CPC CERTIFICATION EXAM 2025 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Medicare Part A - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The part of the Medicare program that pays for
hospitalization, care in a skilled nursing facility, home health care, and hospice care.
Medicare Part B - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The part of the Medicare program that pays for physician
services, outpatient hospital services, durable medical equipment, and other services and supplies.
Medicare Part C - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bundled plans that include Part A, Part B, and usually Part D
from a private insurance company.
Medicare Part D - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Prescription drug coverage
Modifier AA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Anesthesia services performed personally by anesthesiologist
Modifier QY - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Medical direction of one certified registered nurse anesthetist
(CRNA) by an anesthesiologist
Modifier QK - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Medical direction of two, three, or four concurrent anesthesia
procedures involving qualified individuals
Modifier QX - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CRNA service: with medical direction by a physician
Modifier QZ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CRNA service, without medical direction by a physician
Modifier QS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) service
Modifier G8 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for deep complex, complicated,
or markedly invasive surgical procedures.
, Modifier G9 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for patient who has history of
severe cardiopulmonary condition.
Modifier P1 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Normal healthy patient
Modifier P2 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A patient with mild systemic disease
Modifier P3 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A patient with severe systemic disease
Modifier P4 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to
life
Modifier P5 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the
operation
Modifier P6 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A declared brain-dead patient whose organs are being removed for
donor purposes
How do you calculate the size of a skin lesion excision? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Widest diameter of the
skin lesion + the narrowest margins. These are to be measured in cm.
Where can anesthesia modifiers be found? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅At the very front of the HCPCS Level
II book.
What is the natural pacemaker of the heart? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sinoatrial (SA) Node.
What is the power source of a pacemaker? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pulse generator or battery.
What are the 3 types of pacemakers/defibrillators? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Single chamber, dual
chamber, CRT-P/biventricular pacemakers.
ANSWERS
Medicare Part A - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The part of the Medicare program that pays for
hospitalization, care in a skilled nursing facility, home health care, and hospice care.
Medicare Part B - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The part of the Medicare program that pays for physician
services, outpatient hospital services, durable medical equipment, and other services and supplies.
Medicare Part C - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bundled plans that include Part A, Part B, and usually Part D
from a private insurance company.
Medicare Part D - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Prescription drug coverage
Modifier AA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Anesthesia services performed personally by anesthesiologist
Modifier QY - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Medical direction of one certified registered nurse anesthetist
(CRNA) by an anesthesiologist
Modifier QK - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Medical direction of two, three, or four concurrent anesthesia
procedures involving qualified individuals
Modifier QX - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CRNA service: with medical direction by a physician
Modifier QZ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅CRNA service, without medical direction by a physician
Modifier QS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) service
Modifier G8 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for deep complex, complicated,
or markedly invasive surgical procedures.
, Modifier G9 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for patient who has history of
severe cardiopulmonary condition.
Modifier P1 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Normal healthy patient
Modifier P2 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A patient with mild systemic disease
Modifier P3 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A patient with severe systemic disease
Modifier P4 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to
life
Modifier P5 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the
operation
Modifier P6 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A declared brain-dead patient whose organs are being removed for
donor purposes
How do you calculate the size of a skin lesion excision? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Widest diameter of the
skin lesion + the narrowest margins. These are to be measured in cm.
Where can anesthesia modifiers be found? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅At the very front of the HCPCS Level
II book.
What is the natural pacemaker of the heart? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sinoatrial (SA) Node.
What is the power source of a pacemaker? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pulse generator or battery.
What are the 3 types of pacemakers/defibrillators? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Single chamber, dual
chamber, CRT-P/biventricular pacemakers.
