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A patient is admitted with pneumonia. Cultures are requested to determine the infecting organism. Which of the following, if present, would alert the coder to ask the physician whether or not this should be coded as gram-negative pneumonia?

  1. Pseudomonas.
  2. Clostridium.
  3. Staphylococcus.
  4. Listeria.

Answer(s): A



The Level I (CPT) codes of the HCPCS coding system are maintained by the

  1. American Medical Association
  2. American Hospital Association.
  3. Local fiscal intermediary.
  4. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Answer(s): A



A physician excises a 3.1-cm malignant lesion of the scalp that requires full-thickness graft from the thigh to the scalp. In CPT, which of the following procedures should be coded?

  1. full-thickness skin graft to scalp only
  2. excision of lesion; full-thickness skin graft to scalp
  3. excision of lesion; full-thickness skin graft to scalp; excision of skin from thigh
  4. code 15000 for surgical preparation of recipient site; full-thickness skin graft to scalp

Answer(s): B



A patient is seen by a surgeon who determines that an emergency procedure is necessary. Identify the modifier that may be reported to indicate that the deciion to do surgery was made on this office visit.

  1. -25.
  2. -55.
  3. -57
  4. -58

Answer(s): C



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