Medical Billing & Coding Lesson 38
Exam Q&A, Passed with High Score
Comprehensive Assessment for Medical Billing and Coding
Professionals
Prepared for Educational Purposes
June 29, 2025
, Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 Exam Questions and Verified Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.1 Question 1: CPT for Minor Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2 Question 2: ICD-10-CM for Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.3 Question 3: Modifier for Unrelated Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.4 Question 4: HCPCS for Oxygen Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.5 Question 5: HIPAA Privacy Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.6 Question 6: E/M Coding for Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.7 Question 7: CMS-1450 Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.8 Question 8: Surgical Coding for Hernia Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.9 Question 9: Medical Necessity Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.10 Question 10: Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.11 Question 11: NCCI Modifier Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.12 Question 12: Comorbidity Coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.13 Question 13: Modifier for Same-Day Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.14 Question 14: Radiology Coding for MRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.15 Question 15: Medicare Part B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.16 Question 16: HCPCS for Infusion Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.17 Question 17: Subsequent Hospital Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.18 Question 18: Fraud Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.19 Question 19: Laboratory Coding for Urinalysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.20 Question 20: Telemedicine Billing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.21 Question 21: Global Surgical Package Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.22 Question 22: Coding for Skin Biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.23 Question 23: Insurance Preauthorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.24 Question 24: Anesthesia Base Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.25 Question 25: Preventive Care Coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.26 Question 26: Claim Denial Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.27 Question 27: Coding for Joint Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.28 Question 28: Anti-Kickback Statute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.29 Question 29: Coding for Colonoscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.30 Question 30: Patient Copayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.31 Question 31: Modifier for Teaching Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.32 Question 32: Coding for Occupational Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.33 Question 33: False Claims Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.34 Question 34: Coding for Mammography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.35 Question 35: Timely Filing Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.36 Question 36: Coding for Fracture Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.37 Question 37: Coordination of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.38 Question 38: Coding for Allergy Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.39 Question 39: Chargemaster Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.40 Question 40: Coding for Psychotherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Exam Q&A, Passed with High Score
Comprehensive Assessment for Medical Billing and Coding
Professionals
Prepared for Educational Purposes
June 29, 2025
, Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 Exam Questions and Verified Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.1 Question 1: CPT for Minor Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2 Question 2: ICD-10-CM for Asthma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.3 Question 3: Modifier for Unrelated Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.4 Question 4: HCPCS for Oxygen Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.5 Question 5: HIPAA Privacy Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.6 Question 6: E/M Coding for Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.7 Question 7: CMS-1450 Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.8 Question 8: Surgical Coding for Hernia Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.9 Question 9: Medical Necessity Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.10 Question 10: Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.11 Question 11: NCCI Modifier Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.12 Question 12: Comorbidity Coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.13 Question 13: Modifier for Same-Day Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.14 Question 14: Radiology Coding for MRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.15 Question 15: Medicare Part B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.16 Question 16: HCPCS for Infusion Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.17 Question 17: Subsequent Hospital Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.18 Question 18: Fraud Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.19 Question 19: Laboratory Coding for Urinalysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.20 Question 20: Telemedicine Billing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.21 Question 21: Global Surgical Package Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.22 Question 22: Coding for Skin Biopsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.23 Question 23: Insurance Preauthorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.24 Question 24: Anesthesia Base Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.25 Question 25: Preventive Care Coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.26 Question 26: Claim Denial Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.27 Question 27: Coding for Joint Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.28 Question 28: Anti-Kickback Statute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.29 Question 29: Coding for Colonoscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.30 Question 30: Patient Copayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.31 Question 31: Modifier for Teaching Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.32 Question 32: Coding for Occupational Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.33 Question 33: False Claims Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.34 Question 34: Coding for Mammography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.35 Question 35: Timely Filing Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.36 Question 36: Coding for Fracture Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.37 Question 37: Coordination of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.38 Question 38: Coding for Allergy Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.39 Question 39: Chargemaster Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.40 Question 40: Coding for Psychotherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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