Questions & Answers
1.Lab test: rubella antibody:
ANS 86762 (path: rubella-antibody)
2.Diagnostic Colonoscopy:
ANS 45378 (path: Endoscopy-Colon-Exploration)
3.Incision and drainage of suppurative hidradenitis of arm:
ANS 10060 (path: Hidradenitis-suppurative-incision & drainage-
simple or single)
4.reference codes 49491-49525for inguinal hernia repair; what is the correct
code for an initial inguinal herniorrhaphy for incarcerated hernia (patient is
47 years old)
ANS 49507 (path: hernia repair-inguinal-initial 5 years or older-
incarcerated or strangulated)
5.reference codes 11200-11201 for removal of skin tags; what is the
correct code for removal of 16 skin tags? (2 codes):
ANS 11200, 11201 (path: removal-skin tags)
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, 6.reference 11920-11222 for tattooing; what is the correct code(s) for
tattooing of 40sq cm of skin? (2 codes):
ANS 11921, 11922 (path: tattoo-skin) if you read not after looking in
tabular it says use 11922 in conjunction with 11921)
7.simple anterior nasal packing for epistaxis:
ANS 30901 (path: Epistaxis 30901-30906)
8.gait training, 15 minutes:
ANS 97116 (path: gait training)
9.assign the correct CPT surgical code to the following; do NOT append
modifiers for this exercise cystourethroscopy with biopsy:
ANS 52204 (path cys- tourethroscopy-biopsy)
10.blepharoplasty of the upper eyelid:
ANS 15822 (path blepharoplasty, upper eyelid) (no modifier as upper
eyelid is in the description)
11.insertion of temporary prostatic urethral stent:
ANS 53855 (path: prostate-ure- thra-stent insertion, temporary)
12.reference codes 31360-31368 for laryngectomy; what is the correct
code assignment for a laryngectomy with subtotal supraglottic and radical
neck dissection
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