FREE Medical Coding (CMCS) Trivia Questions and Answers

Question 1

The physician performs a cardiovascular treatment that the coder is unfamiliar with, and the procedure's name does not appear in the CPT index.
What action should the developer take first in such a circumstance?

Accepted Answer

Request that the medical professional look at the CPT codes in the cardiovascular area

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Assign a similar cardiovascular procedure code

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Use an unlisted procedure code from the cardiovascular section

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Postpone coding the specific procedure until a code is established by the AMA

Question 2

The coding supervisor performs weekly quality checks to evaluate the precision of the coded data. Which of the following codes listed as the principal diagnostic is the sole code that can be assigned as the principal diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

321.2 Meningitis due to viruses, not else- where classified

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V71.1 Observation for suspected malignant neoplasm

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E855.0 Accidental poisoning by anticonvulsant and anti-Parkinsonism drugs

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V27.0 Outcome of delivery, single liveborn

Question 3

To rule out pneumonia, a patient with a cough (symptom code: 786.2) was referred by his doctor to the outpatient department (486). The outcomes could have been better.

Which of the following is the appropriate sequencing?

Accepted Answer

786.2

Answer

V72.5; 786.2

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V72.5

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V72.5; 486

Question 4

A patient with tachycardia and hypotension visited the emergency room. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the patient's condition was brought on by a tetanus toxoid shot given four hours earlier.

Which of the following is the appropriate sequencing?

Accepted Answer

Hypotension; tachycardia; and therapeutic use E code, tetanus toxoid

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Hypotension; tachycardia; and accidental poisoning E code, tetanus toxoid

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Unspecified adverse reaction and undetermined cause E code, tetanus toxoid

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Poisoning due to tetanus toxoid and therapeutic use E code, tetanus toxoid

Question 5

You code charts for clients at a billing company. Because your team is two months behind schedule and needs to comply with the terms of your service line agreement in the contract with your client, your manager sends out claims that have not been professionally coded. However, they claim it is acceptable because the provider already coded the shares at the time of service, and the client does not want to pay for additional coding. Which of the following assertions is accurate?

Accepted Answer

This is unacceptable since billing businesses are responsible for any fraudulent claims they submit, including under coding

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This is acceptable because the supplier made the best effort while coding the claim and is therefore exempt from liability

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Most of the time, the suppliers under code their offerings, which saves the insurance company money and spares us effort

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Only over coding is fraudulent, so this is acceptable.

Question 6

Which of the subsequent statements is false:

Accepted Answer

Modifier -25 is applied to a fair assessment and management service coded alongside a connected operation

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They were changing the code on a claim because the provider did not fulfill documentation standards

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Use modifier -59 to report a unique and distinct service that would otherwise be against NCCI policies

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All of the above are acceptable practices

The physician performs a cardiovascular treatment that the coder is unfamiliar with, and the procedure's name does not appear in the CPT index.What action should the developer take first in such a circumstance?

The physician performs a cardiovascular treatment that the coder is unfamiliar with, and the procedure's name does not appear in the CPT index.
What action should the developer take first in such a circumstance?