RHIA

RHIA practice questions, page 69 of 73, with answer review and explanations.

Question 341

A Medicare patient has arthroscopic analysis of adhesions and shaving of the particular The Medicare CCI (Correct Coding Initiative) edits indicate that code 29877 is not a component code for 29884, but code 29884 is a component code for 29877. The correct code(s) to be reported on this claim is (are)

  1. 29884-RT and 29877-RT.
  2. 29884-RT.
  3. 29877-RT.
  4. neither code.

Question 342

The hospital outpatient prospective payment system for Medicare applies to all of the following EXCEPT.

  1. professional services, such as physician fees.
  2. facility reimbursement for outpatient hospital clinic visits.
  3. facility reimbursement for emergency department visits.
  4. facility reimbursement for hospital-based ambulatory surgery.

Question 343

The Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits contain a listing of codes under two columns titled, "comprehensive codes" and "component codes." According to the CCI edits, when a provider bills Medicare for a procedure that appears in both columns for the same beneficiary on the same date of service.

  1. code only the component code.
  2. do not code either one.
  3. code only the comprehensive code.
  4. code both the comprehensive code and the component code.

Question 344

The following type of hospital is considered excluded, which means that it does not participate in any type of prospective payment system (PPS).

  1. rehabilitation hospital
  2. long-term care hospital
  3. psychiatric hospital
  4. cancer hospital

Question 345

These are financial protections to ensure that certain types of facilities (e.g., childrens hospitals) recoup all of their losses due to the differences int heir APC payments and the pre-APC payments.

  1. limiting charge
  2. indemnity insurance
  3. hold harmless
  4. pass through