedure(s)/service(s) provided

A.   That additional intra-service work is associated with the primary procedure

B.   That the procedure is performed in addition to another procedure

C.   That the procedure is unrelated or distinct from other procedures/services provided

A.   Minimally invasive techniques involve the use of a scope or other specialized equipment

B.   There is no difference between the two techniques in CPT coding

C.   Open surgical techniques involve larger incisions than minimally invasive techniques

A.   To help students memorize CPT codes

B.   To encourage teamwork and competition among students

C.   To teach students how to use the CPT codebook

A.   The skin

B.   The lungs

C.   The brain

D.   The heart

A.   It helps in maintaining patient records

B.   It helps in billing the insurance company

C.   It helps in identifying the correct code to report the procedure

D.   It is not important

A.   By surface area of the wound

B.   By the depth of tissue removed and by surface area of the wound

C.   By the surgeon who performed the procedure

D.   By type of instrument used

A.   Removal of a lesion without the margins

B.   Removal of a lesion with layered closure

C.   Partial-thickness removal of a lesion

D.   Full-thickness removal of a lesion through the dermis, including margins

A.   By the size of the wound

B.   By the type of instrument used

C.   By the length of the incision

D.   By the classification of repair method