QUESTION: 345

A Medicare patient has arthroscopic analysis of adhesions and shaving of the particular cartilage of the right knee. The codes are:
The Medicare CCI (Correct Coding Initiative) edits indicate that code 29877 is not a component code for 29884, but code 29884 is a component code for 29877. The correct code(s) to be reported on this claim is (are)

29884-RT and 29877-RT.
29884-RT.
29877-RT.
neither code.

Answer(s): C

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QUESTION: 346

The hospital outpatient prospective payment system for Medicare applies to all of the following EXCEPT.

professional services, such as physician fees.
facility reimbursement for outpatient hospital clinic visits.
facility reimbursement for emergency department visits.
facility reimbursement for hospital-based ambulatory surgery.

Answer(s): A

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QUESTION: 347

The Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits contain a listing of codes under two columns titled, "comprehensive codes" and "component codes." According to the CCI edits, when a provider bills Medicare for a procedure that appears in both columns for the same beneficiary on the same date of service.

code only the component code.
do not code either one.
code only the comprehensive code.
code both the comprehensive code and the component code.

Answer(s): C

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QUESTION: 348

The following type of hospital is considered excluded, which means that it does not participate in any type of prospective payment system (PPS).

rehabilitation hospital
long-term care hospital
\psychiatric hospital
cancer hospital

Answer(s): D

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