Certification study guide for NHA CBCS Exam QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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Medical Ethics Correct Answer: Standards of conduct based on moral principals. Acting within ethical behavior boundries means carrying out one's responsibilities with integrity, decency, respect,... honesty, competence, fairness and trust. Compliance Regulations Correct Answer: Most billing related cases are based on HIPAA and the False Claims Act. HIPAA is an acronym for Correct Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Category 1 CPT codes Correct Answer: Medical Procedures. Category 2 CPT codes Correct Answer: Supplemental Codes for Performance Measures. Category 3 CPT codes Correct Answer: Emerging Technologies. Add on Codes Correct Answer: Used for procedures that are always performed during the same operative session, as another surgery in addition to the primary service/procedure and is never performed separately. Anesthesia is found Correct Answer: 00100-01999, 99100-99140. Evaluation and Management (E&M) codes Correct Answer: Are listed first in the CPT manual because they are used by all the different specialties. Brackets Correct Answer: Used to enclose synonyms, alternative wording or and explanatory phrase. Bullets Correct Answer: Represents a new procedure or service code added since the previous edition of the manual. Chief Complaint (CC) Correct Answer: The reason the patient came to see the physician. Circle with a line through it (��) Correct Answer: Exemption from modifier 51. CPT Correct Answer: Used to report services and procedures by physicians. E&M codes Correct Answer: 99201-99499 Guidelines are found Correct Answer: At the beginning of each section and used to provide specific coding rules for that section. [Show More]

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