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A 25-year-old man complains he has premature hair loss. The
provider suspects it is due to stress, but is uncertain. List the ICD-
10-CM coding for the hair loss. -
correct answer ✅L64.8
When coding multiple burns, which is correct? -
correct answer ✅Sequence first the code reflecting the highest
degree of burn.
Patient presents with a cyst on the arm. Upon examination the
physician decides to incise and drain the cyst. The site is prepped
and the physician takes a scalpel and cuts into the cyst. Purulent
fluid is extracted from the cyst and a sample of the fluid is sent to
the laboratory for evaluation. The wound is irrigated with normal
saline and is covered with a bandage. The patient is to return in a
week to ten days to re-examine the wound.
Select the CPT® code for this procedure. -
correct answer ✅10060
A patient presents to the dermatologist with a suspicious lesion of
the left cheek. Upon examination the physician discusses with the
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patient that the best course of treatment is to remove the lesion by
shave technique. Consent is obtained and the physician preps the
area and using an 11-blade scalpel makes a transverse incision and
slices the lesion at the base. The wound is cleaned and a bandage is
placed. The physician indicates the size of the lesion is 1.4 cm. The
lesion is sent to pathology for evaluation and the patient is to
return in 10 days to discuss the findings.
Select the CPT® code for this procedure. -
correct answer ✅11312
A patient presents to the Dermatologist with a suspicious lesion on
her left arm and another one on her right arm. After examination
the physician feels these lesions present as highly suspicious and
obtains consent to perform punch biopsies on both sites. After
prepping the area, the physician injects the sites with Lidocaine 1%
and .05% Epi. A 3 mm punch biopsy of the lesion of the left arm and
a 4mm punch biopsy of the lesion of the right arm is taken. The
sites are closed with a simple one-layer closure and the patient is to
return in 10 days for suture removal and to discuss the pathology
results. The patient tolerated the procedure well.
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Select the CPT® code(s) for this procedure. -
correct answer ✅11104, 11105
Operative Report:
INDICATIONS FOR SURGERY: The patient has a suspicious 1.5 cm
lesion of the left upper medial thigh. Clinical diagnosis of this lesion
is unknown, but due to the appearance, malignancy is a realistic
concern. The area is marked for elliptical excision with gross normal
margins of 3-4 mm in relaxed skin tension lines of the respective
area and the best guess at the resulting scars was drawn. The
patient observed these marks in a mirror to understand the surgery
and agreed on the location and we proceeded. PROCEDURE: The
areas were infiltrated with local anesthetic. The area was prepped
and draped in sterile fashion. The suspicious left upper most medial
thigh lesion was excised as drawn, into the subcutaneous fat. This
was sent for permanent pathology. The wound was closed in layers
using 3.0 monocryl and 5.0 chromic. The repair measured 5.0 cm.
Meticulous homeostasis was achieved using light pressure -
correct answer ✅12032, 11403-51
A patient presents to her doctor with three medium sized
suspicious lesions on her leg. The physician uses a saw type
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A 25-year-old man complains he has premature hair loss. The
provider suspects it is due to stress, but is uncertain. List the ICD-
10-CM coding for the hair loss. -
correct answer ✅L64.8
When coding multiple burns, which is correct? -
correct answer ✅Sequence first the code reflecting the highest
degree of burn.
Patient presents with a cyst on the arm. Upon examination the
physician decides to incise and drain the cyst. The site is prepped
and the physician takes a scalpel and cuts into the cyst. Purulent
fluid is extracted from the cyst and a sample of the fluid is sent to
the laboratory for evaluation. The wound is irrigated with normal
saline and is covered with a bandage. The patient is to return in a
week to ten days to re-examine the wound.
Select the CPT® code for this procedure. -
correct answer ✅10060
A patient presents to the dermatologist with a suspicious lesion of
the left cheek. Upon examination the physician discusses with the
,AAPC - CPC Prep Chapter 7 Review
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patient that the best course of treatment is to remove the lesion by
shave technique. Consent is obtained and the physician preps the
area and using an 11-blade scalpel makes a transverse incision and
slices the lesion at the base. The wound is cleaned and a bandage is
placed. The physician indicates the size of the lesion is 1.4 cm. The
lesion is sent to pathology for evaluation and the patient is to
return in 10 days to discuss the findings.
Select the CPT® code for this procedure. -
correct answer ✅11312
A patient presents to the Dermatologist with a suspicious lesion on
her left arm and another one on her right arm. After examination
the physician feels these lesions present as highly suspicious and
obtains consent to perform punch biopsies on both sites. After
prepping the area, the physician injects the sites with Lidocaine 1%
and .05% Epi. A 3 mm punch biopsy of the lesion of the left arm and
a 4mm punch biopsy of the lesion of the right arm is taken. The
sites are closed with a simple one-layer closure and the patient is to
return in 10 days for suture removal and to discuss the pathology
results. The patient tolerated the procedure well.
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Select the CPT® code(s) for this procedure. -
correct answer ✅11104, 11105
Operative Report:
INDICATIONS FOR SURGERY: The patient has a suspicious 1.5 cm
lesion of the left upper medial thigh. Clinical diagnosis of this lesion
is unknown, but due to the appearance, malignancy is a realistic
concern. The area is marked for elliptical excision with gross normal
margins of 3-4 mm in relaxed skin tension lines of the respective
area and the best guess at the resulting scars was drawn. The
patient observed these marks in a mirror to understand the surgery
and agreed on the location and we proceeded. PROCEDURE: The
areas were infiltrated with local anesthetic. The area was prepped
and draped in sterile fashion. The suspicious left upper most medial
thigh lesion was excised as drawn, into the subcutaneous fat. This
was sent for permanent pathology. The wound was closed in layers
using 3.0 monocryl and 5.0 chromic. The repair measured 5.0 cm.
Meticulous homeostasis was achieved using light pressure -
correct answer ✅12032, 11403-51
A patient presents to her doctor with three medium sized
suspicious lesions on her leg. The physician uses a saw type
