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ICD-10-PCS Exam Questions and Answers
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Alteration (0) - ANS Modifying the natural anatomic structure of a body part without
affecting the function of the body part.
Bypass (1) - ANS Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part.
Change (2) - ANS Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or
similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous
membrane
Control (3) - ANS Stopping or attempting to stop, post procedural bleeding.
Creation (4) - ANS Making a new genital structure that does not take over the function of a
body part.
Destruction (5) - ANS Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use
of energy, force or a destructive agent.
Detachment (6) - ANS Cutting off all or a portion of the upper or lower extremities.
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Dilation (7) - ANS Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part.
Division (8) - ANS Cutting in to a body part without draining fluids and/or gasses from the
body part in order to separate or transect a body part.
Drainage (9) - ANS Taking or letting out fluids and/or gasses from a body part.
Abortion (A) - ANS Artificially terminating a pregnancy.
Excision (B) - ANS Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part.
Extirpation (C) - ANS Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part.
Extraction (D) - ANS Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of
force.
Delivery (E) - ANS Assisting the passage of the products of conception from the genital canal
Fragmentation (F) - ANS Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces.
Fusion (G) - ANS Joining together portions of an articular body part rendering the articular
body part immobile.
Insertion (H) - ANS Putting in a non-biological appliance that monitors, assists, performs or
prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part.
Inspection (J) - ANS Visually and/or manually exploring a body part.
ICD-10-PCS Exam Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Alteration (0) - ANS Modifying the natural anatomic structure of a body part without
affecting the function of the body part.
Bypass (1) - ANS Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part.
Change (2) - ANS Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or
similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous
membrane
Control (3) - ANS Stopping or attempting to stop, post procedural bleeding.
Creation (4) - ANS Making a new genital structure that does not take over the function of a
body part.
Destruction (5) - ANS Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use
of energy, force or a destructive agent.
Detachment (6) - ANS Cutting off all or a portion of the upper or lower extremities.
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Dilation (7) - ANS Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part.
Division (8) - ANS Cutting in to a body part without draining fluids and/or gasses from the
body part in order to separate or transect a body part.
Drainage (9) - ANS Taking or letting out fluids and/or gasses from a body part.
Abortion (A) - ANS Artificially terminating a pregnancy.
Excision (B) - ANS Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part.
Extirpation (C) - ANS Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part.
Extraction (D) - ANS Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of
force.
Delivery (E) - ANS Assisting the passage of the products of conception from the genital canal
Fragmentation (F) - ANS Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces.
Fusion (G) - ANS Joining together portions of an articular body part rendering the articular
body part immobile.
Insertion (H) - ANS Putting in a non-biological appliance that monitors, assists, performs or
prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part.
Inspection (J) - ANS Visually and/or manually exploring a body part.
