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Journal of AHIMA
Continuing Education Quiz
Quiz ID: Q123832 | HIM Domain Area: Clinical Data Management | Article—“CPT Code Updates for 2012”
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content of the article.
1. The revisions to the definitions of
new and established patients in the
evaluation and management section
now include reference to physicians
of the same specialty or subspecialty
when determining a new or established
patient within a group practice.
;a. true
;b. false
6. The new table in the cardiovascular
subsection lists codes for:
;a. pacemaker systems
;b. implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
;c. both a and b
;d. none of the above
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2. Typical times were added to
observation codes 99218–99220.
;a. true
;b. false
7. Code 74174 in the radiology section
combines a CTA of the abdomen and
pelvis with contrast.
;a. true
;b. false
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3. The section title for wound care
management and skin substitutes was
revised to:
;a. “Skin Substitutes Surgery”
;b. “Wound Care Management
Surgery”
;c. “Skin Replacement Surgery”
;d. “Skin Substitutes and Wound Care
Management Surgery”
8. The radiation treatment management
guidelines clarify that code ______
represents only the intraoperative
session management and does not
include medical evaluation and
management outside of the session.
;a. 72191
;b. 77469
;c. 74175
;d. 77477
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4. How do the guidelines in the new
subsection titled “Skin Substitute
Grafts” direct coding professionals to
report the supply of the skin substitute
grafts?
;a. with the skin graft procedure code
;b. separately
;c. with another code from the same
section
;d. none of the above
5. The new guidelines in the respiratory
subsection for lungs and pleura
procedures differentiate:
;a. type of tissue
;b. location of the tissue
;c. amount of tissue
;d. all of the above
9. The difference between the tier I and
tier II codes in the new molecular
pathology section is the length of time
the procedures are performed.
;a. true
;b. false
10. Modifier 33 was added in appendix A
to identify a service as a _______.
;a. preventive service
;b. surgical procedure
;c. diagnostic procedure
;d. none of the above
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