GENERAL SURGERY AND GUIDELINES:CHAPTER 13 Questions
With Accurate Answers
A listing of subsections that have instructional notes is not included in the Surgical
section Guidelines, true or false? Accurate answers
True
Before you can assign an unlisted code, you must first be certain there is no more
specific code and that there is not a Category _____________ code available.
Accurate answers III
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the
Musculoskeletal system, general? Accurate answers
20999
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the
Inner ear? Accurate answers 69949
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the Skin,
mucous membrane, and subcutaneous tissue? Accurate answers
17999
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the Leg
or ankle? Accurate answers 27899
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the
Nervous system? Accurate answers 64999
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the
Eyelids? Accurate answers 67999
When a minor procedure is performed with a more major procedure of the same area,
you would report both the minor and major procedure, true or false? Accurate
answers False
What are the three parts of a surgery bundled into a surgical package? Accurate
answers Preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative
services
Is general anesthesia included in the surgical package? Accurate answers
No
Do all third-party payers follow the same reimbursement guidelines for the global
packages? Accurate answers No
, The physician palpates a cyst on the right breast and performs a fine needle aspiration
in the office, which CPT code is assigned? Accurate answers
10021
A patient presents to the outpatient surgical center at the clinic for a fine needle
aspiration of the thyroid. Ultrasound guidance is utilized during the aspiration. What
CPT codes are assigned to these services? Accurate answers
10022, 76942
Most surgery subsections are defined according to body system or
___________________ ____________________. Accurate answers
medical specialty
Notes in the CPT manual may appear before subsections, subheadings, categories,
and __________________. Accurate answers
subcategories
Unlisted codes identify procedures or services throughout the Surgery section that
indicate what? Accurate answers No specific CPT
for that procedure
Pertinent information in a special report should include an adequate _____________ or
______________ of the nature, extent, and need for the procedure. Accurate
answers definition, description
The term "separate procedure" is an indication of how, or if, the code should be
_______________. Accurate answers assigned
General anesthesia services are reported separately by what type of provider?
Accurate answers Anesthesiologist
Surgery: "General subsection" codes are divided based on what criteria?
Accurate answers If imaging guidance was used during the
aspiration.
Special report Accurate answers Includes nature,
extent, and need for the procedure and the time, effort, and equipment necessary to
provide the service.
Separate procedures Accurate answers Procedures
that, when performed at the same time as a major procedure, are considered incidental
and not reported separately.
Unlisted procedures Accurate answers Considered
unusual, experimental, or new and do not have a specific CPT code assigned.
With Accurate Answers
A listing of subsections that have instructional notes is not included in the Surgical
section Guidelines, true or false? Accurate answers
True
Before you can assign an unlisted code, you must first be certain there is no more
specific code and that there is not a Category _____________ code available.
Accurate answers III
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the
Musculoskeletal system, general? Accurate answers
20999
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the
Inner ear? Accurate answers 69949
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the Skin,
mucous membrane, and subcutaneous tissue? Accurate answers
17999
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the Leg
or ankle? Accurate answers 27899
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the
Nervous system? Accurate answers 64999
What unlisted procedure code located in the Surgical Guidelines is assigned to the
Eyelids? Accurate answers 67999
When a minor procedure is performed with a more major procedure of the same area,
you would report both the minor and major procedure, true or false? Accurate
answers False
What are the three parts of a surgery bundled into a surgical package? Accurate
answers Preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative
services
Is general anesthesia included in the surgical package? Accurate answers
No
Do all third-party payers follow the same reimbursement guidelines for the global
packages? Accurate answers No
, The physician palpates a cyst on the right breast and performs a fine needle aspiration
in the office, which CPT code is assigned? Accurate answers
10021
A patient presents to the outpatient surgical center at the clinic for a fine needle
aspiration of the thyroid. Ultrasound guidance is utilized during the aspiration. What
CPT codes are assigned to these services? Accurate answers
10022, 76942
Most surgery subsections are defined according to body system or
___________________ ____________________. Accurate answers
medical specialty
Notes in the CPT manual may appear before subsections, subheadings, categories,
and __________________. Accurate answers
subcategories
Unlisted codes identify procedures or services throughout the Surgery section that
indicate what? Accurate answers No specific CPT
for that procedure
Pertinent information in a special report should include an adequate _____________ or
______________ of the nature, extent, and need for the procedure. Accurate
answers definition, description
The term "separate procedure" is an indication of how, or if, the code should be
_______________. Accurate answers assigned
General anesthesia services are reported separately by what type of provider?
Accurate answers Anesthesiologist
Surgery: "General subsection" codes are divided based on what criteria?
Accurate answers If imaging guidance was used during the
aspiration.
Special report Accurate answers Includes nature,
extent, and need for the procedure and the time, effort, and equipment necessary to
provide the service.
Separate procedures Accurate answers Procedures
that, when performed at the same time as a major procedure, are considered incidental
and not reported separately.
Unlisted procedures Accurate answers Considered
unusual, experimental, or new and do not have a specific CPT code assigned.
