Questions On Medical Billing And Coding? Quiz!
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Questions on medical billing and coding? Patients’ records are expected to show what a patient has been treated for, medications are given to, and some precautions medical practitioners should know regarding the patient. A medical coder is expected to ensure that the records are written accurately and can be accessed with ease. Take this quiz and see what you may learn about this role.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Approximately how many hospitals currently participate in the Medicare program?
- A.
A. 8,000
- B.
B. 5,000
- C.
7,000
- D.
4,000
- 2.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is adding 3 additional C-APCs for CY2018.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.C-APCs impact which of the following settings of care:
- A.
Ambulatory Surgical Centers
- B.
Outpatient Hospital
- C.
Inpatient Hospital
- D.
Physician Office
- 4.ASC payments are projected to increase by 1.2% in CY2018.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.On average, Medicare physician payments will:
- A.
Increase by 2%
- B.
Decrease by 5%
- C.
Remain relatively flat
- D.
Decrease by 10%
- 6.The CY2018 Conversion Factor used to calculate Medicare physician payments is
- A.
$35.7547
- B.
$35.9996
- C.
$35.8043
- 7.Which of the following anesthesia CPT codes have been deleted:
- A.
00740
- B.
00731
- C.
00811
- D.
00813
- 8.Which of the following HCPCS codes should be used to report anesthesia for combined upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures, endoscope introduced both proximal to and distal to the duodenum:
- A.
00731
- B.
00732
- C.
00811
- D.
00813
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