module 17 Flashcards
Which anatomic position has the patient lying at an angle instead of lying flat or directly on their side?
Oblique
Tests in the Chemistry section of CPT® are what types of tests unless specified otherwise?
Quantitative
What do the services in the Reproductive Medicine Procedures section of the Pathology and Laboratory chapter of CPT® report?
Services related to in vitro fertilization
What modifier identifies the professional component of a service?
26
What is usually found in the blood if a person has or used to have an infecting virus?
antibody
If the findings on examination of a Pap smear are normal and described as “negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy” this is an example of what type of results reporting?
Bethesda
A virus is identified by observing growth patterns on cultured media. What is this type of identification is called?
Presumptive
Referring to the CPT® codebook in the Evocative/Suppression subsection, if a patient has congenital adrenal hypoplasia (CAH) and testing is performed to identify if the insufficiency is due to 21 hydroxylase deficiency (insufficient stimulating hormones or inability to react to those hormones), what substances are tested for and how many times must the tests be performed?
Cortisol x 2, 17 Hydroxyprogesterone x 2
Rationale: In the CPT® Index, look for Evocative/Suppression Test. There is a note to See Pathology and Laboratory, Evocative/Suppression Test. Look for Pathology and Laboratory/Evocative/Suppression Test/ Stimulation Panel/ACTH directing you to codes 80400, 80402, 80406. Section guidelines state “In the code descriptors where reference is made to a particular analyte the “X 2” refers to the number of times the test for that particular analyte is performed.” Code 80402 for 21 hydroxylase deficiency states in the code descriptor: Cortisol (82533 ´ 2) and 17 Hydroxyprogesterone (83498 ´ 2).
The code for sweat collection by iontophoresis can be found in what section of the Pathology Chapter of CPT®
Other Procedures
