HCMA 115 Week 3 Terminiology

Modifiers

• Main text of the CPT manual

• Used to help explain a procedure code

• Codes that indicate additional procedures

Etiology

• A name or noun formed after a person.

• The cause of a disorder.

• A direction to the coder to look in another place

Acronyms

• Place of Service

• Family History

• Abbreviations

Guidelines

• Found at the beginning of each section of the coding manual

• Main text of the CPT manual

• A name or noun formed after a person

Add-on codes

• Codes that indicate additional procedures

• One of the six primary divisions of the main body of CPT

• Place of Service

Physical Status

• A patient who has received professional services from the physician

• Used to help explain a procedure code.

• Physical condition of the patient

Tabular Index

• Main text of the CPT manual

• Found at the beginning of each section of the coding manual

• Subjective, Objectives, Assessment and Plan

Bundled Code

• Codes that indicate additional procedures

• Codes for services or procedures that are grouped together and are paid as one service or procedure

• Used to help explain a procedure code.

E-codes

• Describe circumstances of an accident or injury

• A direction to the coder to look elsewhere if the main term is not sufficient

• Current Procedural Terminology

Eponym

• The cause of a disorder

• New to the practice

• A name or noun formed after a person.