CCA Mock Exam| 53 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

A 32-year-old patient has a colonoscopy with removal of three polyps by snare. Moderate sedation was used and provided by the physician. The intraservice time was 30 minutes. Correct Answer: 45385, 99156, 99157 A code of 45385 should be used for the colonoscopy procedure with the removal of polpys. No additional codes needed for the colonscopy since it included the colonoscopy and removal of polyps. The moderate sedation also needs to be coded. A code of 99156 should be used to code the moderate sedation services provided by a physician for the intial 15 minutes of intraservice time. An additional code of 99157 should be coded for the additional 15 minutes of intraservice time for the moderate sedation since the patient was sedated for a total of 30 minutes. No additional codes needed. The diagnosis is as follows: "Carcinoma of axillary lymph nodes and lungs, metastatic from breast." Given this which are the primary cancer site(s)? Correct Answer: breast Patient has a year history of mitral valve regurgitation and now presents for a mitral valve replacement with bypass. (Code for physician using CPT procedure codes only.) 33425 Valvuloplasty, mitral valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass 33430 Replacement, mitral valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass 33460 Valvectomy, tricuspid valve, with cardiopulmonary bypass 35231 Repair blood vessel with vein graft; neck Correct Answer: 33430 You are conducting an educational session on benchmarking. You tell your audience that the key to benchmarking is to use the comparison to Correct Answer: improve your department's processes Your facility would like to improve physician documentation in order to allow improved coding. As coding supervisor, you have found it very effective to provide the physicians with Correct Answer: feedback on specific instances when improved documentation would improve coding Which of the following procedures can be identified as "destruction" of lesions? Correct Answer: laser removal of condylomata The practice of using a code that results in a higher payment to the provider than the code that more accurately reflects the service provided is known as Correct Answer: upcoding A ________ is a collection of information or data that is organized in such a way that its contents can be queried and relationships created. Correct Answer: database The use of radioactive sources placed into a tumor-bearing area to generate high-intensity radiation is termed Correct Answ