1. A serum potassium level of 2.8 would indicate

2. The first stage of alcoholic liver disease is

3. After reviewing the following excerpt from CPT, code 27646 would be interpreted as

4. This accounting method attributes a dollar figure to every input required to provide a service.

5. This information indicates the most recent activity of an item.

6. The nursing staff would most likely use which of the following to facilitate aggregation of data for comparison at local, regional, national, and international levels?

7. A patient was seen by Dr. Zachary. The charge for the office visit was $125. The Medicare beneficiary had already met his deductible. The Medicare fee schedule amount is $100. Dr. Zachary does not accept assignment. The office manager will apply a practice termed as

8. Sam Spade has been injured in a MVA. The organ in his body, situated at the upper left of his abdominal cavity, under the ribs, that is part of his lymphatic system has been ruptured and he is bleeding internally. Sam needs a surgical procedure known as a

9. The occurrence of an OCE (outpatient code editor) edit can result in one of __________ different dispositions, which help to ensure that the fiscal intermediaries in all parts of the country are following similar claims processing procedures. An example of one of these dispositions is

10. In regard to quality of coding, the degree to which the same results (same codes) are obtained by different coders or on multiple attempts by the same coder refers to

11. A patient

12. Full-term infant, born in hospital. Diagnosed with polycystic kidneys.

13. Patient is treated for congestive heart failure with pleural effusion. A therapeutic

14. Susan Dawn is status post mastectomy (6 weeks) due to carcinoma of the breast. She is admitted to the outpatient clinic for chemotherapy. What is the correct sequencing of the codes?

15. The Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits contain a listing of codes under two columns titled,

16. Tachycardia after taking a correct dosage of prescribed Lortab would be reported as a(n)

17. A female patient was admitted with uncontrolled type II diabetes. Patient also had an abscessed diabetic ulcer of the foot that was treated with incision and drainage. Culture and sensitivity of abscess shows growth of Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin resistant. Patient was started on the appropriate antibiotic. Patient is on oral as well as injectional insulin for control of diabetes.

18. Hypertensive kidney disease, congestive heart failure, and acute systolic heart failure

19. Cervical cerclage is a procedure used to help prevent

20. Screening examination for lung cancer

21. If a participating provider

22. Assume the patient has already met his or her deductible and that the physician is a Medicare participating (PAR) provider. The physician

23. If this physician is a nonparticipating physician who does NOT accept assignment for this claim, the total amount he will receive is

24. Meningitis sarcoidosis

25. Fee schedules are updated by third party payers