Across
- 3. the period of time covered for follow up care
- 7. developed for use in coding services for medicare patients
- 9. codes are used to describe procedures done in addition to a main procedure
- 11. provided to unstable, critically ill patients
- 12. someone who has never been seen
- 14. codes that represent medical procedures
- 15. tests that are frequently ordered together
- 16. often considered the most important of all CPT codes
- 17. similar care being provided by more than one physician
- 18. a code used when one or more special circumstances apply to the service or procedures performed
Down
- 1. coding a procedure or service at a higher level
- 2. the most commonly used system of procedure codes
- 4. any codes that includes more than one procedure in its description
- 5. someone who has been seen on numerous occasions
- 6. breaking a bundled code into components for higher reimbursement and is considered fraud
- 8. codes used when a history and physical exam does not take place
- 10. patient visits or appointments provided at the request of other healthcare providers
- 13. term used when the insurance carrier bases reimbursement