1. A patient underwent a ligation of spermatic veins for varicocele. The code reported would be 55530.
True
False
2. A hysteroscopy if the indirect visualization of the cervical canal and uterine cavity.
True
False
3. The antepartum period begins with conception and ends with delivery.
True
False
4. Pregnancy is subdivided into 2 trimesters.
True
False
5. A burr hole is small opening in the skull made with a surgical drill.
True
False
6. Somatic nerves control the involuntary autonomic nervous system.
True
False
7. When performing an iridectomy to accomplish a cataract extraction, the iridectomy is considered an integral part of the procedure and therefore is not performed separately.
True
False
8. Debulking is also called cytoreduction surgery.
True
False
9. For an anteroposterior projection xray the patient is positioned at a right angle to the film.
True
False
10. An aortography is a x-ray of a joint.
True
False
Question 11
Modifier -51 is usually not added to radiology codes but is added
to nuclear medicine codes.
True
False
Question 12
The radiological supervision and interpretation concept does not
apply to radiation oncology procedures.
True
False
Select the most appropriate answer to the following
questions.
Question 13
Prostate biopsies consist of which of the following?
Needle
Punch
Incisional
All of the above
Question 14
An induced abortion is described as a _________.
deliberate termination of a pregnancy.
a miscarriage in which part of the uterine contents are expelled.
an abortion-related pelvic and uterine infection.
a miscarriage in which a dead fetus remains in the uterus.
Question 15
The Central Nervous System consists of the which of the
following?
12 cranial nerves
31 spinal nerves
Sympathetic nerves
Spinal cord
Question 16
Ultrasound is used as a guidance tool for which of the
following?
Thoracentesis
Paracentesis
Biopsies
All of the above
Question 17
The plane of view that vertically divides the body through the
midline into two equal left and right halves would be the
__________.
Sagittal plane
Midsagittal plane
Transverse plane
Coronal plane
Complete the following.
Question 18
A child underwent a creation of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. The
correct code(s) would be
.
Question 19
Code _____is reported for the creation of a percutaneous shunt,
lumbar, subarachnoid-peritoneal.
Question 20
Modifier _____ is used when coding Eyelid codes for the lower
eyelid.
Question 21
Code _____ is used when a patient is having a screening
mammogram.
Question 22
Code ____is used to report a radiopharmaceutical
dacryocystograpy.
Question 23
Modifier _____ in Radiology coding is used to indicate that a
service is partially reduced at the physician's discretion.
Question 24
-TC indicates the _____
.
Question 25
Code ___ is reported when a complete mastoid x-ray is
performed.
1. A patient underwent a ligation of spermatic veins for varicocele. The code reported would be...
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