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Ch. 19 Procedural Coding

Teacher: SREvans
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This is the abbreviation for healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
______ care is care provided to unstable, critically ill patients. Constant bedside attention to those patients that their lives are close to death.
These are provisions of advice and instruction by a healthcare professional to patients.
_____-____ coding is a code indication procedures that are usually carried out in addition to another procedure. These are used together with the primary code.
_______ procedural terminology is a book with the most commonly used system of procedure codes. it is the HIPAA-required code set for physicians' procedures.
______ triangle symbol tells the user the code description has been revised in some way from last year.
Two ______ arrows pointing towards each other with text between them denote new or revised text information.
These are meetings of two or more physicians or surgeons to evaluate the nature and progress of disease in a particular patient and to establish diagnosis, prognosis, and or therapy.
______ (#) sign (or pound sign), is used to denote codes that are out of numeric sequence.
_____ patient
_______-eye symbol denotes moderate sedation and means it is understood that conscious sedation is necessary for the procedure performed and so is included in the procedure.
This is the use of several CPT codes for a service, when one inclusive code is available
________ Level II codes are codes that cover many supplies such as sterile trays, drugs, and durable medical equipment also referred to as national codes.
________ 51 exempt code is used when multiple procedures are performed in the same session.
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________ code These are codes that represent medical procedures, such as surgery and diagnostic tests, and medical services, such as an examination to evaluate a patient's condition.
This is one or more two-digit codes assigned to the five digit main code to show that some special circumstances applied to the service or procedure that the physician performed.
________ patient is a patient who has seen the physician within the past 3 years.
_______ period is the period of time that is covered for follow up care of a procedure or surgical service
This is the abbreviation for current procedural terminology
This is a term used when the insurance carrier bases reimbursement on a code level lower than the one submitted by the provider.
_______ codes are when healthcare services that are usually separate are considered as a single entity for purposes of classification and payment
_______ bolt is used to denote vaccines pending FDA approval.
_______ care is being provided by more than one physician, such as with specialists.
_____ dot symbol denotes a new code for this edition of the CPT.
These are tests frequently ordered together that are organ or disease oriented.
__/__ codes are evaluation and managment codes that are often considered the most important of all CPT codes. These codes are guidelines explain how to code different levels of services.
_____ with diagonal line is in Table 19-1 as "Modifier 51 Exempt".
This is coding to a higher level of service than that provided to obtain higher reimbursement.