AAPC CPC PRACTICE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
A 42-year-old with renal pelvis cancer receives general anesthesia for a laparoscopic radical
nephrectomy. The patient has controlled type 2 diabetes otherwise no other co-morbidities. What is the
correct CPT® and ICD-10-CM code for the anesthesia services?
A. 00860-P1, C64.9, E11.9
B. 00840-P3, C65.9, E11.9
C. 00862-P2, C65.9, E11.9
D. 00868-P2, C79.02, E11.9 - correct-answer - C. 00862-P2, C65.9, E11.9
A healthy 32-year-old with a closed distal radius fracture received monitored anesthesia care for an ORIF
of the distal radius. What is the code for the anesthesia service?
A. 01830-P1
B. 01860-QS-P1
C. 01830-QS-P1
D. 01860-QS-G9-P1 - correct-answer - C. 01830-QS-P1
,A 10-month-old child is taken to the operating room for removal of a laryngeal mass. What is (are) the
appropriate anesthesia code(s) to report?
A. 00320
B. 00326
C. 00320, 99100
D. 00326, 99100 - correct-answer - B. 00326
A catheter is placed in the left common femoral artery which was directed into the right the external
iliac (antegrade). Dye was injected and a right lower extremity angiogram was performed which
revealed patency of the common femoral and profunda femoris. The catheter was then manipulated
into the superficial femoral artery (retrograde) in which a lower extremity angiogram was performed
which revealed occlusion from the popliteal to the tibioperoneal artery. What are the procedure codes
that describe this procedure?
A. 36217, 75736-26
B. 36247, 75716-26
C. 36217, 75756-26
D. 36247, 75710-26 - correct-answer - D. 36247, 75710-26
56-year-old female is having a bilateral mammogram with computer aid detection conducted as a
screening because the patient has a family history of breast cancer. She does not presently have signs or
symptoms of breast disease. What radiological services are reported?
A. 77065 x 2
,B. 77065, 77066
C. 77067
D. 77066 - correct-answer - C. 77067
A 63-year-old patient with bilateral ureteral obstruction presents to an outpatient facility for placement
of a right and left ureteral stent along with an interpretation of a retrograde pyelogram. What codes
should be reported?
A. 52332, 74425
B. 52332-50, 74420-26
C. 52005, 74420
D. 52005-50, 74425-26 - correct-answer - B. 52332-50, 74420-26
Patient is coming in for a pathological examination for ischemia in the left leg. The first specimen is 1.5
cm of a single portion of arterial plaque taken from the left common femoral artery. The second
specimen is 8.5 x 2.7 cm across x 1.5 cm in thickness of a cutaneous ulceration with fibropurulent
material on the left leg. What surgical pathology codes should be reported for the pathologist?
A. 88304-26, 88302-26
B. 88305-26, 88304-26
C. 88307-26, 88305-26
D. 88309-26, 88307-26 - correct-answer - B. 88305-26, 88304-26
, During a craniectomy the surgeon asked for a consult and sent a frozen section of a large piece of tumor
and sent it to pathology. The pathologist received a rubbery pinkish tan tissue measuring in aggregate 3
x 0.8 x 0.8 cm. The entire specimen is submitted in one block and also a gross and microscopic
examination was performed on the tissue. The frozen section and the pathology report are sent back to
the surgeon indicating that the tumor was a medulloblastoma. What CPT® code(s) will the pathologist
report?
A. 80500
B. 88331-26, 88307-26
C. 80502
D. 88331-26, 88332-26, 88304-26 - correct-answer - B. 88331-26, 88307-26
Physician orders a basic (80047) and comprehensive metabolic (80053) panels. Select the code(s) on
how this is reported.
A. 80053, 80047
B. 80053
C. 80047, 82040, 82247, 82310, 84075, 84155, 84460, 84450
D. 80053, 82330 - correct-answer - D. 80053, 82330
A 4-year-old is getting over his cold and will be getting three immunizations in the pediatrician's office
by the nurse. The first vaccination administered is the Polio vaccine intramuscularly. The next
vaccination is the live influenza (LAIV3) administered in the nose. The last vaccination is the Varicella
(live) by subcutaneous route. What CPT® codes are reported for the administration and vaccines?
