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Medical Coding And Billing Clinical
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medical-transcription
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions indicates that the entries following it refine the content of a preceding entry?
460-519
Includes
False
True
2. Which of the following demonstrates the practice's profitability by illustrating the practice's total income and expenses?
Fraud.
Petty cash
Fraud.
Statement of income and expense
3. A(n) _______________ account uses the last date of payment or charge for each illness as the starting date for determining the time limit on that specific debt
HCPCS Level II codes
Up to $500 -000 - or 1% of the practice's net worth
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
Open-book
4. The most appropriate response from a medical assistant when a patient calls the medical practice questioning why an insurance claim was rejected is...
Inaccurate and/or incorrect billing
Petty cash
Capitated rate
Check your explanation of benefits form
5. The _______________-_______________ _______________ is the health plan that pays for medical services
Voucher
Statement of income and expense
CPC
Third party payer
6. The number of dependents an employee is claiming is found on the
Age analysis
Liability
Inaccurate and/or incorrect billing
Form W-4.
7. Usual and customary fees are converted to dollar amounts - which form the basis of the fee schedule that creates uniform payments adjusted for geographic differences.
Controlling accounts payable
Includes
Payee
False
8. The law requires all employers to withhold money from employees' net earnings to pay federal - state - and local income taxes
True
If the diagnosis makes you ask 'How did that happen?'
Petty cash
False
9. What kind of checks are printed in $10 - $20 - $50 - and $100 denominations and must be purchased and signed at the bank?
10. The payment system used by Medicare is based on...
Referrals
Resources
Open-book
Open-book
11. The _______________ coding system has two levels and is used for coding services for Medicare patients
Voucher
HCPCS
Determine practice expense relative value units for all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule services
True
12. Which of the following should be a factor when selecting an outside collection agency?
Copayment
Age analysis.
Ask the physician to select a more specific code
Choose an agency after a patient fails to respond to the final collection letter or has twice broken a promise to pay
13. Eligibility for Medicaid is...
14. The ______________ is paid to the provider even if the patient receives no care
$280.
Statement of income and expense
Capitated rate
True
15. To avoid writing checks for small amounts - you may pay for small purchases using the _______________ _______________ fund - which is cash kept on hand in the office.
Pre-certification.
False
Petty cash
Copayment
16. Money paid as compensation as result of a lawsuit is called _______________.
460-519
Inaccurate and/or incorrect billing
Damages
Resources
17. The law requires all employers to withhold money from employees' net earnings to pay federal - state - and local income taxes
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
False
Determine practice expense relative value units for all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule services
60
18. Which of the following is also called Public Law 95-109?
Fraud.
Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
If the diagnosis makes you ask 'How did that happen?'
Capitated rate
19. Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions indicates that the entries following it refine the content of a preceding entry?
Third-party
Includes
False
Ask the physician to select a more specific code
20. The most likely outcome of an insurance claim submitted with a diagnosis code of a sore throat and a treatment code indicating a cast for a broken leg would be...
HCPCS
Denied as a billing error because the treatment was not medically necessary based on the diagnosis.
Payee
Copayment
21. Most practices use checks from a standard checkbook - or they use _______________ checks - which are business checks with stubs attached
Based on the patient's reported income from the previous month.
Form W-4.
Resources
Voucher
22. National codes issued by CMS that cover many supplies and durable medical equipment are...
False
Fraud.
Statement of income and expense
HCPCS Level II codes
23. Which of the following types of insurance covers injuries that are caused by the insured or that occurred on the insured's property?
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
The code may not be used as the first code
Liability
HCPCS Level II codes
24. A small fee that is collected at the time of service is called a(n) _______________.
Copayment
[ ]
[ ]
Office supplies.
25. According to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act - how much will a practice have to pay if a credit applicant joins and wins a class action lawsuit against the practice?
26. Some insurers will not pay a claim unless it is filed within ________ of the date of service
Choose an agency after a patient fails to respond to the final collection letter or has twice broken a promise to pay
Liability
Check your explanation of benefits form
6 months
27. Which of the following requires creditors to provide applicants with accurate and complete credit costs and terms?
[ ]
Truth in Lending Act
Voucher
Damages
28. Under a Medicare Managed Care Plan - the PCP provides treatment and manages the patient's medical care through _______________ to specialists when additional care is required
False
Punitive damages
Ask the physician to select a more specific code
Referrals
29. An act of deception used to take advantage of another person or entity is called...
( )
Truth in Lending Act
Pre-certification.
Fraud.
30. The _______________ coding system has two levels and is used for coding services for Medicare patients
CPC
HCPCS
Voucher
True
31. Eligibility for Medicaid is...
32. Which ICD-9-CM convention is used around nonessential or supplementary terms that do not affect the code?
Office supplies.
Includes
( )
Third party payer
33. An act of deception used to take advantage of another person or entity is called...
Fraud.
Statement of income and expense
( )
Statement of income and expense
34. If an employee earns $8 per hour and works 35 hours per week - the gross earnings are...
Check your explanation of benefits form
Determine practice expense relative value units for all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule services
HCPCS Level II codes
$280.
35. The payment system used by Medicare is based on...
Up to $500 -000 - or 1% of the practice's net worth
Resources
The code may not be used as the first code
Capitated rate
36. An employer identification number is required by law from every employer for federal tax accounting purposes
Up to $500 -000 - or 1% of the practice's net worth
Third party payer
True
( )
37. Money paid for intentionally breaking the law is called _______________ _______________.
Punitive damages
Liability
60
CPC
38. The process of classifying and reviewing past-due accounts by age from the first date of billing is called _______________ _______________.
Fraud.
Age analysis
Liability
Resources
39. The number of dependents an employee is claiming is found on the
True
False
Form W-4.
False
40. The American Academy of Professional Coders offers the ____ credential - also requiring coursework and on-the-job experience.
Open-book
CPC
Choose an agency after a patient fails to respond to the final collection letter or has twice broken a promise to pay
Punitive damages
41. The most common disbursement is for...
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
True
Office supplies.
Petty cash
42. Which of the following is mandated for hourly employees by the Fair Labor Standards Act?
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
CPC
Form W-4.
Fraud.
43. A health-care provider who practices under false qualifications/credentials is guilty of...
$280.
False
Disclosure
Fraud.
44. A benefit period for Medicare begins the day a patient goes into the hospital and ends when that patient has not been hospitalized for ____ days
Includes
60
The code may not be used as the first code
Payer
45. What kind of checks are printed in $10 - $20 - $50 - and $100 denominations and must be purchased and signed at the bank?
46. Which of the following demonstrates the practice's profitability by illustrating the practice's total income and expenses?
Fraud.
6 months
Office supplies.
Statement of income and expense
47. An easy way to remember when an E code is required is...
48. A federal Truth in Lending statement - which is a written description of the agreed terms of payment - is also called a(n) _______________ statement
Age analysis.
Payer
HCPCS
Disclosure
49. Which ICD-9-CM convention is used around nonessential or supplementary terms that do not affect the code?
Check your explanation of benefits form
True
( )
Liability
50. Most practices try to reduce expenses by...
60
Age analysis.
Controlling accounts payable
Form W-4.