CPC PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS.
1) The suffix -ectomy means -- Answer ✔✔ Surgical removal
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2) MRI stands for -- Answer ✔✔ Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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3) The cardia fundus is -- Answer ✔✔ Where to esophagus joins the stomach
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4) The full description of CPT code 24925 is: -- Answer ✔✔ Amputation, arm through
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humerus; secondary closure or scar revision
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5) Medical necessity means what? -- Answer ✔✔ The condition of the patient justifies
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the service provided
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6) Wound exploration codes include the following service (s) : -- Answer ✔✔
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Exploration, including enlargement, debridement, removal of foreign body(ies),
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minor vessel ligation, and repair
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7) The term "Salpingo-Oophorectomy" refers to -- Answer ✔✔ The removal of the
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fallopian tubes and ovaries _ _ _
8) Cryopreservation is a means of preserving something through -- Answer ✔✔ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Freezing
9) If a surgeon cuts into a patient's stomach he has performed a -- Answer ✔✔
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Gastrotomy
10) In the medical term myopathy the term pathy means disease. What is diseased? --
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Answer ✔✔ Muscle _ _
,11) The acronym MMRV stands for -- Answer ✔✔ Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and
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Varicella
12) The Radius is the -- Answer ✔✔ Outer bone located in the forearm
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13) The spleen belongs to what organ system? -- Answer ✔✔ Hemic and Lymphatic
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14) The portion of the femur bone that helps makes up the knee cap is considered
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what? -- Answer ✔✔ The distal portion
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15) The Midsagittal plane refers to what portion of the body? -- Answer ✔✔ Middle
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16) One of the six major scapulohumeral muscles -- Answer ✔✔ Teres
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17) What is the correct ICD-10-CM code(s) for malignant hypertension with stage III
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kidney disease? -- Answer ✔✔ I12.9, N18.3
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18) Lucy was standing on a chair in her apartment's kitchen trying to change a light bulb
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when she slipped and fell. She struck the glass top stove, which shattered. She
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presents to the ER with a simple laceration to her left forearm that has embedded
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glass particles. Which is the correct code(s)? -- Answer ✔✔ S51.822A, W07.XXXA,
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_W25.XXXA, Y93.E9, Y92.030 _ _
19) Jim was at a bonfire when he tripped and fell into the flames and sustained multiple
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burns. He came to the emergency room via an ambulance and was treated for
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second and third degree burns on his face, second degree burns on his upper arms
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and forearms, and third degree burns on the fronts of his thighs Which is the
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correct code(s)? -- Answer ✔✔ T20.30XA, T24.319A, T22.299A, T31.42,
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X03.0XXA
20) . A 35 year old woman who is pregnant in her 38th week with her first child is
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admitted to the hospital. She experiences a prolonged labor during the first stage
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and eventually births a healthy baby boy. Which is the correct code(s)? -- Answer
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✔✔ O63.0, O09.513, Z37.0
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, 21) Henry was playing baseball at the town's sports field and slid for home base where
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he collided with another player. He presents to the emergency department
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complaining of pain in the distal portion of his right middle finger. It is swollen and
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deformed. The physician orders an x-ray and diagnoses Henry with a displaced tuft
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fracture. He splints the finger, provides narcotics for pain, and instructs Henry to
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follow-up with his orthopedist in two weeks. Which is the correct code(s)? --
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Answer ✔✔ S62.632A, Y93.64, W51.XXXA, Y92.320
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22) A 60 year old male is admitted for detoxification and rehabilitation. He has
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continuously abused amphetamines to the point that he cannot voluntarily stop on
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his own and has become dependent upon them. He also has a long documented
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history of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. He experiences high levels of anxiety due
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to PTSD, which causes him to use and abuse substances. Which is the correct
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code(s)? -- Answer ✔✔ F15.20, F10.20, F41.1, F43.10
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23) A patient with uncontrolled type II diabetes is experiencing blurred vision and an
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increase in floaters appearing in her vision. She is diagnosed with diabetic
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retinopathy. Which is the correct code(s)? -- Answer ✔✔ E11.319 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
24) A patient who is known to be HIV positive but who has no documented symptoms
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would be assigned code -- Answer ✔✔ Z21
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25) A patient fell asleep on the beach and comes in with blistering on her back. She is
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diagnosed with second degree solar radiation burns. Which is the correct code(s)? -
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- Answer ✔✔ L55.1
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26) Signs and symptoms that are associated routinely with a disease process should not
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be assigned as additional codes, unless otherwise instructed by classification. --
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Answer ✔✔ True _ _
27) A patient has a home health aide come to his home to clean and dress a burn on his
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lower leg. The aide uses a special absorptive, sterile dressing to cover a 20 sq. cm.
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area. She also covers a 15sq. cm. area with a self-adhesive sterile gauze pad. --
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Answer ✔✔ A6252, A6219 _ _ _
ANSWERS.
