Week 2 Cpt

Assignment Week 2

Now that you have watched the CPT Video Tutorial and completed the tabbing activity so your CPT-4 book is tabbed, identify the following:

1. Question: What appendix will summarize the proper use of the -63 modifier?
Appendix F

2. Question: A list of Vascular Families is included in which appendix?

Appendix L

3. Question: The CPT is organized into three different Categories of codes, describe what is included for each category of Codes:

Category I Codes: procedures/services identified by five-digit CPT code and descriptor nomenclature; this type of code is traditionally associated with CPT and organized within six sections

Category II Codes: optional CPT "performance measurements" tracking code that is assigned an alphanumeric identifier with a letter in the last field; this type of code is located after the CPT Medicine section

Category III Codes: "emerging technology" temporary CTP code assigned for data collection purposes that are assigned an alphanumeric identifier with a letter in the last field; this type of code is located after the Medicine section, and it will be archived after five years if it is not accepted for placement within Category I sections of CPT

4. The two questions a coder has to answer about every case are:
· WHAT was done for the patient or WHAT services were provided?
· WHY was the service provided?

Question: The manual that coders use to provide the “What” is:

HCPCS (ICD-9-CM codes 001.0 through 999.9 (Reason for Encounter Section)

Question: The manual that coders use to provide the reason “Why” a patient was seen or a procedure was performed is:

PCT (ICD-9-CM Coding Conventions)

5. Question: The diagnosis is the “what was done” for the service