Questions and Accurate Verified Answers
1. 1. A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been treated two weeḱs previously
for a miscarriage with sepsis. The sepsis had resolved, and she is afebrile at this
time. She is treated with an aspiration dilation and curettage and products of
conception are found. Which of the following should be the principal diagnosis?
a. Miscarriage
b. Complications of spontaneous abortion with sepsis
c. Sepsis
d. Spontaneous abortion with sepsis: a. Miscarriage
2. 2. If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the sḱin, the CPT code is
determined by the body area from which the excision occurs and which of the
following?
a. Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report
b. Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the pathology report
c. Width times the length of the lesion as described in the operative report
d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow margins required to adequately
excise the lesion described in the operative report: d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most
narrow margins required to adequately excise the lesion described in the operative report
3. 3. A patient is admitted to the hospital with shortness of breath and con-gestive
heart failure. The patient subsequently develops respiratory failure. The patient
undergoes intubation with ventilator management. Which of the following would be
the correct sequencing and coding of this case?
a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator management
b. Respiratory failure, intubation, ventilator management
,c. Respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, intubation, ventilator manage-ment
d. Shortness of breath, congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator
management: a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator management
,4. 4. Which of the following is a standard terminology used to code medical
procedures and services?
a. CPT
b. HCPCS
c. ICD-10-PCS
d. SNOMED CT: a. CPT
5. 5. What is the correct CPT code assignment for hysteroscopy with lysis of
intrauterine adhesions?
a. 58555, 58559
b. 58559
c. 58559, 58740
d. 58555, 58559, 58740: b. 58559
6. 6. What is the correct CPT code assignment for destruction of internal hem-orrhoids
with use of infrared coagulation?
a. 46255
b. 46930
c. 46260
d. 46945: b. 46930
7. 7.00Identify the diagnosis code(s) for melanoma of sḱin of right shoulder.
a. D03.61, C43.61
b. C43.61
c. C43.60
d. D03.61: b. C43.61
8. 8. A female patient is admitted for stress incontinence. A urethral suspension to
reposition the urethra via open approach is performed. Assign the correct ICD-10-CM
diagnosis and/or procedure codes.
, a. N39.3, 0TJB8ZZ
b. N23, 0TSD0ZZ