Category I codes
Procedures or services identified by a five-digit CPT code and organized within the six
sections. Main body of the CPT code book. Arranged in numeric order, with one
exception the evaluation and Management section.
parenthetical notes in the CPT code book indicate that a _______
code should not be reported with another code or codes.
The triangle in CPT code book is used for?
A revised code
The + sign beside a CPT code indicates:
Identifies add-on codes, for procedures that are performed at the same time and by the
same surgeon
The facing triangles in the CPT code book mean what?
Contains new or revised text
Telemedicine
the remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunications
technology.
Preservice work is?
paper work completed prior to the start of sadation.
what paper work is completed prior to sadation?
1. Complete history with special focus on previous anesthesia or sedation.
2. Family history of family sadation
3. Summary of current medications and drug allergies
4. Physical exam of mouth, jaw, throat, neck, airway, chest, lungs, heart and circulation.
5. Vital signs
6. Review of pre-sadation testing
7. Immediate pre-sadation assessment prior to first sedation dose.
8. Intiation f IV access and fluids maintain to access.
9. reassessment form
10. Consent form
P1 thru P6?
classification of physical status in anesthesia patients.
intraservice work(time)
begins with the administration of the sadative and ends when the procedure is
completed, the patient is stable for recovery status and the physician providing sadation
ends personal continuous face-to-face time with the patient.
in order to be required intraservice in sadation it must include these:
1. Ordering/ or adminisering the sadative.
2. Requires face-to-face time with the patient.
3. Requires monitoring patient response to the sadative including periodic assessment
of the patient, administration of additional doses as needed, monitoring oxygen
saturation, heart rate and blood pressure.
postservice work in sadation:
any additional work done after the intraservice time. like extra face-to-face time. during
the wake-up time. talking with the family is also an example. this is not coded.
, SOAP
Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan layout in the medical record from the
physician.
CPT modifiers:
there a two-digit suffix entered at the end of a CPT code.
CPT Modifiers
Identify how the service provided across from unusual description. Some affect
payment, but others are informational only.
CPT modifiers
A two-character numeric descriptor used only with CPT codes.
HCPCS modifiers
A two character alphanumeric suffix.
modifiers are used_______?
Most frequently on surgery and or E/M codes and lab codes. Also common to have a
hyphen in front of the modifier to separate it from the code number.
CPT Modifiers are not used when_________?
being entered for billing.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database ( MPFSDB):
provides information about codes that can be used with modifiers and subsequent
impact on reimbursement.
ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS do not have________?
modifiers
If nothing unusual is documented in the medical record, then you most likely will
not use a modifier unless___________
It is to indicate a bilateral procedures or a HCPCS modifier to indicate the side if the
body or anatomical things.
HCPCS codes
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
-32 Mandatef services modifier
used when required by a third-party payer, court, or other authory to perform the
procedure. Second surgical opinion.
-99 Multiple Modifiers
Used when more than four modifiers required on a single CPT code.
-GA Modifier
used to allow the provider to bill the patient if medicare does not pay for the service.
medical necessity not met usually.
-GZ Modifier
indicates an unsigned ABN and that services are expected to be denied.(Physician can
not bill the patient).
ABN stand for what in medical coding?
Advance Beneficiary Notice
Anatomic site modifiers are used on all sites except for the _____.
Skin
CPT modifier 50
must be used for bilateral procedures!!!!
Evaluation and Management modifiers: