chptr 21

Question 1

category I codes

Answer 1

the codes listed in the main text of the CPT book, aka cpt codes

Question 2

category II codes

Answer 2

codes for performance measurement and tracking

Question 3

category III codes

Answer 3

codes for emerging technology

Question 4

experimental

Answer 4

a procedure or treatment that has not yet been accepted by the health care industry as the standard of care

Question 5

outpatient

Answer 5

an outpatient is a patient who receives services for a short amount of time (less than 24 hours) in a physicians office or clinic, without being kept overnight

Question 6

procedure

Answer 6

action taken, in accordance with the standards of care, by the physician to accomplish a predetermined objective (result) ; a surgical operation

Question 7

service

Answer 7

spending time with a patient and/or family about health care situations

Question 8

treatment

Answer 8

the provision of medical care for a disorder or disease

Question 9

unlisted codes

Answer 9

codes shown at the end of each subsection of the CPT used as a catch-all for any procedure not represented by an existing code