QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Medicare Part A - Correct answers✔The part of the Medicare program that pays for
hospitalization, care in a skilled nursing facility, home health care, and hospice care.
Medicare Part B - Correct answers✔The part of the Medicare program that pays for physician
services, outpatient hospital services, durable medical equipment, and other services and
supplies.
Medicare Part C - Correct answers✔Bundled plans that include Part A, Part B, and usually Part
D from a private insurance company.
Medicare Part D - Correct answers✔Prescription drug coverage
Modifier AA - Correct answers✔Anesthesia services performed personally by anesthesiologist
Modifier QY - Correct answers✔Medical direction of one certified registered nurse anesthetist
(CRNA) by an anesthesiologist
Modifier QK - Correct answers✔Medical direction of two, three, or four concurrent anesthesia
procedures involving qualified individuals
Modifier QX - Correct answers✔CRNA service: with medical direction by a physician
Modifier QZ - Correct answers✔CRNA service, without medical direction by a physician
, Modifier QS - Correct answers✔Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) service
Modifier G8 - Correct answers✔Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for deep complex,
complicated, or markedly invasive surgical procedures.
Modifier G9 - Correct answers✔Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for patient who has history of
severe cardiopulmonary condition.
Modifier P1 - Correct answers✔Normal healthy patient
Modifier P2 - Correct answers✔A patient with mild systemic disease
Modifier P3 - Correct answers✔A patient with severe systemic disease
Modifier P4 - Correct answers✔A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to
life
Modifier P5 - Correct answers✔A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the
operation
Modifier P6 - Correct answers✔A declared brain-dead patient whose organs are being removed
for donor purposes
How do you calculate the size of a skin lesion excision? - Correct answers✔Widest diameter of
the skin lesion + the narrowest margins. These are to be measured in cm.