AAPC CPC FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2026-2027
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE 150
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+ PROFESSOR VERIFIED
___________ fixation with pins, screws, plates, or wires is placed directly on or in the bone to
immobilize a fractured bone and to maintain alignment while it heals.
a. Manipulation
b. Reduction
c. Internal
d. Casting - CORRECT ANSWER: c. Internal
A 5-year-old patient is experiencing atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. The anesthesia
department is called to insert a nontunneled central venous (CV) catheter. What CPT® coding is
reported?
a. 36557
b. 36555
c. 36556
d. 00400 - CORRECT ANSWER: c. 36556
A 15-year-old underwent placement of a cochlear implant 1 year ago. It now needs to be
reprogrammed. What CPT® code is reported for the reprogramming?
a. 92602
b. 92604
,c. 92603
d. 92601 - CORRECT ANSWER: b. 92604
Rationale: Cochlear implants differ from hearing aids; they bypass the damaged part of the ear.
The use of a cochlear implant involves relearning how to hear and react to sounds. In the CPT®
Index look for Cochlear Device/Programming which directs you to codes 92602, 92604. The
code selection is based on the age of the patient and whether it is the initial programming or
subsequent reprogramming. Code 92604 describes subsequent reprogramming for a patient age 7
or older.
A 16-year-old male is brought to the ED by his mother. He was riding his bicycle in the park
when he fell off the bike. The patient's right arm is painful to touch, discolored, and swollen. The
X-ray shows a closed fracture of the ulna. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
a. S52.209A, V18.4XXA, Y92.830
b. S52.201A, V19.9XXA, Y92.830
c. S52.201A, V18.0XXA, Y92.830
d. S52.201A, V18.4XXA, Y92.831 - CORRECT ANSWER: c. S52.201A, V18.0XXA, Y92.830
A 17-year-old female has a bone marrow biopsy for examination as a potential volunteer stem
cell donor for her mother who has acute monocytic leukemia (AML). What diagnosis code(s)
is/are used for the typing of the stem cell specimens?
a. C93.00, Z52.3
b. Z00.5
c. Z52.3, C93.00
d. C93.00 - CORRECT ANSWER: b. Z00.5
A 23-year-old patient presents to the emergency department (ED) with a cut on his leg. He is a
confirmed AIDS patient as documented in the record. What ICD-10-CM codes should be
reported?
,a. S81.819a, Z71.7
b. S81.819a, Z11.4
c. S81.819A, B20
d. S819A, R75 - CORRECT ANSWER: c. S81.819A, B20
A 26-year-old patient presents with headache, neck pain and fever and is concerned he may have
meningitis. The patient was placed in the sitting position and given 0.5 mg Ativan IV. His back
was prepped and a 20-gauge needle punctured the spine between L4 and L5 with the return of
clear fluid. The cerebrospinal fluid was reviewed and showed no sign of meningitis. What CPT®
code is reported?
a. 62272
b. 62326
c. 62270
d. 62282 - CORRECT ANSWER: c. 62270
A 27-year-old girl has been on the lung transplant list for months and today she will be receiving
a LT and RT lung from an individual involved in an MVA. This person was DOA at the hospital
and is an organ donor. The donor pneumonectomy was performed by physician A, the backbench
work by physician B and the transplant of both lungs into the prepped and waiting patient by
physician C. What is the correct coding for the removal (physician A), preparation (physician B)
and insertion (physician C) of the lungs?
a. 32850, 32855 x 2, 32850-50
b. 32850, 32855, 32851
c. 32850, 32856, 32853
d. 32850, 32856, 32851 x 2 - CORRECT ANSWER: c. 32850, 32856, 32853
, A 37-year-old female is seen in the clinic for follow-up of lower extremity swelling. She has had
this issue for the past six months.
HPI: Patient is here today for follow-up of bilateral lower extremity swelling. The swelling
responded to hydrochlorothiazide.
DATA REVIEW: I reviewed her CBC lab.
EXAM: Patient is in no acute distress.
ASSESSMENT:1. Bilateral lower extremity swelling. This has resolved with diuretics.
