CPC Codes Study – CPT, ICD-10-CM & HCPCS Review for AAPC
Medical Coding Exam 2024–2025
This study guide focuses on mastering the code sets required for the AAPC Certified
Professional Coder (CPC) exam, including CPT, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS Level II. It
provides organized code category breakdowns, real-world examples, and tips for efficient
code lookup and correct application. Designed to support 2024–2025 CPC candidates in
building speed, accuracy, and confidence with code selection.
1. patient with chronic lumbago is seen by the physician to have an epidural
injection at the sacral level: 62311
2. hemangioma in an intra-cranial structure: 228.02
3. physician removes thymus gland in a 27 yr old female with myasthenia
gravis. using transcervical approach, the blood supply to the thymus is
divided and the thymus is dissected free from the percardium and the
thymus is removed: 60520
4. intractable Grand Mal Seizures: 345.11
5. patient receiving pain mgmnt treatment for chronic cervical pain caused by
a motor vehicle accident: 338.21, 723.1
6. under general anesthesia the physician excises the lower1/3 portion of the
right lobe of the thyroid as well as the lower 1/3 of the left lobe. the isthmus
is also removed: 60212
7. 50 yr old male diagnosed with tumor of skull base just below occipital
tonsils. neurosurgeon performs a transpetrosal approach to the posterior
, cranial fossa. he then performs an intradural removal of the tumor of the
midline skull base. dural repair is done and the area is closed with
neurolon: 61598, 61608
8. patient has a right thyroid lobectomy for a thyroid follicular lesion. an
incision is made two cm above the sternal notch and carried through the
platysma. the right thyroid was dissected free form the surrounding tissues.
the isthmus was divided from the left thyroid lobe. the left thyroid lobe was
explored revealing a single nodule. the right thyroid lobe was completely
removed from the trachea and surrounding tissues. it was marked and sent
off the table as a specimen: 60220
9. hemiplegia affecting the dominant side: 342.91
10. total thyroidectomy for malignancy, with total removal of all the lymph
nodes on both sides of the neck: 60254-50
11. patient having a decompression of the nerve root involving two segments
of the lumbar spine via transpedicular approach: 63056, 63057
12. spinal meningitis: 322.9
13. patient has a subtotal thyroidectomy to remove thyroid cancer. one lymph
node is removed: 60252, 193
14. patient with MEN1 has surgery to remove three of her parathyroid glands
and part of the fourth parathyroid gland: 60500, 258.01
15. patient with a status post lumbar puncture headache receives an epidural
space; this blood forms a clot sealing the leak of CSF from the lumbar
puncture: 62273, 349.0
16. ataxia-telangiectasia: 334.8
17 physician is performing an experimental cervical sympathectomy on a
patient with Reynauds syndrome: 64802, 443.0
18. neurorrhaphy with autogenous vein graft for one nerve: 64911
Medical Coding Exam 2024–2025
This study guide focuses on mastering the code sets required for the AAPC Certified
Professional Coder (CPC) exam, including CPT, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS Level II. It
provides organized code category breakdowns, real-world examples, and tips for efficient
code lookup and correct application. Designed to support 2024–2025 CPC candidates in
building speed, accuracy, and confidence with code selection.
1. patient with chronic lumbago is seen by the physician to have an epidural
injection at the sacral level: 62311
2. hemangioma in an intra-cranial structure: 228.02
3. physician removes thymus gland in a 27 yr old female with myasthenia
gravis. using transcervical approach, the blood supply to the thymus is
divided and the thymus is dissected free from the percardium and the
thymus is removed: 60520
4. intractable Grand Mal Seizures: 345.11
5. patient receiving pain mgmnt treatment for chronic cervical pain caused by
a motor vehicle accident: 338.21, 723.1
6. under general anesthesia the physician excises the lower1/3 portion of the
right lobe of the thyroid as well as the lower 1/3 of the left lobe. the isthmus
is also removed: 60212
7. 50 yr old male diagnosed with tumor of skull base just below occipital
tonsils. neurosurgeon performs a transpetrosal approach to the posterior
, cranial fossa. he then performs an intradural removal of the tumor of the
midline skull base. dural repair is done and the area is closed with
neurolon: 61598, 61608
8. patient has a right thyroid lobectomy for a thyroid follicular lesion. an
incision is made two cm above the sternal notch and carried through the
platysma. the right thyroid was dissected free form the surrounding tissues.
the isthmus was divided from the left thyroid lobe. the left thyroid lobe was
explored revealing a single nodule. the right thyroid lobe was completely
removed from the trachea and surrounding tissues. it was marked and sent
off the table as a specimen: 60220
9. hemiplegia affecting the dominant side: 342.91
10. total thyroidectomy for malignancy, with total removal of all the lymph
nodes on both sides of the neck: 60254-50
11. patient having a decompression of the nerve root involving two segments
of the lumbar spine via transpedicular approach: 63056, 63057
12. spinal meningitis: 322.9
13. patient has a subtotal thyroidectomy to remove thyroid cancer. one lymph
node is removed: 60252, 193
14. patient with MEN1 has surgery to remove three of her parathyroid glands
and part of the fourth parathyroid gland: 60500, 258.01
15. patient with a status post lumbar puncture headache receives an epidural
space; this blood forms a clot sealing the leak of CSF from the lumbar
puncture: 62273, 349.0
16. ataxia-telangiectasia: 334.8
17 physician is performing an experimental cervical sympathectomy on a
patient with Reynauds syndrome: 64802, 443.0
18. neurorrhaphy with autogenous vein graft for one nerve: 64911
