CPT: Anesthesia Codes - Chapter 15
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Only two of the three key components are required to select the level of service. This statement
applies to new patients only - CORRECT ANSWER - 00834
What is the correct way to code a mitral valve replacement for an 85-year-old patient with pump
oxygenator? - CORRECT ANSWER - 00562, +99100
3.) What is the correct way to code a 50-year-old man who has his long tendon in the upper right
arm repaired? - CORRECT ANSWER - 01714
What is the correct way to code a left eardrum tympanotomy performed on a 13-year-old with
chronic ear infections? - CORRECT ANSWER - 00126
What is the correct way to code a closed reduction of a fracture of the left distal radius? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 01820
What is the correct way to code anesthesia for vaginal delivery only? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 01960
What is the correct way to code an anesthesia modifier used for the CRNA's services under
medical direction of an anesthesiologist? - CORRECT ANSWER - QX
What modifier is used when a bronchoscopy is performed under general anesthesia? -
CORRECT ANSWER - -23
What is the anesthesia code for a surgical arthroscopy of the knee? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 01400
, Provide the anesthesia code for insertion of a permanent single-chamber pacemaker. -
CORRECT ANSWER - 00530
Qualifying circumstance add-on codes are not considered modifiers. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
Use of +99100 with 00834 is the correct way to code for a hernia repair for an 11-month-old
child. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Report an E/M code for any anesthesia preoperative services provided just before surgery. -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
When coding for anesthesia services provided for multiple procedures, use only the anesthesia
code for the most complex procedure. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
After labor analgesia is provided and the patient is suddenly ready to deliver much earlier than
expected, the coder should add +99140 to the anesthesia code. - CORRECT ANSWER -
False
Append modifier -QS to represent monitored anesthesia care with code 31622 for a diagnostic
bronchoscopy. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Codes +01968 and +01969 are reported with the delivery codes 59400 and 59510. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
Code 00562 is the correct code for a 50-year-old patient who undergoes aortic valve replacement
without a pump oxygenator. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
A patient's history of long-term uncontrolled asthma requires the -P3 modifier. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Only two of the three key components are required to select the level of service. This statement
applies to new patients only - CORRECT ANSWER - 00834
What is the correct way to code a mitral valve replacement for an 85-year-old patient with pump
oxygenator? - CORRECT ANSWER - 00562, +99100
3.) What is the correct way to code a 50-year-old man who has his long tendon in the upper right
arm repaired? - CORRECT ANSWER - 01714
What is the correct way to code a left eardrum tympanotomy performed on a 13-year-old with
chronic ear infections? - CORRECT ANSWER - 00126
What is the correct way to code a closed reduction of a fracture of the left distal radius? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 01820
What is the correct way to code anesthesia for vaginal delivery only? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 01960
What is the correct way to code an anesthesia modifier used for the CRNA's services under
medical direction of an anesthesiologist? - CORRECT ANSWER - QX
What modifier is used when a bronchoscopy is performed under general anesthesia? -
CORRECT ANSWER - -23
What is the anesthesia code for a surgical arthroscopy of the knee? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 01400
, Provide the anesthesia code for insertion of a permanent single-chamber pacemaker. -
CORRECT ANSWER - 00530
Qualifying circumstance add-on codes are not considered modifiers. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
Use of +99100 with 00834 is the correct way to code for a hernia repair for an 11-month-old
child. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Report an E/M code for any anesthesia preoperative services provided just before surgery. -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
When coding for anesthesia services provided for multiple procedures, use only the anesthesia
code for the most complex procedure. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
After labor analgesia is provided and the patient is suddenly ready to deliver much earlier than
expected, the coder should add +99140 to the anesthesia code. - CORRECT ANSWER -
False
Append modifier -QS to represent monitored anesthesia care with code 31622 for a diagnostic
bronchoscopy. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Codes +01968 and +01969 are reported with the delivery codes 59400 and 59510. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
Code 00562 is the correct code for a 50-year-old patient who undergoes aortic valve replacement
without a pump oxygenator. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
A patient's history of long-term uncontrolled asthma requires the -P3 modifier. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True
