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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 heart,pericardium,arteries, and veins | The two subheadings within the Cardiovascular System subsection |
| invasive | Procedures that break the skin for correction or examination |
| noninvasive | Procedures that do not break the skin |
| cardiology | the subspecialty of internal medicine that is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of the heart |
| medicine, radiology, surgery | chapter 7 u learned about coding from which three sections of the CPT |
| selective catheter | A catheter that is inserted into an artery and manipulated to a futher order is |
| nonselective catheter | is inserted into an artery and not manipulated to a futher order |
| percutaneous | surgical procedures in the heart and pericardium subheading contain procedures that are performed thru both open surgical sites and |
| nuclear cardiology | the use of radioactive radiologic procedures to aid in the diagnosis of cardiologic conditions |
| electrophysiology | The study of the heart's electrical system |
| displacement therapy | the name of the therapy in which the physician flushes saline solution into the sinuses to remove mucus or pus |
| anatomic site | The respiratory system subsection is arranged by |
| endoscopic procedure | The procedure in which a scope is placed through a small incision and into a body cavity |
| extent | When coding endoscopic procedures you must be certain to code to the fullest |
| -51 | If more than one distinct procedure was performed during an endoscopic procedure, what modifier would you add to the lesser-priced service |
| diagnostic | What type of endoscopy is always bundled into a surgical endoscopy |
| indirect | A laryngoscopy is performed when a physician uses a tongue depressor to hold the tongue down and view the epiglottis with a mirror |
| direct | A laryngoscopy is performed when the endoscope is passed into the larynx and the physician can look at the larynx through a scope |
| integumentary | When coding a nasal abscess or a nasal biopsy of the skin using the external approach, you use codes from what system |
| respiratory | When coding a nasal abscess or a nasal biopsy using the internal approach, you use codes from what system |
| inferior, middle, superior | What are the three sections of turbinates |
| ear, nose, throat | An otorhinolaryngologist is a physician who specializes in treating conditions of |
| -50 | If bilateral destruction of maxillary sinuses is performed, what modifier would you use |
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