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Medical Coding And Billing Clinical
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which of the following is mandated for hourly employees by the Fair Labor Standards Act?
Pre-certification.
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
The code may not be used as the first code
2. The number of dependents an employee is claiming is found on the
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
Age analysis.
Payee
Form W-4.
3. Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions is used around synonyms - alternative workings - or explanations?
Payee
Statement of income and expense
[ ]
Payer
4. 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?
5. Which ICD-9-CM convention is used around nonessential or supplementary terms that do not affect the code?
Determine practice expense relative value units for all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule services
Third-party
False
( )
6. 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
6 months
False
60
Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
7. Which of the following should be a factor when selecting an outside collection agency?
False
Statement of income and expense
Choose an agency after a patient fails to respond to the final collection letter or has twice broken a promise to pay
HCPCS Level II codes
8. Forgiveness or waiver of copayments by the provider due to the patient's inability to pay is a universally acceptable practice
True
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
False
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
9. 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
The code may not be used as the first code
Open-book
Payer
Up to $500 -000 - or 1% of the practice's net worth
10. A federal Truth in Lending statement - which is a written description of the agreed terms of payment - is also called a(n) _______________ statement
Based on the patient's reported income from the previous month.
True
Disclosure
Includes
11. Prison sentences are possible consequences of...
Inaccurate and/or incorrect billing
Liability
Ask the physician to select a more specific code
Referrals
12. Which of the following prohibits harassment and false statements when attempting to collect from a patient?
Damages
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Open-book
Traveler's
13. Expenses such as routine eye examinations or dental care that are not covered by an insurance company are called exclusions.
True
Controlling accounts payable
60
[ ]
14. The ICD-9-CM convention code first underlying disease means...
Includes
The code may not be used as the first code
Office supplies.
False
15. The process of classifying and reviewing past-due accounts by age from the first date of billing is called _______________ _______________.
$280.
True
Age analysis
False
16. Expenses such as routine eye examinations or dental care that are not covered by an insurance company are called exclusions.
True
False
6 months
Up to $500 -000 - or 1% of the practice's net worth
17. The most common disbursement is for...
Office supplies.
Controlling accounts payable
60
Damages
18. The process of classifying and reviewing past-due accounts from the first date of billing is...
Choose an agency after a patient fails to respond to the final collection letter or has twice broken a promise to pay
Third-party
Age analysis.
False
19. 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.
False
Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
HCPCS
20. It is acceptable to threaten to send a patient's account to a collection agency even if you are not ready to do so
The code may not be used as the first code
V01-V83
Liability
False
21. The most appropriate response from a medical assistant when a patient calls the medical practice questioning why an insurance claim was rejected is...
Age analysis.
Payer
Check your explanation of benefits form
Disclosure
22. An act of deception used to take advantage of another person or entity is called...
HCPCS
Age analysis.
Fraud.
Third party payer
23. Which of the following is also called Public Law 95-109?
HCPCS
Office supplies.
Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
Liability
24. The ______________ is paid to the provider even if the patient receives no care
CPC
Office supplies.
Capitated rate
True
25. The law requires all employers to withhold money from employees' net earnings to pay federal - state - and local income taxes
Truth in Lending Act
Traveler's
False
CPC
26. 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.
Traveler's
Capitated rate
6 months
Petty cash
27. Which of the following requires creditors to provide applicants with accurate and complete credit costs and terms?
Copayment
True
Truth in Lending Act
Fraud.
28. When looking up an ICD-9-CM code - you see the notation NOS. What should you do?
True
Determine practice expense relative value units for all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule services
Resources
Ask the physician to select a more specific code
29. The determination of the amount of money paid by a third-party payer for a procedure is...
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
Fraud.
6 months
Pre-certification.
30. In order to be considered negotiable - a check must be signed by the _______________.
Controlling accounts payable
Payer
True
False
31. 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.
The code may not be used as the first code
Pre-certification.
False
( )
32. 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.
Third party payer
Up to $500 -000 - or 1% of the practice's net worth
Third-party
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
33. Where will you locate the ICD code for a complete radiologic examination of the nasal bones?
60
Petty cash
Traveler's
460-519
34. Where will you locate the ICD code for a complete radiologic examination of the nasal bones?
Form W-4.
Fraud.
460-519
HCPCS Level II codes
35. A federal Truth in Lending statement - which is a written description of the agreed terms of payment - is also called a(n) _______________ statement
Third-party
Disclosure
Fraud.
True
36. National codes issued by CMS that cover many supplies and durable medical equipment are...
460-519
HCPCS Level II codes
Copayment
Capitated rate
37. The process of classifying and reviewing past-due accounts by age from the first date of billing is called _______________ _______________.
CPC
Controlling accounts payable
Age analysis
Age analysis.
38. What kind of checks are printed in $10 - $20 - $50 - and $100 denominations and must be purchased and signed at the bank?
39. A small fee that is collected at the time of service is called a(n) _______________.
Copayment
460-519
Disclosure
60
40. The _______________-_______________ _______________ is the health plan that pays for medical services
Statement of income and expense
Based on the patient's reported income from the previous month.
True
Third party payer
41. The Relative Value Unit System was created to...
The code may not be used as the first code
Determine practice expense relative value units for all Medicare Physician Fee Schedule services
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
Third party payer
42. Money paid as compensation as result of a lawsuit is called _______________.
False
Statement of income and expense
Punitive damages
Damages
43. Which of the following is also called Public Law 95-109?
460-519
Inaccurate and/or incorrect billing
Disclosure
Fair Debt Collection Practice Act
44. Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions indicates that the entries following it refine the content of a preceding entry?
Ask the physician to select a more specific code
Damages
Includes
Payee
45. The payment system used by Medicare is based on...
If the diagnosis makes you ask 'How did that happen?'
Resources
6 months
Truth in Lending Act
46. Most practices use checks from a standard checkbook - or they use _______________ checks - which are business checks with stubs attached
Pre-certification.
Voucher
False
Form W-4.
47. Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions is used around synonyms - alternative workings - or explanations?
[ ]
False
60
Based on the patient's reported income from the previous month.
48. 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...
Truth in Lending Act
Denied as a billing error because the treatment was not medically necessary based on the diagnosis.
HCPCS Level II codes
Check your explanation of benefits form
49. Which of the following requires creditors to provide applicants with accurate and complete credit costs and terms?
60
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Truth in Lending Act
Petty cash
50. Which of the following ICD-9-CM conventions indicates that the entries following it refine the content of a preceding entry?
Includes
Time and a half for all hours worked beyond the normal 8 hours in a regular workday
Age analysis
Disclosure