Question Set #1: Coding Basics

  1. The doctor’s slang “coding” usually refers to:
    1. ICD-9 Codes
    2. E&M Codes
    3. A&B
    4. Humorous nicknames for patients
  2. Coding properly can result in:
    1. Increased revenue
    2. Quicker payments from insurance companies
    3. Bonuses, raises, and offers for partnership
    4. All of the above.
  3. Coding improperlycan result in:
    1. More work to make ends meet
    2. Failure as a business
    3. Charges of fraud
    4. All of the above
  4. T/F  Coding is a purely subjective process
    1. True
    2. False
  5. In all 50 states, all of the following are consistent and the same except
    1. ICD-9 Codes
    2. Fees
    3. 99214 visits
    4. History and physical formats
  6. Which of the following is a reason to learn coding:
    1. Medical staff can be trained to code for you.
    2. Computers can code accurately.
    3. Insurance companies (the people who pay you) require it.
    4. All patients should be charged a 99213.
  7. How can you find ICD-9 codes?
    1. Using electronic medical records
    2. Have a book or table handy.
    3. Having staff look up the ICD9 codes for you later.
    4. All of the above.
  8. E&M Codes are
    1. A type of CPT code
    2. Evaluation and Management codes
    3. A&B
    4. A type of ICD-9 code.
  9. CPT codes areICD-9 Codes
    1. Codes used for common medical procedures or office visits
    2. Used by insurance companies for billing purposes
    3. Used to estimate how much work you do
    4. All of the above.
    1. Help with diagnosis
    2. Define and categorize diagnoses
    3. Emphasize diagnoses
    4. Link treatments and diagnoses
*answers below…*
  1. The doctor’s slang “coding” usually refers to:
    1. ICD-9 Codes
    2. E&M Codes
    3. A&B
    4. Humorous nicknames for patients
  2. Coding properly can result in:
    1. Increased revenue
    2. Quicker payments from insurance companies
    3. Bonuses, raises, and offers for partnership
    4. All of the above.
  3. Coding improperlycan result in:
    1. More work to make ends meet
    2. Failure as a business
    3. Charges of fraud
    4. All of the above
  4. T/F  Coding is a purely subjective process
    1. True
    2. False
  5. In all 50 states, all of the following are consistent and the same except
    1. ICD-9 Codes
    2. Fees
    3. 99214 visits
    4. History and physical formats
  6. Which of the following is a reason to learn coding:
    1. Medical staff can be trained to code for you.
    2. Computers can code accurately.
    3. Insurance companies (the people who pay you) require it.
    4. All patients should be charged a 99213.
  7. How can you find ICD-9 codes?
    1. Using electronic medical records
    2. Have a book or table handy.
    3. Having staff look up the ICD9 codes for you later.
    4. All of the above.
  8. E&M Codes are
    1. A type of CPT code
    2. Evaluation and Management codes
    3. A&B
    4. A type of ICD-9 code.
  9. CPT codes are
    1. Codes used for common medical procedures or office visits
    2. Used by insurance companies for billing purposes
    3. Used to estimate how much work you do
    4. All of the above.
  10. ICD-9 Codes
    1. Help with diagnosis
    2. Define and categorize diagnoses
    3. Emphasize diagnoses
    4. Link treatments and diagnoses

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