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AAPC
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American Academy of Professional Coders
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professional organization
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AHIMA
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American Health Information Management Association
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professional organization
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CPT
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Current Procedural Terminology
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coding manual
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CMS
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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government entity
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Medical Coder
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a person who transforms medical descriptions of healthcare services into specific numeric or alphanumeric codes.
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definition
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HCFA
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Health Care Financing Administration
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government entity
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HCPCS
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Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
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coding manual
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ICD-9-CM
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International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification
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coding manual
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WHO
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World Health Organization
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international entity
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What are the two levels of the HCPCS?
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Level I - Current Procedural Terminology
Level II - National HCPCS codes |
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What are the codes in the ICD-9-CM codebook used for?
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To code: diagnoses, injuries, diseases, symptoms, illnesses, and conditions
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DIDSIC
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What are the two main National HCPCS categories used by the majority of healthcare professionals?
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Drugs administered other than oral method
Medical surgical supplies |
DRNO/MSS
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Which HCPCS level codes are alphanumeric?
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National HCPCS codes
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Which HCPCS codes are five-digit numeric codes?
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CPT codes
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Name the four federal health plans.
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Federal Employee Health Plan
CHAMPUS Medicare Medicaid |
FEHP / CMM
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What are the six sections of the CPT codebook?
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Surgery
Anesthesia Medicine Pathology and Laboratory Evaluation and Management Radiology |
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Name three things that National HCPCS codes describe that are very limited within the CPT codebook.
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Supplies
Injections Materials |
SIM
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Who holds the copyright for all CPT codes?
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American Medical Association
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