1) The suffix -ectomy means -- Answer ✔✔ Surgical removal
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2) MRI stands for -- Answer ✔✔ Magnetic Resonance Imaging
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3) The cardia fundus is -- Answer ✔✔ Where to esophagus joins the stomach
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4) The full description of CPT code 24925 is: -- Answer ✔✔ Amputation, arm through
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
humerus; secondary closure or scar revision
_ _ _ _ _
5) Medical necessity means what? -- Answer ✔✔ The condition of the patient justifies
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the service provided
_ _
6) Wound exploration codes include the following service (s) : -- Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Exploration, including enlargement, debridement, removal of foreign body(ies),
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
minor vessel ligation, and repair
_ _ _ _
7) The term "Salpingo-Oophorectomy" refers to -- Answer ✔✔ The removal of the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
fallopian tubes and ovaries _ _ _
8) Cryopreservation is a means of preserving something through -- Answer ✔✔ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Freezing
9) If a surgeon cuts into a patient's stomach he has performed a -- Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Gastrotomy
10) In the medical term myopathy the term pathy means disease. What is diseased? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Muscle _ _
,11) The acronym MMRV stands for -- Answer ✔✔ Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Varicella
12) The Radius is the -- Answer ✔✔ Outer bone located in the forearm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
13) The spleen belongs to what organ system? -- Answer ✔✔ Hemic and Lymphatic
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
14) The portion of the femur bone that helps makes up the knee cap is considered
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
what? -- Answer ✔✔ The distal portion
_ _ _ _ _ _
15) The Midsagittal plane refers to what portion of the body? -- Answer ✔✔ Middle
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
16) One of the six major scapulohumeral muscles -- Answer ✔✔ Teres
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
17) What is the correct ICD-10-CM code(s) for malignant hypertension with stage III
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
kidney disease? -- Answer ✔✔ I12.9, N18.3
_ _ _ _ _ _
18) Lucy was standing on a chair in her apartment's kitchen trying to change a light bulb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
when she slipped and fell. She struck the glass top stove, which shattered. She
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
presents to the ER with a simple laceration to her left forearm that has embedded
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
glass particles. Which is the correct code(s)? -- Answer ✔✔ S51.822A, W07.XXXA,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_W25.XXXA, Y93.E9, Y92.030 _ _
19) Jim was at a bonfire when he tripped and fell into the flames and sustained multiple
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
burns. He came to the emergency room via an ambulance and was treated for
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
second and third degree burns on his face, second degree burns on his upper arms
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and forearms, and third degree burns on the fronts of his thighs Which is the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
correct code(s)? -- Answer ✔✔ T20.30XA, T24.319A, T22.299A, T31.42,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
X03.0XXA
20) . A 35 year old woman who is pregnant in her 38th week with her first child is
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
admitted to the hospital. She experiences a prolonged labor during the first stage
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and eventually births a healthy baby boy. Which is the correct code(s)? -- Answer
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
✔✔ O63.0, O09.513, Z37.0
_ _ _
, 21) Henry was playing baseball at the town's sports field and slid for home base where
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
he collided with another player. He presents to the emergency department
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
complaining of pain in the distal portion of his right middle finger. It is swollen and
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
deformed. The physician orders an x-ray and diagnoses Henry with a displaced tuft
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
fracture. He splints the finger, provides narcotics for pain, and instructs Henry to
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
follow-up with his orthopedist in two weeks. Which is the correct code(s)? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ S62.632A, Y93.64, W51.XXXA, Y92.320
_ _ _ _ _
22) A 60 year old male is admitted for detoxification and rehabilitation. He has
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
continuously abused amphetamines to the point that he cannot voluntarily stop on
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
his own and has become dependent upon them. He also has a long documented
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
history of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. He experiences high levels of anxiety due
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to PTSD, which causes him to use and abuse substances. Which is the correct
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
code(s)? -- Answer ✔✔ F15.20, F10.20, F41.1, F43.10
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
23) A patient with uncontrolled type II diabetes is experiencing blurred vision and an
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
increase in floaters appearing in her vision. She is diagnosed with diabetic
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
retinopathy. Which is the correct code(s)? -- Answer ✔✔ E11.319 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
24) A patient who is known to be HIV positive but who has no documented symptoms
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
would be assigned code -- Answer ✔✔ Z21
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
25) A patient fell asleep on the beach and comes in with blistering on her back. She is
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
diagnosed with second degree solar radiation burns. Which is the correct code(s)? -
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- Answer ✔✔ L55.1
_ _ _
26) Signs and symptoms that are associated routinely with a disease process should not
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
be assigned as additional codes, unless otherwise instructed by classification. --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ True _ _
27) A patient has a home health aide come to his home to clean and dress a burn on his
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
lower leg. The aide uses a special absorptive, sterile dressing to cover a 20 sq. cm.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
area. She also covers a 15sq. cm. area with a self-adhesive sterile gauze pad. --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ A6252, A6219 _ _ _
