Ambulatory Care Coding experience.

This assignment requires Ambulatory Care Coding experience.

You CAN NOT google these questions for the answers.

Must be CPC, CCS, or RHIT certified coder.

Please check 40 that are answered, 40 that are unanswered.

Need by 09.16.2015

Ambulatory Care Coding

1. Patient had a left femoral hemiorraphy for a recurrent hernia, what is the correct code assignment?

C. 49555

1. A patient was taken to the endoscopy suite. The endoscopy was passed into the esophagus and continued into the duodenal bulb. Based on this documentation, what CPT code would be selected to represent this procedure?

1. 43200
2. 43234
3. 43235
4. 43260

1. Which of the following is not coded separately from the coronary artery bypass procedure?

1. Upper extremity artery
2. Upper extremity vein
3. Saphenous vein
4. Femoropoplitear segment of a vein

1. Which of the following CPT codes should be used for an emergency curettage due to retained placenta after normal vaginal delivery?

1. 58120
2. 59160
3. 49320
4. 59840

1. How do you code a retropubic subtotal prostatectomy? B. 55831
2. Treatment of a missed abortion, completed surgically a 22 weeks is coded as? C. 59821
3. Which of the following CPT codes describes the surgical removal of kidney stones through an incision in the body of the kidney.

D.50060

1. The patient undergoes the closure of a nephrocutaneous fistula, how is this coded?

B. 50520

1. The patient provides a kidney to a sibling who has renal failure. An open procedure is performed. How is this coded? B. 50320

10. Principles of ICD-9-CM coding for ambulatory care encounters includes.

A. Ambulatory care diagnoses should be coded to the highest of certainly at the conclusion of the encounter.

B. Code suspected diagnoses as if the disease or injury existed.

C. conditions previously treated and no longer existing are coded.

D.Only the most significant diagnosis should be coded.

1. Level 2 codes of the HCPCS coding system are maintained by the:D.Center for medicare and Medicaid services.
2. J1020 injection methylprednisolone acetate, 20 mg is an example of aC. Level 2 code
3. Level one of HCPCS consists of

1. CPT codes

1. The inclusion of a code in COT indicates that the procedure is:

1. Commonly performed across the country
2. Endorsed by the AMA
3. Reimbursed by third party payers