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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. When looking up an ICD-9-CM code - you see the notation NOS. What should you do?
Ask the physician to select a more specific code
Determine practice expense relative value units for all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule services
Fraud.
False
2. Which of the following types of insurance covers injuries that are caused by the insured or that occurred on the insured's property?
Liability
False
Disclosure
Resources
3. The _______________-_______________ _______________ is the health plan that pays for medical services
Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
Office supplies.
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
Third party payer
4. 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.
Voucher
Check your explanation of benefits form
If the diagnosis makes you ask 'How did that happen?'
False
5. Most practices try to reduce expenses by...
False
Controlling accounts payable
Fraud.
Denied as a billing error because the treatment was not medically necessary based on the diagnosis.
6. A federal Truth in Lending statement - which is a written description of the agreed terms of payment - is also called a(n) _______________ statement
Disclosure
Check your explanation of benefits form
False
Ask the physician to select a more specific code
7. What kind of checks are printed in $10 - $20 - $50 - and $100 denominations and must be purchased and signed at the bank?
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8. Which of the following is also called Public Law 95-109?
Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
( )
Open-book
Payee
9. 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
Open-book
60
Pre-certification.
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
10. The most common disbursement is for...
Fraud.
Office supplies.
The code may not be used as the first code
Third party payer
11. In order to be considered negotiable - a check must be signed by the _______________.
Payer
The code may not be used as the first code
If the diagnosis makes you ask 'How did that happen?'
6 months
12. Which of the following should be a factor when selecting an outside collection agency?
460-519
Choose an agency after a patient fails to respond to the final collection letter or has twice broken a promise to pay
Open-book
HCPCS
13. A health-care provider who practices under false qualifications/credentials is guilty of...
Based on the patient's reported income from the previous month.
Form W-4.
Fraud.
HCPCS Level II codes
14. A federal Truth in Lending statement - which is a written description of the agreed terms of payment - is also called a(n) _______________ statement
Disclosure
[ ]
Referrals
False
15. You should not accept a(n) _______________-_______________ check that is made out to the patient rather than to the practice unless it is from a health insurance company.
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
Third-party
Controlling accounts payable
Petty cash
16. The most appropriate response from a medical assistant when a patient calls the medical practice questioning why an insurance claim was rejected is...
Check your explanation of benefits form
CPC
Petty cash
Determine practice expense relative value units for all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule services
17. Most practices use checks from a standard checkbook - or they use _______________ checks - which are business checks with stubs attached
Payer
Capitated rate
Petty cash
Voucher
18. A small fee that is collected at the time of service is called a(n) _______________.
Open-book
Age analysis
Copayment
Third-party
19. Which of the following is also called Public Law 95-109?
Traveler's
460-519
Capitated rate
Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
20. An employer identification number is required by law from every employer for federal tax accounting purposes
Resources
True
Damages
CPC
21. Prison sentences are possible consequences of...
Inaccurate and/or incorrect billing
True
Choose an agency after a patient fails to respond to the final collection letter or has twice broken a promise to pay
Payee
22. The American Academy of Professional Coders offers the ____ credential - also requiring coursework and on-the-job experience.
CPC
True
Truth in Lending Act
60
23. Which of the following demonstrates the practice's profitability by illustrating the practice's total income and expenses?
Form W-4.
Traveler's
Damages
Statement of income and expense
24. The determination of the amount of money paid by a third-party payer for a procedure is...
Pre-certification.
Check your explanation of benefits form
True
460-519
25. Which of the following requires creditors to provide applicants with accurate and complete credit costs and terms?
Form W-4.
Age analysis
Resources
Truth in Lending Act
26. 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
Third party payer
( )
Fraud.
27. 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
Open-book
Third-party
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
Copayment
28. Some insurers will not pay a claim unless it is filed within ________ of the date of service
Statement of income and expense
Office supplies.
Age analysis.
6 months
29. The most appropriate response from a medical assistant when a patient calls the medical practice questioning why an insurance claim was rejected is...
Determine practice expense relative value units for all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule services
Check your explanation of benefits form
Up to $500 -000 - or 1% of the practice's net worth
Petty cash
30. An easy way to remember when an E code is required is...
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31. Which of the following is mandated for hourly employees by the Fair Labor Standards Act?
Form W-4.
Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
True
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
32. 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.
Controlling accounts payable
Petty cash
Denied as a billing error because the treatment was not medically necessary based on the diagnosis.
Based on the patient's reported income from the previous month.
33. Where will you locate the ICD code for a complete radiologic examination of the nasal bones?
Payee
460-519
6 months
Liability
34. The process of classifying and reviewing past-due accounts by age from the first date of billing is called _______________ _______________.
Age analysis
The code may not be used as the first code
Payer
HCPCS
35. You should not accept a(n) _______________-_______________ check that is made out to the patient rather than to the practice unless it is from a health insurance company.
HCPCS
Third-party
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Age analysis
36. Most practices try to reduce expenses by...
Controlling accounts payable
False
Includes
Up to $500 -000 - or 1% of the practice's net worth
37. he ICD code for a home visit for evaluation and management of an established patient is found in which of the following series of codes?
V01-V83
Voucher
Petty cash
Liability
38. An act of deception used to take advantage of another person or entity is called...
Petty cash
Controlling accounts payable
Fraud.
Choose an agency after a patient fails to respond to the final collection letter or has twice broken a promise to pay
39. The person to whom the check is written is the _______________.
Referrals
460-519
Payee
Truth in Lending Act
40. 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.
Traveler's
False
[ ]
( )
41. The most common disbursement is for...
Office supplies.
Payee
If the diagnosis makes you ask 'How did that happen?'
Damages
42. The payment system used by Medicare is based on...
$280.
Resources
Age analysis
6 months
43. 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?
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44. The law requires all employers to withhold money from employees' net earnings to pay federal - state - and local income taxes
False
Age analysis.
Third party payer
Disclosure
45. Money paid as compensation as result of a lawsuit is called _______________.
Disclosure
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
Truth in Lending Act
Damages
46. 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
Determine practice expense relative value units for all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule services
Capitated rate
[ ]
Referrals
47. 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
Voucher
60
Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
Form W-4.
48. Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions indicates that the entries following it refine the content of a preceding entry?
Pre-certification.
Disclosure
Includes
Third-party
49. Forgiveness or waiver of copayments by the provider due to the patient's inability to pay is a universally acceptable practice
Based on the patient's reported income from the previous month.
V01-V83
Open-book
False
50. Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions is used around synonyms - alternative workings - or explanations?
Petty cash
Capitated rate
Ask the physician to select a more specific code
[ ]