Using a CPT manual, select the appropriate code for the following procedure
Percutaneous needle core biopsy of breast.
19100
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A worker at a chemical plant was working on a high-pressure tank containing chlorine gas when the valve broke, filling the room with chlorine gas and throwing the patient forcefully against the wall. He was unresponsive and trapped in the room for 10 minutes, until being pulled out by firefighters. As he is brought to your location, he appears unresponsive. Your first action in caring for this
patient would be to: A) assess breathing and auscultate breath sounds. B) open the airway using the head-tilt, chin-lift. C) determine the presence or absence of a pulse. D) take in-line manual spinal stabilization.
You arrive at a MCI. You see a non-ambulatory child who has been evaluated using the JumpSTART algorithm with a yellow tag. What does this represent?
A) Provide immediate attention to this patient B) Move on and look at other patients, this patient does not have a significant external injury C) The patient is dead D) Delayed response, check to see if there are significant external signs of injury
If a patient presents with a minimal problem and the physician performs a limited exam of the affected body area only, the exam would be reported as problem focused
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Codes that identify special circumstances, events, or room accommodations that may affect the payer's processing of the bill are called:
condition codes. occurrence codes. value codes. revenue codes.