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

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

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

D.   To restrict the use of medical procedures and services

A.   Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

B.   AMA’s CPT Editorial Panel

C.   Health Insurance Plans

D.   American Hospital Association

A.   Provider specialty

B.   Condition

C.   Organ or other anatomic site

D.   Procedure or service

A.   To indicate a shared or common description

B.   All of these

C.   To save space on the printed page

D.   To identify different types of procedures

A.   A system for identifying health insurance policies

B.   A system for identifying prescription drugs

C.   A system for identifying medical procedures and services

D.   A system for identifying diseases and medical conditions

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 physicians

B.   Only the AMA

C.   Only government agencies

D.   Anyone

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

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

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 provide the main text of the CPT code set

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

C.   To ensure accurate code selection

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 physically indented beneath the parent code’s descriptor

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Organ or other anatomic site

B.   Condition

C.   Procedure or service

D.   Physician or specialist name

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

B.   The World Health Organization (WHO).

C.   The National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Services provided by physicians and other QHPs

B.   Procedure codes

C.   Patient demographics

D.   Diagnosis codes

A.   By place of service

B.   By patient demographics

C.   By diagnosis

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

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

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

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

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

A.   History, examination, time

B.   History, medical decision making, coordination of care

C.   History, examination, medical decision making

D.   Examination, medical decision making, coordination of care

A.   By diagnosis

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 age

A.   Low complexity

B.   Moderate complexity

C.   High complexity

D.   Straightforward

A.   History, examination, and medical decision making

B.   Examination, consultation, and medical decision making

C.   History, examination, and consultation

D.   History, consultation, and medical decision making

A.   More than 50%

B.   More than 25%

C.   More than 75%

D.   More than 90%

A.   No key components are required

B.   Only one key component is required

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

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

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

B.   A facility that provides medical care for elective procedures

C.   A facility that provides medical care for chronic conditions

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

A.   99221-99233

B.   99466-99467

C.   99471-99476

D.   99460-99463

A.   Four times

B.   Three times

C.   Only once

D.   Twice

A.   Preventive medicine counseling for individuals and groups

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

C.   Hospital inpatient services codes

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.   By type of anesthesia used

C.   By patient age

D.   Alphabetically

A.   No

B.   Yes

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.   Intraprocedure care only

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

C.   Preprocedure visit only

A.   Only administration of sedatives and analgesics

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

C.   Psychological support and physical comfort only

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

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

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

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

B.   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.

C.   Using any CPT modifier that is appropriate

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.   All the anesthesia codes representing each individual procedure

B.   The code representing the least complex procedure

C.   The code representing the most complex procedure

A.   Combined total time for all procedures is reported

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

C.   Time for each procedure is reported separately

A.   20021-79990

B.   10021-69990

C.   20001-79999

D.   10001-69999

A.   Numerically

B.   According to body systems

C.   Alphabetically

D.   According to anatomic perspective or types of procedures

A.   All of these

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

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

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

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

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

C.   To indicate that the surgery was complicated

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

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

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 follow-up care is provided by the surgeon

A.   When they are used for postoperative care

B.   When they are used for surgical procedures

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.   Yes

C.   It depends on the procedure performed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

B.   When it is performed in addition to another procedure

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.   To encourage teamwork and competition among students

B.   To help students memorize CPT codes

C.   To teach students how to use the CPT codebook

A.   The brain

B.   The lungs

C.   The skin

D.   The heart

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

B.   It helps in maintaining patient records

C.   It helps in billing the insurance company

D.   It is not important

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

B.   By type of instrument used

C.   By the surgeon who performed the procedure

D.   By surface area of the wound

A.   Partial-thickness removal of a lesion

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

C.   Removal of a lesion with layered closure

D.   Removal of a lesion without the margins

A.   By the length of the incision

B.   By the classification of repair method

C.   By the size of the wound

D.   By the type of instrument used