PLAN: Will order an echocardiogram and kidney function lab test. Refill prescription. Return in
2 months.
a. 99212
b. 99214
c. 99215
d. 99213 - CORRECT ANSWER: a. 99212
A 40-year-old female has cholelithiasis with chronic cholecystitis. She is in the Ambulatory
Surgical Center to have a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A dye was injected to perform an
intraoperative cholangiogram. The surgeon who performed the procedure included a separate
report with his interpretation of the cholangiogram that indicated there was normal, free flow
into the duodenum, with no evidence of filling defects with no stones or strictures seen. What
CPT® codes are reported for the professional services of the surgeon?
a. 47562, 74300
b. 47563, 74300
c. 47562, 74300-26
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE 150
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+ PROFESSOR VERIFIED
___________ fixation with pins, screws, plates, or wires is placed directly on or in the bone to
immobilize a fractured bone and to maintain alignment while it heals.
a. Manipulation
b. Reduction
c. Internal
d. Casting - CORRECT ANSWER: c. Internal
A 5-year-old patient is experiencing atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. The anesthesia
department is called to insert a nontunneled central venous (CV) catheter. What CPT® coding is
reported?
a. 36557
b. 36555
c. 36556
d. 00400 - CORRECT ANSWER: c. 36556
A 15-year-old underwent placement of a cochlear implant 1 year ago. It now needs to be
reprogrammed. What CPT® code is reported for the reprogramming?
a. 92602
b. 92604
,c. 92603
d. 92601 - CORRECT ANSWER: b. 92604
Rationale: Cochlear implants differ from hearing aids; they bypass the damaged part of the ear.
The use of a cochlear implant involves relearning how to hear and react to sounds. In the CPT®
Index look for Cochlear Device/Programming which directs you to codes 92602, 92604. The
code selection is based on the age of the patient and whether it is the initial programming or
subsequent reprogramming. Code 92604 describes subsequent reprogramming for a patient age 7
or older.
A 16-year-old male is brought to the ED by his mother. He was riding his bicycle in the park
when he fell off the bike. The patient's right arm is painful to touch, discolored, and swollen. The
X-ray shows a closed fracture of the ulna. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
a. S52.209A, V18.4XXA, Y92.830
b. S52.201A, V19.9XXA, Y92.830
c. S52.201A, V18.0XXA, Y92.830
d. S52.201A, V18.4XXA, Y92.831 - CORRECT ANSWER: c. S52.201A, V18.0XXA, Y92.830
A 17-year-old female has a bone marrow biopsy for examination as a potential volunteer stem
cell donor for her mother who has acute monocytic leukemia (AML). What diagnosis code(s)
is/are used for the typing of the stem cell specimens?
a. C93.00, Z52.3
b. Z00.5
c. Z52.3, C93.00
d. C93.00 - CORRECT ANSWER: b. Z00.5
A 23-year-old patient presents to the emergency department (ED) with a cut on his leg. He is a
confirmed AIDS patient as documented in the record. What ICD-10-CM codes should be
reported?
,a. S81.819a, Z71.7
b. S81.819a, Z11.4
c. S81.819A, B20
d. S819A, R75 - CORRECT ANSWER: c. S81.819A, B20
A 26-year-old patient presents with headache, neck pain and fever and is concerned he may have
meningitis. The patient was placed in the sitting position and given 0.5 mg Ativan IV. His back
was prepped and a 20-gauge needle punctured the spine between L4 and L5 with the return of
clear fluid. The cerebrospinal fluid was reviewed and showed no sign of meningitis. What CPT®
code is reported?
a. 62272
b. 62326
c. 62270
d. 62282 - CORRECT ANSWER: c. 62270
A 27-year-old girl has been on the lung transplant list for months and today she will be receiving
a LT and RT lung from an individual involved in an MVA. This person was DOA at the hospital
and is an organ donor. The donor pneumonectomy was performed by physician A, the backbench
work by physician B and the transplant of both lungs into the prepped and waiting patient by
physician C. What is the correct coding for the removal (physician A), preparation (physician B)
and insertion (physician C) of the lungs?
a. 32850, 32855 x 2, 32850-50
b. 32850, 32855, 32851
c. 32850, 32856, 32853
d. 32850, 32856, 32851 x 2 - CORRECT ANSWER: c. 32850, 32856, 32853
, A 37-year-old female is seen in the clinic for follow-up of lower extremity swelling. She has had
this issue for the past six months.
HPI: Patient is here today for follow-up of bilateral lower extremity swelling. The swelling
responded to hydrochlorothiazide.
DATA REVIEW: I reviewed her CBC lab.
EXAM: Patient is in no acute distress.
ASSESSMENT:1. Bilateral lower extremity swelling. This has resolved with diuretics.
PLAN: Will order an echocardiogram and kidney function lab test. Refill prescription. Return in
2 months.
a. 99212
b. 99214
c. 99215
d. 99213 - CORRECT ANSWER: a. 99212
A 40-year-old female has cholelithiasis with chronic cholecystitis. She is in the Ambulatory
Surgical Center to have a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A dye was injected to perform an
intraoperative cholangiogram. The surgeon who performed the procedure included a separate
report with his interpretation of the cholangiogram that indicated there was normal, free flow
into the duodenum, with no evidence of filling defects with no stones or strictures seen. What
CPT® codes are reported for the professional services of the surgeon?
a. 47562, 74300
b. 47563, 74300
c. 47562, 74300-26
