HIM 141 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
The words that follow a code number in the CPT manual are called:
a. procedure/service descriptor
b. listing order
c. format descriptor
d. identified descriptor - Answers a. procedure/service descriptor
A code that has all of the words that describe the code that follows is what type of code?
a. developed
b. isolated
c. stand alone
d. complete - Answers c. stand alone
Which of the following represents three of the six elements that a special report must contain?
a. condition, service, description
b. anatomic site, service, extent
c. nature, extent, need
d. service, extent, procedure - Answers c. nature, extent, need
Which punctuation mark between codes in the index of the CPT manual indicates a range of
codes is available?
a. period
b. hyphen
c. comma
d. semicolon - Answers b. hyphen
,Which punctuation mark between codes in the index of the CPT manual indicates two codes are
available?
a. period
b. ampersand
c. comma
d. semicolon - Answers c. comma
According to the notes preceding the Category III codes in the CPT manual, the digits of the
Category III codes are not intended to reflect the placement of the code in the Category I section
of the CPT:
a. heading
b. subsection
c. nomenclature
d. category - Answers c. nomenclature
G codes are used to identify:
a. Professional procedures and services that would otherwise be reported with a CPT code but
no CPT code has been established
b. The use of durable medical equipment
c. Drugs, biologicals, and types of medical equipment/services which are not identified by Level
II National codes
d. The drugs administered and the amount or dosage given - Answers a. Professional
procedures and services that would otherwise be reported with a CPT code but no CPT code
has been established
Level II National Modifiers are found in the introduction section of HCPCS and also in what
Appendix of CPT?
a. Appendix A
, b. Appendix B
c. Appendix C
d. Appendix D - Answers a. Appendix A
HCPCS stands for:
a. Healthcare Coding Procedure Charge System
b. Health Coding Procedures Creating Standards
c. Healthcare Current Procedure Coding System
d. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System - Answers d. Healthcare Common Procedure
Coding System
Modifiers may affect:
a. health care premiums
b. type of treatment provided
c. the way payment is made by a third-party payer
d. code selection - Answers c. the way payment is made by a third-party payer
Modifier -79, unrelated procedure or service by the same physician or other qualified health care
professional during the postoperative period, is used on what type of service?
a. E/M
b. surgery
c. anesthesia
d. all of the above - Answers b. surgery
Modifier -80, Assistant Surgeon, is used when:
a. two surgeons perform a distinct part of the surgery
The words that follow a code number in the CPT manual are called:
a. procedure/service descriptor
b. listing order
c. format descriptor
d. identified descriptor - Answers a. procedure/service descriptor
A code that has all of the words that describe the code that follows is what type of code?
a. developed
b. isolated
c. stand alone
d. complete - Answers c. stand alone
Which of the following represents three of the six elements that a special report must contain?
a. condition, service, description
b. anatomic site, service, extent
c. nature, extent, need
d. service, extent, procedure - Answers c. nature, extent, need
Which punctuation mark between codes in the index of the CPT manual indicates a range of
codes is available?
a. period
b. hyphen
c. comma
d. semicolon - Answers b. hyphen
,Which punctuation mark between codes in the index of the CPT manual indicates two codes are
available?
a. period
b. ampersand
c. comma
d. semicolon - Answers c. comma
According to the notes preceding the Category III codes in the CPT manual, the digits of the
Category III codes are not intended to reflect the placement of the code in the Category I section
of the CPT:
a. heading
b. subsection
c. nomenclature
d. category - Answers c. nomenclature
G codes are used to identify:
a. Professional procedures and services that would otherwise be reported with a CPT code but
no CPT code has been established
b. The use of durable medical equipment
c. Drugs, biologicals, and types of medical equipment/services which are not identified by Level
II National codes
d. The drugs administered and the amount or dosage given - Answers a. Professional
procedures and services that would otherwise be reported with a CPT code but no CPT code
has been established
Level II National Modifiers are found in the introduction section of HCPCS and also in what
Appendix of CPT?
a. Appendix A
, b. Appendix B
c. Appendix C
d. Appendix D - Answers a. Appendix A
HCPCS stands for:
a. Healthcare Coding Procedure Charge System
b. Health Coding Procedures Creating Standards
c. Healthcare Current Procedure Coding System
d. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System - Answers d. Healthcare Common Procedure
Coding System
Modifiers may affect:
a. health care premiums
b. type of treatment provided
c. the way payment is made by a third-party payer
d. code selection - Answers c. the way payment is made by a third-party payer
Modifier -79, unrelated procedure or service by the same physician or other qualified health care
professional during the postoperative period, is used on what type of service?
a. E/M
b. surgery
c. anesthesia
d. all of the above - Answers b. surgery
Modifier -80, Assistant Surgeon, is used when:
a. two surgeons perform a distinct part of the surgery
