Final Examination Booklet
Medical Coding 1
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Medical Coding 1Final Examination
You must type all of the answers to the examination questions.Include your name, address, and student number on the top of the first page of your exam answers. Use the exam number38170700. Be certain to indicate the proper question numberbefore each of your answers.To submit your answers online, go tohttp://www.takeexamsonline.com and attach your answers as aWord document.If you don’t have access to the Internet, you can mail your examanswers toPenn FosterStudent Service Center925 Oak StreetScranton, PA 18515EXAMINATION NUMBER:
38170700
Whichever method you use in submitting your examanswers to the school, you must use the number above.For the quickest test results, go tohttp://www.takeexamsonline.com
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Final Examination Booklet2
Part A: Answer each of the following questions in one or two paragraphs. Each answer isworth 20 points.
1. Differentiate between the official coding guidelines for using V codes in an inpatient andoutpatient setting.2. You’ve started your first day at Venture Outpatient Surgery Center. Explain how youwould code an operative report.3. Discuss coding for obstetrics, including items covered by the global fee for antepartumand postpartum periods of normal pregnancy.
Part B: Answer each of the following items in two to five sentences. Each answer is worthfour points.
1. Explain the importance of a fee schedule and the factors it’s based on.2. Why would a coder want to take special precaution when coding the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome?3. If a patient suffers multiple burns, describe the
correct
coding sequence.4. What is the result of an erroneous coding of a neoplasm?5. Explain how evaluation and management (E/M) codes are grouped.
Part C: Select the one best answer to each question. Each item is worth two points.
1. Which of the following modifiers is used to indicate partial reduction or elimination of apathology procedure?
A.
-22
C.
-42
B.
-32
D.
-522. When a physician provides a “complete” radiological procedure, two codes are submitted.One code is a radiological code, the other is a code from the _______ section.
A.
oncology
C.
surgery
B.
HCPCS Level II modifier
D.
supervision3. CPT Category II codes consist of _______ digits followed by one alpha character.
A.
two
C.
four
B.
three
D.
five
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