3-2-1 Coding - Chapter 12 - CPT
Surgery I and Integumentary
Exam || With 100% Accurate
Solutions
Conceptial Researchers
, 3-2-1 Coding - Chapter 12 - CPT
Surgery I and Integumentary Exam ||
With 100% Accurate Solutions
If the operative report describes a lesion as 3.5 cm × 4 cm × 5 cm, which is reported
as the diameter?
a. 4 cm
b. 5 cm
c. 3.5 cm
d. 17.5 cm - ANSWER - 5 cm
When Mohs micrographic surgery is performed, Mohs micrographic surgery codes
are reported instead of:
a. excision codes and a diagnostic biopsy code.
b. surgical pathology codes.
c. excision codes and surgical pathology codes.
d. a diagnostic biopsy code. - ANSWER - excision codes and surgical pathology
codes
Wound repair is coded with an appropriate evaluation and management code when
the sole repair material used is:
a. adhesive strips.
b. tissue adhesives.
c. sutures.
d. staples. - ANSWER - adhesive strips
Evacuation of subungual hematoma. Which CPT code is assigned?a. 11750b.
10160c. 11740d. 10140 - ANSWER - 11740
Collagen injection, face, 5.1 cc. Which CPT code is assigned?a. 11950b. 11951c.
11952d. 11954 - ANSWER - 11952
Puncture aspiration of abscess on lower left eyelid. Which CPT code is assigned?
a. 10140-E2
b. 10160-E2
c. 10120-E2
d. 10180-E2 - ANSWER - 10160-E2
Open excision of fibroadenomas, right breast. Which CPT code is assigned?
a. 19301-RT
b. 19120-RT
c. 19100-RT
d. 19260-RT - ANSWER - 19120-RT
Suction-assisted abdominal lipectomy. Which CPT code is assigned?a. 15876b.
15879c. 15877d. 15878 - ANSWER - 15877
, Adjacent tissue transfer of 12 sq cm defect of forehead. Which CPT code is
assigned?
a. 14020
b. 14021
c. 14041
d. 14040 - ANSWER - 14041
Mohs micrographic surgery of upper left arm (first stage) with excision of five
specimens. Diagnostic skin biopsy performed the same day. Which CPT code(s) are
assigned?
a. 17313
b. 17313, 11406
c. 17313, 11100-59
d. 11100, 17313-51 - ANSWER - 17313, 11100-59
Modified radical mastectomy, including axillary lymph nodes, excluding pectoral
muscles. Which CPT code is assigned?a. 19305b. 19306c. 19307d. 19301 -
ANSWER - 19307
Epidermal facial chemical peel. Which CPT code is assigned?
a. 15793
b. 15788
c. 15789
d. 15792 - ANSWER - 15788
Cryosurgery of two plantar warts. Which CPT code(s) are assigned?
a. 17110
b. 17000, 17003
c. 17000, 17000
d. 17000, 17003-51 - ANSWER - 17110
Which is true about the CPT code descriptions?
a. If an activity is not listed in the code description, it should be coded separately.
b. The information in each code description contains all of the information necessary
to select the proper code.
c. CPT code descriptions include all activities integral to the procedure.
d. CPT code descriptions do not include the numerous activities integral to the
procedure, such as the administration of local anesthesia and the initial incision. -
ANSWER - CPT code descriptions include all activities integral to the procedure
Which term describes the ablation of benign, premalignant, or malignant tissues by
any method?
a. repair
b. excision
c. removal
d. destruction - ANSWER - destruction
The CMS national definition for a global surgical package:
a. categorizes surgeries as major or minor and establishes a postoperative global
period for each surgical procedure.
Surgery I and Integumentary
Exam || With 100% Accurate
Solutions
Conceptial Researchers
, 3-2-1 Coding - Chapter 12 - CPT
Surgery I and Integumentary Exam ||
With 100% Accurate Solutions
If the operative report describes a lesion as 3.5 cm × 4 cm × 5 cm, which is reported
as the diameter?
a. 4 cm
b. 5 cm
c. 3.5 cm
d. 17.5 cm - ANSWER - 5 cm
When Mohs micrographic surgery is performed, Mohs micrographic surgery codes
are reported instead of:
a. excision codes and a diagnostic biopsy code.
b. surgical pathology codes.
c. excision codes and surgical pathology codes.
d. a diagnostic biopsy code. - ANSWER - excision codes and surgical pathology
codes
Wound repair is coded with an appropriate evaluation and management code when
the sole repair material used is:
a. adhesive strips.
b. tissue adhesives.
c. sutures.
d. staples. - ANSWER - adhesive strips
Evacuation of subungual hematoma. Which CPT code is assigned?a. 11750b.
10160c. 11740d. 10140 - ANSWER - 11740
Collagen injection, face, 5.1 cc. Which CPT code is assigned?a. 11950b. 11951c.
11952d. 11954 - ANSWER - 11952
Puncture aspiration of abscess on lower left eyelid. Which CPT code is assigned?
a. 10140-E2
b. 10160-E2
c. 10120-E2
d. 10180-E2 - ANSWER - 10160-E2
Open excision of fibroadenomas, right breast. Which CPT code is assigned?
a. 19301-RT
b. 19120-RT
c. 19100-RT
d. 19260-RT - ANSWER - 19120-RT
Suction-assisted abdominal lipectomy. Which CPT code is assigned?a. 15876b.
15879c. 15877d. 15878 - ANSWER - 15877
, Adjacent tissue transfer of 12 sq cm defect of forehead. Which CPT code is
assigned?
a. 14020
b. 14021
c. 14041
d. 14040 - ANSWER - 14041
Mohs micrographic surgery of upper left arm (first stage) with excision of five
specimens. Diagnostic skin biopsy performed the same day. Which CPT code(s) are
assigned?
a. 17313
b. 17313, 11406
c. 17313, 11100-59
d. 11100, 17313-51 - ANSWER - 17313, 11100-59
Modified radical mastectomy, including axillary lymph nodes, excluding pectoral
muscles. Which CPT code is assigned?a. 19305b. 19306c. 19307d. 19301 -
ANSWER - 19307
Epidermal facial chemical peel. Which CPT code is assigned?
a. 15793
b. 15788
c. 15789
d. 15792 - ANSWER - 15788
Cryosurgery of two plantar warts. Which CPT code(s) are assigned?
a. 17110
b. 17000, 17003
c. 17000, 17000
d. 17000, 17003-51 - ANSWER - 17110
Which is true about the CPT code descriptions?
a. If an activity is not listed in the code description, it should be coded separately.
b. The information in each code description contains all of the information necessary
to select the proper code.
c. CPT code descriptions include all activities integral to the procedure.
d. CPT code descriptions do not include the numerous activities integral to the
procedure, such as the administration of local anesthesia and the initial incision. -
ANSWER - CPT code descriptions include all activities integral to the procedure
Which term describes the ablation of benign, premalignant, or malignant tissues by
any method?
a. repair
b. excision
c. removal
d. destruction - ANSWER - destruction
The CMS national definition for a global surgical package:
a. categorizes surgeries as major or minor and establishes a postoperative global
period for each surgical procedure.
