CPT Provides Level I Modifiers to Explain All of the Following

question 1393

Multiple Choice

CPT provides Level I modifiers to explain all of the following situations EXCEPT

• A) when a service or procedure is partially reduced or eliminated at the physician's discretion.
• B) when one surgeon provides only postoperative services.
• C) when a patient sees a surgeon for follow-up care after surgery.
• D) when the same laboratory test is repeated multiple times on the same day.

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Definitions:

Chromatic

Relating to or using colors, typically in visual contexts, or pertaining to chromaticism in music, which involves notes outside the main scale.

Achromatic

describes colors lacking in hue, such as black, white, and greys, or scenes and images without color.

Young-Helmholtz Theory

A theory of color and how the human eye perceives color through the processing of different wavelengths by three types of color receptors (cones) sensitive to red, green, and blue.

Television Image

A visual representation produced on a screen by a television system.