HCPCS EXAMS SCRIPT 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔QY - ✔✔Medical direction of one CRNA/AA by an anesthesiologist
✔✔QZ - ✔✔Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) without medical direction by
a physician
✔✔23 - - ✔✔Unusual Anesthesia
✔✔53- - ✔✔Discontinued Procedure
✔✔59- - ✔✔Distinct procedural service
✔✔74- - ✔✔Discontinued outpatient after anesthesia administered
✔✔99- - ✔✔multiple modifiers
✔✔99100- - ✔✔Anesthesia for Patient of Extreme Age, Under 1 Year and Over 70
✔✔99116- - ✔✔Anesthesia Complicated By Utilization of Total Body Hypothermia
✔✔99135- - ✔✔Anesthesia Complicated By Utilization of Controlled Hypotension
✔✔99140- - ✔✔Anesthesia Complicated by Emergency Conditions
✔✔Surgery CPT Code range - ✔✔10004- 69990
✔✔Diagnostic Radiology - ✔✔this subsection is used to report a procedure or service
rendered during the assessment for a disease for a more definitive diagnosis. -
✔✔Diagnostic Ultrasound - ✔✔A complete study is a study the examines the body area.
Limited is a partial examination of a body area or quadrant
✔✔Radiologic Guidance - ✔✔These services are to be used to report fluoroscopic
guidance, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance guidance and other
radiologic guidance
✔✔Breast Mammography - ✔✔Screening mammograms are always bilateral.
Diagnostic mammograms may be unilateral or bilateral and is usually performed with
the focus on a sign or symptom.
✔✔Bone and joint studies - ✔✔classify bone and joint studies 77071-77086
, ✔✔Radiation Oncology - ✔✔Uses high energy ionizing radiation to treat malignant
neoplasms and certain nonmalignant conditions
✔✔Nuclear Medicine - ✔✔Use of ratio active elements for diagnostic imaging and
radiopharmaceutical therapy
✔✔CPT Code range 80047- 89398 - ✔✔Pathology and Laboratory Procedures
✔✔CPT code range 90281- 99756 - ✔✔Medicine Services Procedures
✔✔Modifiers - ✔✔Modifiers allow healthcare professionals to provide more information
describing the encounter to ensure and maximize reimbursement
✔✔Category II Codes - ✔✔contain a set of supplemental tracking codes that can be
used for performance measurement
✔✔Category III codes - ✔✔contains a set of temporary codes for emerging technology,
services, and procedures. Category III codes are 4 numerical digits followed by T:
✔✔HCPCS level II codes - ✔✔HCPCS pronounced 'Hick-picks' stand for the Healthcare
Common Procedure Coding System
✔✔Permanent National Code - ✔✔Permanent codes are maintained by the CMS
Workgroup and are responsible for making unanimous decisions about additions,
revisions, and deletions to the permanent national alphanumeric codes.
✔✔Miscellaneous Codes - ✔✔include miscellaneous and not otherwise specified codes
that are reported when an DMEPOS Dealer submits a claim for a product or service for
which there is not existing HCPCS code
✔✔Temporary Codes - ✔✔These codes allow payers the flexibility to establish codes
that are needed before the next Jan. 1 annual update
✔✔Modifiers: HCPCS Modifiers - ✔✔are identified with 2 alphabetic or alpha-numeric
codes added to the CPT level I or Level II codes Modifiers are listed inside the front and
back covers or as a separate appendix depending on the publishe
✔✔The letters at the beginning of HCPCS Level II codes - ✔✔have the following
meanings:
✔✔A-codes (example: A0021) - ✔✔Transportation, Medical & Surgical Supplies,
Miscellaneous & Experimental
✔✔B-codes (example: B4034) - ✔✔Enteral and Parenteral Therapy
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔QY - ✔✔Medical direction of one CRNA/AA by an anesthesiologist
✔✔QZ - ✔✔Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) without medical direction by
a physician
✔✔23 - - ✔✔Unusual Anesthesia
✔✔53- - ✔✔Discontinued Procedure
✔✔59- - ✔✔Distinct procedural service
✔✔74- - ✔✔Discontinued outpatient after anesthesia administered
✔✔99- - ✔✔multiple modifiers
✔✔99100- - ✔✔Anesthesia for Patient of Extreme Age, Under 1 Year and Over 70
✔✔99116- - ✔✔Anesthesia Complicated By Utilization of Total Body Hypothermia
✔✔99135- - ✔✔Anesthesia Complicated By Utilization of Controlled Hypotension
✔✔99140- - ✔✔Anesthesia Complicated by Emergency Conditions
✔✔Surgery CPT Code range - ✔✔10004- 69990
✔✔Diagnostic Radiology - ✔✔this subsection is used to report a procedure or service
rendered during the assessment for a disease for a more definitive diagnosis. -
✔✔Diagnostic Ultrasound - ✔✔A complete study is a study the examines the body area.
Limited is a partial examination of a body area or quadrant
✔✔Radiologic Guidance - ✔✔These services are to be used to report fluoroscopic
guidance, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance guidance and other
radiologic guidance
✔✔Breast Mammography - ✔✔Screening mammograms are always bilateral.
Diagnostic mammograms may be unilateral or bilateral and is usually performed with
the focus on a sign or symptom.
✔✔Bone and joint studies - ✔✔classify bone and joint studies 77071-77086
, ✔✔Radiation Oncology - ✔✔Uses high energy ionizing radiation to treat malignant
neoplasms and certain nonmalignant conditions
✔✔Nuclear Medicine - ✔✔Use of ratio active elements for diagnostic imaging and
radiopharmaceutical therapy
✔✔CPT Code range 80047- 89398 - ✔✔Pathology and Laboratory Procedures
✔✔CPT code range 90281- 99756 - ✔✔Medicine Services Procedures
✔✔Modifiers - ✔✔Modifiers allow healthcare professionals to provide more information
describing the encounter to ensure and maximize reimbursement
✔✔Category II Codes - ✔✔contain a set of supplemental tracking codes that can be
used for performance measurement
✔✔Category III codes - ✔✔contains a set of temporary codes for emerging technology,
services, and procedures. Category III codes are 4 numerical digits followed by T:
✔✔HCPCS level II codes - ✔✔HCPCS pronounced 'Hick-picks' stand for the Healthcare
Common Procedure Coding System
✔✔Permanent National Code - ✔✔Permanent codes are maintained by the CMS
Workgroup and are responsible for making unanimous decisions about additions,
revisions, and deletions to the permanent national alphanumeric codes.
✔✔Miscellaneous Codes - ✔✔include miscellaneous and not otherwise specified codes
that are reported when an DMEPOS Dealer submits a claim for a product or service for
which there is not existing HCPCS code
✔✔Temporary Codes - ✔✔These codes allow payers the flexibility to establish codes
that are needed before the next Jan. 1 annual update
✔✔Modifiers: HCPCS Modifiers - ✔✔are identified with 2 alphabetic or alpha-numeric
codes added to the CPT level I or Level II codes Modifiers are listed inside the front and
back covers or as a separate appendix depending on the publishe
✔✔The letters at the beginning of HCPCS Level II codes - ✔✔have the following
meanings:
✔✔A-codes (example: A0021) - ✔✔Transportation, Medical & Surgical Supplies,
Miscellaneous & Experimental
✔✔B-codes (example: B4034) - ✔✔Enteral and Parenteral Therapy
