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

B.   To restrict the use of medical procedures and services

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

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

A.   AMA’s CPT Editorial Panel

B.   Health Insurance Plans

C.   American Hospital Association

D.   Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

A.   Organ or other anatomic site

B.   Provider specialty

C.   Procedure or service

D.   Condition

A.   All of these

B.   To indicate a shared or common description

C.   To save space on the printed page

D.   To identify different types of procedures

A.   A system for identifying medical procedures and services

B.   A system for identifying diseases and medical conditions

C.   A system for identifying health insurance policies

D.   A system for identifying prescription drugs

A.   To promote specific diagnostic or therapeutic procedures

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

C.   For administrative management purposes, such as claims processing

D.   For medical education and research

A.   Anyone

B.   Only government agencies

C.   Only physicians

D.   Only the AMA

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 ensure accurate code selection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Condition

B.   Procedure or service

C.   Physician or specialist name

D.   Organ or other anatomic site

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 World Health Organization (WHO).

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Diagnosis codes

B.   Patient demographics

C.   Services provided by physicians and other QHPs

D.   Procedure codes

A.   By diagnosis

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

C.   By patient demographics

D.   By place of service

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

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

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

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

A.   History, examination, medical decision making

B.   History, examination, time

C.   Examination, medical decision making, coordination of care

D.   History, medical decision making, coordination of care

A.   By age

B.   By diagnosis

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

D.   By place of service

A.   High complexity

B.   Low complexity

C.   Straightforward

D.   Moderate complexity

A.   History, examination, and medical decision making

B.   History, consultation, and medical decision making

C.   Examination, consultation, and medical decision making

D.   History, examination, and consultation

A.   More than 90%

B.   More than 75%

C.   More than 50%

D.   More than 25%

A.   No key components are required

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

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.   Only one key component is required

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

B.   A facility that provides medical care for elective procedures

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

D.   A facility that provides medical care for chronic conditions

A.   99460-99463

B.   99466-99467

C.   99471-99476

D.   99221-99233

A.   Twice

B.   Only once

C.   Four times

D.   Three times

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

B.   Preventive medicine counseling for individuals and groups

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

D.   Hospital inpatient services codes

A.   99391-99397

B.   99406-99409

C.   99381-99387

D.   99401-99404

A.   By patient age

B.   Alphabetically

C.   By head-to-toe anatomic subsections

D.   By type of anesthesia used

A.   No

B.   Yes

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

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

C.   A specific diagnostic or therapeutic procedure

A.   Preprocedure visit only

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

C.   Intraprocedure care only

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

B.   Only administration of sedatives and analgesics

C.   Psychological support and physical comfort only

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

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

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

A.   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.

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

C.   Using any CPT modifier that is appropriate

A.   A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6

B.   P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6

C.   S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6

A.   Yes

B.   No

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.   Time for each procedure is reported separately

B.   Combined total time for all procedures is reported

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

A.   10001-69999

B.   20021-79990

C.   20001-79999

D.   10021-69990

A.   Alphabetically

B.   Numerically

C.   According to anatomic perspective or types of procedures

D.   According to body systems

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

B.   All of these

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

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

A.   To indicate that the surgery was complicated

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

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

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 expected to recover after a surgical procedure

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

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

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 over and above those usually included with the services rendered

C.   When they are used for postoperative care

D.   When they are used for diagnostic procedures

A.   Yes

B.   No

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

D.   It depends on the procedure performed

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

B.   A code that is not 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 code that describes additional intra-service work associated with the primary procedure

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.   To help students memorize CPT codes

B.   To teach students how to use the CPT codebook

C.   To encourage teamwork and competition among students

A.   The lungs

B.   The brain

C.   The skin

D.   The heart

A.   It is not important

B.   It helps in maintaining patient records

C.   It helps in billing the insurance company

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

A.   By surface area of the wound

B.   By the surgeon who performed the procedure

C.   By type of instrument used

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

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

B.   Removal of a lesion with layered closure

C.   Partial-thickness removal of a lesion

D.   Removal of a lesion without the margins

A.   By the length of the incision

B.   By the size of the wound

C.   By the type of instrument used

D.   By the classification of repair method