Ch 17: Content Review

Question 1

What is the name of the electrodes that are placed into the atrium and/or ventricle of the heart when a pacemaker is inserted?

Answer 1

Leads

Question 2

Within the cardiovascular system, what is compared to the branches of a tree?

Answer 2

Vascular Families

Question 3

______ is a procedure in which fluid is withdrawn from the space around the heart through a needle and a catheter is left in to allow for continued drainage.

Answer 3

?? (not pericardiocentesis)

Question 4

The major division of the Cardiovascular subsection is whether a procedure involved a ______ vessel.

Answer 4

Coronary or noncoronary

Question 5

What type of cardiology is a diagnostic specialty that uses radioactive elements to aid in the diagnosis of cardiology conditions?

Answer 5

Nuclear

Question 6

If catheterization is performed on the coronary arteries, in which section would you find the codes?

Answer 6

?? (not all of the above)

Question 7

The number of postoperative days usually assigned for the global period following implantation of a pacemaker is:

Answer 7

90 days

Question 8

Cardiovascular stress test codes are used for:

Answer 8

Both A and B

Question 9

If a clinic owns its own x-ray equipment, what modifier would be used when coding for the supervision and interpretation of a cardiac catheterization?

Answer 9

No modifier

Question 10

If the clinic physician performs the catheterization procedure at the hospital, which modifier would you append to the catheterization code?

Answer 10

-26

Question 11

T/F: The epicardial approach involves accessing a vein and inserting a needle with a wire into the vein.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Supervision and interpretation codes for angiography are located where in the CPT manual?

Answer 12

Radiology Section

Question 13

Code: A five-vessel coronary artery bypass using two arteries and three vein grafts.

Answer 13

33534, 33519

Question 14

The device that can be inserted into the body to electrically shock the heart into regular rhythm.

Answer 14

Implantable Defibrillator

Question 15

______ cardiology is entering the body to make a correction or for examination.

Answer 15

Invasive

Question 16

In which type of catheter placement is the catheter moved, manipulated, or guided into a part of the arterial system other than the vessel punctured?

Answer 16

Selective

Question 17

What does the abbreviation EP mean as it relates to cardiovascular services?

Answer 17

Electrophysiology

Question 18

T/F: If fluroscopic guidance is used during the insertion of a pacemaker, it is bundled with the primary procedure and cannot be reported separately.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Code: Abdominal aortogram in an outpatient facility

Answer 19

??

Question 20

The pulse generator of a pacemaker is also referred to as:

Answer 20

The battery

Question 21

T/F: When coding a change of battery in a pacemaker, both the removal and the re-implantation are coded.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

An example of a noninvasive cardiology procedure/service is:

Answer 22

Cardiovascular stress test

Question 23

Pacemaker insertion codes are divided based on the surgical:

Answer 23

Approach

Question 24

T/F: To correctly report coronary bypass grafts, you must know which type of vessel is being grafted and the number of vessels grafted.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Code 36000 (Introduction of needle or intracatheter, vein) is an example of:

Answer 25

?? (not injection procedure)

Question 26

What are the three sections of the CPT manual that you use to code many cardiovascular services?

Answer 26

• Surgery
• Radiology
• Medicine

Question 27

Code: PTCA of left anterior descending coronary artery

Answer 27

??

Question 28

Code: Right and left heart catheterization

Answer 28

?? (Maybe 93453)

Question 29

T/F: PTCA is an acronym for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

Answer 29

??

Question 30

Which item is NOT considered to be bundled in with a vascular injection?

Answer 30

??