SURGERY CHAP 11 Questions With Accurate Answers
Surgical destruction is considered part of the surgical procedure description.
Accurate answers T
Prepping and draping a patient are services that are considered integral to standard
practice and should be coded separately. Accurate answers
F
The guidelines located at the beginning of the Surgery section apply to all codes in the
section. Accurate answers T
Basic organization of the Surgery section is by procedure. Accurate answers
F
Review the Surgery table of contents in your CPT coding manual. The Surgery section
contains 19 subsections. Accurate answers F
Initial consultation or evaluation of a problem by the surgeon to determine need for
surgery is included in the global surgical package. Accurate answers
F
Refer to code 11600. After removing the malignant lesion, the physician performed a
complex closure of the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissues. A second code
should be assigned for this closure. Accurate answers
T
Code 12014 is reported when 7.5 cm of skin and subcutaneous tissue are closed during
the removal of benign skin lesions. Accurate answers
F
When surgical destruction is part of a surgical procedure, different methods of
destruction are not ordinarily listed separately unless the technique substantially alters
the standard management of a problem or condition. Accurate answers
T
When a code is assigned for "lesion destruction," the size of the lesion is taken from the
pathology report. Accurate answers F
Supplies and materials provided by the physician over and above those usually included
with the office visit or other services rendered may be listed separately. Accurate
answers T
It is appropriate to designate multiple procedures rendered on the same date by
separate entries. Accurate answers T
, Nail clippings were obtained for the purpose of performing a fungal culture. Code
11755, Biopsy of nail unit, should be assigned. Accurate answers
F
In the Surgery section, the same subheadings are located below each heading.
Accurate answers F
Procedures that inject, insert, or puncture, are referred to as "introduction."
Accurate answers T
When a CPT surgery code is reported, surgical package services are included in that
code. Accurate answers T
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services established a national definition for a
global surgical package. Accurate answers T
The CMS definition for global surgical package is the same as that for CPT surgical
package. Accurate answers F
The global surgical package definition prevents Medicare payments for services that are
more or less comprehensive than intended. Accurate answers
T
The CMS global surgical package includes the surgical procedure and a standard
package of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative services. Accurate
answers T
A 1.5-cm malignant lesion was excised from the patient's chin, and the excised diameter
was 2.9 sq cm. An adjacent tissue transfer procedure from the right cheek (4 sq cm) to
the chin defect was also performed. Report codes 11642 and 14040. Accurate
answers F
Adjacent tissue transfer and rearrangement codes are reported when the surgeon frees
up tissue from another site or from around the area of defect, and the transferred or
rearranged tissue is used to overlay and repair the defect. Accurate answers
T
Information applicable to a particular CPT section is located in the _____.
a. Introduction c. Notes
b. Guidelines d. Index Accurate answers B.
Guidlines
Which is a diagnostic procedure?
a. Excision c. Endoscopy
Surgical destruction is considered part of the surgical procedure description.
Accurate answers T
Prepping and draping a patient are services that are considered integral to standard
practice and should be coded separately. Accurate answers
F
The guidelines located at the beginning of the Surgery section apply to all codes in the
section. Accurate answers T
Basic organization of the Surgery section is by procedure. Accurate answers
F
Review the Surgery table of contents in your CPT coding manual. The Surgery section
contains 19 subsections. Accurate answers F
Initial consultation or evaluation of a problem by the surgeon to determine need for
surgery is included in the global surgical package. Accurate answers
F
Refer to code 11600. After removing the malignant lesion, the physician performed a
complex closure of the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissues. A second code
should be assigned for this closure. Accurate answers
T
Code 12014 is reported when 7.5 cm of skin and subcutaneous tissue are closed during
the removal of benign skin lesions. Accurate answers
F
When surgical destruction is part of a surgical procedure, different methods of
destruction are not ordinarily listed separately unless the technique substantially alters
the standard management of a problem or condition. Accurate answers
T
When a code is assigned for "lesion destruction," the size of the lesion is taken from the
pathology report. Accurate answers F
Supplies and materials provided by the physician over and above those usually included
with the office visit or other services rendered may be listed separately. Accurate
answers T
It is appropriate to designate multiple procedures rendered on the same date by
separate entries. Accurate answers T
, Nail clippings were obtained for the purpose of performing a fungal culture. Code
11755, Biopsy of nail unit, should be assigned. Accurate answers
F
In the Surgery section, the same subheadings are located below each heading.
Accurate answers F
Procedures that inject, insert, or puncture, are referred to as "introduction."
Accurate answers T
When a CPT surgery code is reported, surgical package services are included in that
code. Accurate answers T
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services established a national definition for a
global surgical package. Accurate answers T
The CMS definition for global surgical package is the same as that for CPT surgical
package. Accurate answers F
The global surgical package definition prevents Medicare payments for services that are
more or less comprehensive than intended. Accurate answers
T
The CMS global surgical package includes the surgical procedure and a standard
package of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative services. Accurate
answers T
A 1.5-cm malignant lesion was excised from the patient's chin, and the excised diameter
was 2.9 sq cm. An adjacent tissue transfer procedure from the right cheek (4 sq cm) to
the chin defect was also performed. Report codes 11642 and 14040. Accurate
answers F
Adjacent tissue transfer and rearrangement codes are reported when the surgeon frees
up tissue from another site or from around the area of defect, and the transferred or
rearranged tissue is used to overlay and repair the defect. Accurate answers
T
Information applicable to a particular CPT section is located in the _____.
a. Introduction c. Notes
b. Guidelines d. Index Accurate answers B.
Guidlines
Which is a diagnostic procedure?
a. Excision c. Endoscopy