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
A 42-year-old with renal pelvis cancer receives general anesthesia for a laparoscopic radical
nephrectomy. The patient has controlled type 2 diabetes otherwise no other co-morbidities. What is the
correct CPT® and ICD-10-CM code for the anesthesia services?
A. 00860-P1, C64.9, E11.9
B. 00840-P3, C65.9, E11.9
C. 00862-P2, C65.9, E11.9
D. 00868-P2, C79.02, E11.9 - correct-answer - C. 00862-P2, C65.9, E11.9
A healthy 32-year-old with a closed distal radius fracture received monitored anesthesia care for an ORIF
of the distal radius. What is the code for the anesthesia service?
A. 01830-P1
B. 01860-QS-P1
C. 01830-QS-P1
D. 01860-QS-G9-P1 - correct-answer - C. 01830-QS-P1
,A 10-month-old child is taken to the operating room for removal of a laryngeal mass. What is (are) the
appropriate anesthesia code(s) to report?
A. 00320
B. 00326
C. 00320, 99100
D. 00326, 99100 - correct-answer - B. 00326
A catheter is placed in the left common femoral artery which was directed into the right the external
iliac (antegrade). Dye was injected and a right lower extremity angiogram was performed which
revealed patency of the common femoral and profunda femoris. The catheter was then manipulated
into the superficial femoral artery (retrograde) in which a lower extremity angiogram was performed
which revealed occlusion from the popliteal to the tibioperoneal artery. What are the procedure codes
that describe this procedure?
A. 36217, 75736-26
B. 36247, 75716-26
C. 36217, 75756-26
D. 36247, 75710-26 - correct-answer - D. 36247, 75710-26
56-year-old female is having a bilateral mammogram with computer aid detection conducted as a
screening because the patient has a family history of breast cancer. She does not presently have signs or
symptoms of breast disease. What radiological services are reported?
A. 77065 x 2
,B. 77065, 77066
C. 77067
D. 77066 - correct-answer - C. 77067
A 63-year-old patient with bilateral ureteral obstruction presents to an outpatient facility for placement
of a right and left ureteral stent along with an interpretation of a retrograde pyelogram. What codes
should be reported?
A. 52332, 74425
B. 52332-50, 74420-26
C. 52005, 74420
D. 52005-50, 74425-26 - correct-answer - B. 52332-50, 74420-26
Patient is coming in for a pathological examination for ischemia in the left leg. The first specimen is 1.5
cm of a single portion of arterial plaque taken from the left common femoral artery. The second
specimen is 8.5 x 2.7 cm across x 1.5 cm in thickness of a cutaneous ulceration with fibropurulent
material on the left leg. What surgical pathology codes should be reported for the pathologist?
A. 88304-26, 88302-26
B. 88305-26, 88304-26
C. 88307-26, 88305-26
D. 88309-26, 88307-26 - correct-answer - B. 88305-26, 88304-26
, During a craniectomy the surgeon asked for a consult and sent a frozen section of a large piece of tumor
and sent it to pathology. The pathologist received a rubbery pinkish tan tissue measuring in aggregate 3
x 0.8 x 0.8 cm. The entire specimen is submitted in one block and also a gross and microscopic
examination was performed on the tissue. The frozen section and the pathology report are sent back to
the surgeon indicating that the tumor was a medulloblastoma. What CPT® code(s) will the pathologist
report?
A. 80500
B. 88331-26, 88307-26
C. 80502
D. 88331-26, 88332-26, 88304-26 - correct-answer - B. 88331-26, 88307-26
Physician orders a basic (80047) and comprehensive metabolic (80053) panels. Select the code(s) on
how this is reported.
A. 80053, 80047
B. 80053
C. 80047, 82040, 82247, 82310, 84075, 84155, 84460, 84450
D. 80053, 82330 - correct-answer - D. 80053, 82330
A 4-year-old is getting over his cold and will be getting three immunizations in the pediatrician's office
by the nurse. The first vaccination administered is the Polio vaccine intramuscularly. The next
vaccination is the live influenza (LAIV3) administered in the nose. The last vaccination is the Varicella
(live) by subcutaneous route. What CPT® codes are reported for the administration and vaccines?
