HCPCS Coding Procedures Quiz

This is a uniform coding system consisting of descriptive terms and identifying codes that are used primarily to identify medical services and procedures furnished by physicians and other healthcare professionals.

• CPT

• ICD-10-CM

• HCPCS Level II

• E/M

Decisions regarding the addition, deletion, or revision of CPT codes are made by the ___.

• AMA

• CMS

• APC

• ASC

Medicare and other insurers cover a variety of services, supplies, and equipment that are not identified by CPT codes, the _____ codes were established for submitting claims for these items.

• AMA

• HCPCS Level II

• ICD-10-CM

• E/M

Also known as HCPCS Level III codes, these codes were established when an insurer preferred that suppliers use this code to identify a service for which there are no Level I or Level II codes, rather than using miscellaneous codes

• Dental Codes

• G Codes

• Local Codes

• Other Codes

Which of the following is a characteristic of HCPCS Level II national codes?

• They are numeric and four digits long

• They are alphanumeric, starting with a letter followed by four digits

• They are used only for inpatient procedures

• They are maintained by the American Medical Association (AMA)

Who maintains and updates HCPCS Level II national codes?

• American Medical Association (AMA)

• • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

• • American Hospital Association (AHA)

• World Health Organization (WHO)

These codes are a separate category of national codes and maintained by ADA.

• Local Codes

• Dental Codes

• Miscellaneous Codes

• G Codes

These codes are used when a supplier is submitting a bill for an item or service and there is no existing national code that adequately describes an item or service being billed.

• Local Codes

• Q Codes

• Miscellaneous Codes

• G Codes

These codes are used to identify professional healthcare procedures and services that would otherwise be coded in CPT-4 but for which there are no CPT codes.

• K Codes

• C Codes

• Q Codes

• G Codes

These are established internally by CMS to facilitate accurate Medicare claims processing. These are assigned for use when the information provided by a HCPCS code descriptor needs to be supplemented to identify specific circumstances that may apply to an item or service.

• Modifiers

• National Codes

• ASC Status Indicator

• APC Payment indicator