CPT/HCPCS Coding Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Pass

CPT/HCPCS Coding Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Pass Reference codes 11200 and 11201 for removal of skin tags. What is the correct code assignment for removal of 16 skin tags? -Answer-11200, 11201 Which of the following can be identified as a CPT code from the Medicine section? - Answer-92611 Reference codes 11920 through 19222 for tattooing. What is the correct code assignment for tattooing of 40 sq cm of skin? -Answer-11921, 11922 Which of the following contains a comprehensive summary of CPT additions, deletions, and revisions since last year? -Answer-Appendix B Reference codes 31515 through 31530. What is the correct code assignment for a direct laryngoscopy with tracheoscopy to determine the cause of chronic hoarseness in a 65-year-old patient? -Answer-31525 Which of the following can be identified as a new code in CPT 2020? -Answer-20560 Which of the following contains a complete description of CPT modifiers? -Answer- Appendix A Reference codes 49491 through 49525 for inguinal hernia repair. What is the correct code for an initial inguinal herniorrhaphy for incarcerated hernia (patient is 47 years old)? -Answer-49507 A surgeon performed a procedure that is unfamiliar to the coding professional, who is having trouble locating an appropriate CPT code. What should the coding professional do next? -Answer-Research the description of the procedure What is the correct code assignment for: destruction of 2 groups of internal hemorrhoids with use of infrared coagulation? -Answer-46930 What HCPCS Level II modifier would be appended to a laboratory test that was ordered by the court system? -Answer-H9 True or False? The correct code assignment for an arthrocentesis, ring finger of left hand is 20600-LT. -Answer-False- 20600-F3 (modifier F3 designates ring finger of left hand) True or False? The correct code assignment for a closed reduction of fractured phalange, 5th digit, right foot is 28515-T9. -Answer-True True or False? Bilateral maxillary sinusotomies is reported as 31020, no modifier necessary. -Answer-False (Append modifier 50 to the CPT code) Which of the following modifiers would be appended to a CPT code for repair of the right upper eyelid? -Answer-E3 True or False? The correct code assignment for an extracapsular cataract extraction with insertion of lens, OS is 66984-LT. -Answer-True True or False? Code 55250-50 is reported for a bilateral vasectomy. -Answer-False- no modifier is needed, code description states "unilateral or bilateral" True or False? The patient reported that she experienced severe back and shoulder pain because of her large breasts. The physician performed a reduction mammoplasty. The correct code assignment is 19318-50. -Answer-True True or False? Incision and drainage of carbuncle on left hip is performed. The correct code assignment is 10060-LT. -Answer-False- No modifier is appended because the CPT description does not specify site and the procedure was performed on the skin Operative Report Preoperative Diagnosis: Cholecystitis with cholelithiasis Postoperative Diagnosis: Same Operative Procedure: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy Indications: A 77-year-old woman experienced upper abdominal pain and was diagnosed with cholelithiasis. The risks and benefits of the procedure were explained in detail. Technique: With the patient under general anesthesia, the abdomen was prepped and draped in the usual fashion. A small infraumbilical skin incision was made, carried down through the adipose tissue. The fascia was opened in the midline, and the peritoneal cavity under direct vision using laparoscopic technique. There was adequate insufflation of CO2. A 10-mm trocar was introduced into the upper abdomen to the right of the midline, two 55-mm trocars were introduced in the right upper quadrant area under directed camera vision. Examination noted multiple adhesions in the gallbladder area. At this po -Answer-47562-74 The surgeon performed a screening colonoscopy and reached the cecum, but due to a poor prep, the procedure was discontinued and rescheduled. Modifier 53 would be appended to the colonoscopy code for the physician's service. -Answer-True- it is appropriate to append the modifier Modifier 59 may be appended to an unlisted code such as 29999. -Answer-False- It is not appropriate to append any modifier to an unlisted code because modifiers provide the means by which the reporting physician can indicate that a service or procedure has been altered by some specific circumstance, but not changed in its definition or code. Unlisted codes do not describe a specific service; therefore, it is not necessary to utilize modifiers A physician states that an acoustic reflex test of the left ear was performed. CPT code 92568-LT would be reported. -Answer-False- As stated in the CPT guidelines for audio logic function tests, all descriptors refer to testing of both ears. Use modifier 52 if the test is applied to one ear instead of two CPT code 69610 (tympanic membrane repair) is considered to be unilateral. -Answer- True- Unilateral. If the procedure is performed bilaterally, modifier 50, bilateral procedure, should be appended If everything listed in code 95922 is not performed, the code is reported with modifier 52. -Answer-True- CPT code 95922 requires both a passive title and a valsalva maneuver be performed. If only one or the other is performed, then modifier 52, reduced services, should be appended to the code The patient had a laparoscopic incisional herniorrhaphy for a recurrent reducible hernia. The repair included insertion of mesh. What is the correct code ass