COC EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH 100% RATED CORRECT REAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS| GRADED A+ |2025
LATEST VERSION | 100% VERIFIED
A patient arrives at the ED after being involved in an automobile accident. She has
multiple lacerations, a contusion on her head, and a sprained ankle. The laceration
repair and a level 3 ED visit are reported. Is a modifier necessary? If yes, why? -
(answer)Yes. Modifier 25 is required on the ED visit to indicate it was separately
identifiable from the laceration repair.
A patient presented to the hospital outpatient pulmonary clinic for asthma follow-
up. During the encounter, the physician performed an expanded problem focused
history and exam with moderate decision making for this established patient. The
documentation supported a low-level E/M for the facility. Later in the evening, the
patient suffered an acute asthma attack and went to the ER in the same hospital for
treatment. What modifier is used to indicate multiple E/M services occurred on the
same date? - (answer)27
A patient presents to the hospital-based clinic in her 15th week of pregnancy with
cramping, cervix dilated to 2 cm, and a bulging amniotic sac. The physician
,confirms a spontaneous abortion is inevitable and decides to manage the patient
expectantly with monitoring. How is this coded? - (answer)An appropriate E/M
code
A surgeon performed a radical mastectomy on the right breast for a 42- year-old
woman. The patient requested a permanent prosthesis in the recovery room. The
surgeon decided to take the patient back to the operating room later that day and
the prosthesis was inserted in the right breast. What modifier should the facility
use? - (answer)58
A surgeon places a self-retaining indwelling ureteral stent following a
cystourethroscopic procedure. Later in the evening, due to complications, the
patient returns to the OR for removal of the stent by the same surgeon. Select the
appropriate modifier for the stent removal. - (answer)78
Indicate the same procedure was repeated by the same physician on the same day. -
(answer)76
, Status Indicator G - (answer)Pass through drugs and biologicals, separate payment,
paid under OPPS.
Status Indicator K - (answer)Non-pass through drugs and non-implantable
biological, separate payment, paid under OPPS.
Status Indicator N - (answer)Items and services, packaged payment, paid under
OPPS.
Status Indicator P - (answer)Partial hospitalization. Paid under OPPS.
Status Indicator Q1 - (answer)STV-packaged codes, packaged payment, paid under
OPPS.
Status Indicator Q2 - (answer)T-Packaged codes. Paid under OPPS.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS| GRADED A+ |2025
LATEST VERSION | 100% VERIFIED
A patient arrives at the ED after being involved in an automobile accident. She has
multiple lacerations, a contusion on her head, and a sprained ankle. The laceration
repair and a level 3 ED visit are reported. Is a modifier necessary? If yes, why? -
(answer)Yes. Modifier 25 is required on the ED visit to indicate it was separately
identifiable from the laceration repair.
A patient presented to the hospital outpatient pulmonary clinic for asthma follow-
up. During the encounter, the physician performed an expanded problem focused
history and exam with moderate decision making for this established patient. The
documentation supported a low-level E/M for the facility. Later in the evening, the
patient suffered an acute asthma attack and went to the ER in the same hospital for
treatment. What modifier is used to indicate multiple E/M services occurred on the
same date? - (answer)27
A patient presents to the hospital-based clinic in her 15th week of pregnancy with
cramping, cervix dilated to 2 cm, and a bulging amniotic sac. The physician
,confirms a spontaneous abortion is inevitable and decides to manage the patient
expectantly with monitoring. How is this coded? - (answer)An appropriate E/M
code
A surgeon performed a radical mastectomy on the right breast for a 42- year-old
woman. The patient requested a permanent prosthesis in the recovery room. The
surgeon decided to take the patient back to the operating room later that day and
the prosthesis was inserted in the right breast. What modifier should the facility
use? - (answer)58
A surgeon places a self-retaining indwelling ureteral stent following a
cystourethroscopic procedure. Later in the evening, due to complications, the
patient returns to the OR for removal of the stent by the same surgeon. Select the
appropriate modifier for the stent removal. - (answer)78
Indicate the same procedure was repeated by the same physician on the same day. -
(answer)76
, Status Indicator G - (answer)Pass through drugs and biologicals, separate payment,
paid under OPPS.
Status Indicator K - (answer)Non-pass through drugs and non-implantable
biological, separate payment, paid under OPPS.
Status Indicator N - (answer)Items and services, packaged payment, paid under
OPPS.
Status Indicator P - (answer)Partial hospitalization. Paid under OPPS.
Status Indicator Q1 - (answer)STV-packaged codes, packaged payment, paid under
OPPS.
Status Indicator Q2 - (answer)T-Packaged codes. Paid under OPPS.
