Basic Procedure Coding Systems – Week 1 Assignment
Exercise 8.5 & 8.6 – CPT Appendices & CPT Symbols
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Exercise 8.5 – CPT Appendices
Match the appendix with its description. Answers may be assigned more than once.
1.Contains a list of add-on codes identified throughout CPT with a + symbol
2.Contains a list of CPT modifiers and detailed descriptions
3.Contains a list of codes that are exempt from modifier -63
4.Contains a list of vascular families to assist in the determination of first-, second-, third-, and beyond third-order branches of arteries
5.Contains CPT codes that may be used for synchronous telemedicine services
6.Contains added, deleted, and revised CPT codes
7.Contains codes for MAAA procedures
8.Contains an alphabetic clinical topics listing at the AMA website, which includes performance measures
9.Contains an electrodiagnostic medicine listing of sensory, motor, and mixed nerves
10.Contains clinical examples for codes in the E/M section
11.Contains codes for vaccine products that are pending FDA approval
12.Contains codes that are exempt from modifier -51 reporting rules and that are identified with a
13.Formerly contained genetic testing modifiers
14.Contains a crosswalk of resequenced codes that are identified with a # symbol
15.Contains a crosswalk of deleted and renumbered CPT codes