When Professor McKay Nervously Began Teaching a University Class for the First

question 62

Multiple Choice

When Professor McKay nervously began teaching a university class for the first time,he overestimated the extent to which his students would notice that he was anxious.His reaction best illustrates

• A) self-serving bias.
• B) the spotlight effect.
• C) narcissism.
• D) reciprocal determinism.

Identify the role and application of HCPCS Level I (CPT) and Level II codes.

Grasp and apply the general rules of coding, including sequencing, specificity, and the use of indexes and tables.

Understand the concepts of medical necessity, upcoding, downcoding, and their implications in medical coding and billing.

Be familiar with the tools and appendices within the CPT manual, including modifiers, and how they support accurate coding.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, unconsciously, to protect themselves from anxiety and to cope with reality.

Unacceptable Impulse

A desire or thought that is not permitted by personal values or social standards, often repressed or denied.

Superego

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the part of the personality that acts as the ethical component, providing moral standards by which the ego operates.

Freud

The founder of psychoanalysis, Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, devised a method to cure psychopathologies by facilitating conversations between a patient and a psychoanalyst.