CPT Manual and Coding Guidelines Quiz

Section I contains Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes.

CPT stands for Current Procedural Terminology.

The American Medical Association (AMA) maintains and publishes the CPT manual.

Section IV contains codes for radiology procedures in the CPT manual.

Radiology is NOT a main section of the CPT manual.

The primary purpose of CPT coding is to facilitate communication between healthcare providers and payers.

Diagnosis is not a key component of E/M services according to CPT coding guidelines.

Modifiers are used to indicate that a procedure was performed at a different time or location according to CPT guidelines.

The purpose of the CPT Editorial Panel is to develop and update CPT codes.

Category II codes in the CPT manual are optional tracking codes for performance measurement.

The purpose of the CPT Appendix D is to list the CPT codes in numerical order.

Modifier 50 should be used when a procedure is bilateral according to CPT guidelines.

The purpose of the CPT manual appendices is to provide additional information on coding guidelines.

The purpose of the CPT Appendix A is to list add-on codes.

'Unlisted procedure' means a procedure that doesn't have a specific CPT code when coding procedures using CPT.

The purpose of the CPT Appendix E is to list add-on codes.

The purpose of the CPT Appendix C is to list add-on codes.

The purpose of the CPT Appendix B is to list modifiers and their meanings.