CCA Exam Preparation Domains 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, & 6 Practice Test Exam Prep with
Practice Questions, Answers & Detailed
Explanations
1. A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been treated
two weeks previously for a miscarriage with sepsis. The sepsis
had resolved, and she is afebrile at this time. She is treated with
an aspiration dilation and curettage and products of conception
are found. Which of the following should be the principal
diagnosis?
a. Miscarriage
,b. Complications of spontaneous abortion with sepsis
c. Sepsis
d. Spontaneous abortion with sepsis - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-a.
Miscarriage
2. If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin,
the CPT code is determined by the body area from which the
excision occurs and which of the following?
a. Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report
b. Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the
pathology report
c. Width times the length of the lesion as described in the
operative report
d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow margins
required to adequately excise the lesion described in the
operative report - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-d. Diameter of the lesion as
well as the most narrow margins required to adequately excise
the lesion described in the operative report
3. A patient is admitted to the hospital with shortness of breath
and congestive heart failure. The patient subsequently
develops respiratory failure. The patient undergoes intubation
,with ventilator management. Which of the following would be
the correct sequencing and coding of this case?
a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator
management
b. Respiratory failure, intubation, ventilator management
c. Respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, intubation,
ventilator management
d. Shortness of breath, congestive heart failure, respiratory
failure, ventilator management - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-a.
Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator
management
4. Which of the following is a standard terminology used to
code medical procedures and services?
a. CPT
b. HCPCS
c. ICD-10-PCS
d. SNOMED CT - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-a. CPT
, 5. What is the correct CPT code assignment for hysteroscopy
with lysis of intrauterine adhesions?
a. 58555, 58559
b. 58559
c. 58559, 58740
d. 58555, 58559, 58740 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-b. 58559
6. What is the correct CPT code assignment for destruction of
internal hemorrhoids with use of infrared coagulation?
a. 46255
b. 46930
c. 46260
d. 46945 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-b. 46930
7.00Identify the diagnosis code(s) for melanoma of skin of right
shoulder.
a. D03.61, C43.61
b. C43.61
5, & 6 Practice Test Exam Prep with
Practice Questions, Answers & Detailed
Explanations
1. A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been treated
two weeks previously for a miscarriage with sepsis. The sepsis
had resolved, and she is afebrile at this time. She is treated with
an aspiration dilation and curettage and products of conception
are found. Which of the following should be the principal
diagnosis?
a. Miscarriage
,b. Complications of spontaneous abortion with sepsis
c. Sepsis
d. Spontaneous abortion with sepsis - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-a.
Miscarriage
2. If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin,
the CPT code is determined by the body area from which the
excision occurs and which of the following?
a. Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report
b. Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the
pathology report
c. Width times the length of the lesion as described in the
operative report
d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow margins
required to adequately excise the lesion described in the
operative report - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-d. Diameter of the lesion as
well as the most narrow margins required to adequately excise
the lesion described in the operative report
3. A patient is admitted to the hospital with shortness of breath
and congestive heart failure. The patient subsequently
develops respiratory failure. The patient undergoes intubation
,with ventilator management. Which of the following would be
the correct sequencing and coding of this case?
a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator
management
b. Respiratory failure, intubation, ventilator management
c. Respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, intubation,
ventilator management
d. Shortness of breath, congestive heart failure, respiratory
failure, ventilator management - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-a.
Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator
management
4. Which of the following is a standard terminology used to
code medical procedures and services?
a. CPT
b. HCPCS
c. ICD-10-PCS
d. SNOMED CT - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-a. CPT
, 5. What is the correct CPT code assignment for hysteroscopy
with lysis of intrauterine adhesions?
a. 58555, 58559
b. 58559
c. 58559, 58740
d. 58555, 58559, 58740 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-b. 58559
6. What is the correct CPT code assignment for destruction of
internal hemorrhoids with use of infrared coagulation?
a. 46255
b. 46930
c. 46260
d. 46945 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-b. 46930
7.00Identify the diagnosis code(s) for melanoma of skin of right
shoulder.
a. D03.61, C43.61
b. C43.61
