AAPC-CPC Online Practice Questions and Answers

A 49-year-old patient arrives with hearing loss in his left ear. Impedance testing via tympanometry is performed.

What CPT?code is reported?

A. 92570

B. 92567

C. 92557

D. 92550

A 47-year-old female presents to the operating room for a partial corpectomy on one upper thoracic vertebral body, T3. Two surgeons are performing the surgery. One surgeon performs the transthoracic approach and excises the damaged portion of the vertebral body. The second surgeon inserts a bone graft into the vertebral gap, closing the gap, and inserts a metal plate. Both surgeons work together, each as a primary surgeon.

How does each surgeon report their portion of the surgery?

A. 63090-66, 63091-66

B. 63087-62, 63088-62

C. 63090-80, 63091-80

D. 63085-62, 63086-62

A Medicare patient that is on dialysis for ESRD is seen by the nurse for a Hep B vaccination. This patient is given a dialysis patient dosage as part of a three-dose schedule. The nurse administers the Hep B vaccine in the right deltoid. The physician reviews the chart and signs off on the nurse's note.

What procedure and diagnosis codes are reported for the scheduled vaccine injection for this Medicare patient?

A. 90471, 90746, Z23, N18.6, Z99.2

B. G0010, 90740, Z23, N18.6, Z99.2

C. 90471, 90746, Z23, B19.10, N18.6, Z99.2

D. 99211-25, G0010, 90740, B19.10, N18.6, Z99.2

Which one of the following is an example of a case in which a diabetes-related problem exists and the code for diabetes is never sequenced first?

A. If the patient has hyperglycemia that Is not responding to medication

B. If the patient has an underdose of insulin due to an insulin pump malfunction

C. If the patient is being treated for secondary diabetes

D. If the patient is being treated for type 2 diabetes

A 20-year-old female is being seen for the first time by a primary care physician to have a yearly physical. During the examination for the physical, the provider discovers non- inflammed lesions on her legs and arms. The physician performs a complete physical and additional separate documentation for the treatment of the lesions on the bilateral upper and lower extremities. The provider has the patient buy an over-the-counter ointment and will continue to watch them.

What CPT?coding is reported for this visit?

A. 99385

B. 99202

C. 99385-25, 99203

D. 99385, 99203-25

A 45-year-old has a dislocated patella in the left knee after a car accident. She taken to the hospital by EMS for surgical treatment. In the surgery suite, the patient is placed under general anesthesia. After being prepped and draped, the surgeon makes an incision above the knee joint in front of the patella. Dissection is carried through soft tissue and reaching the patella in attempt to reduce the dislocation. When the patella is exposed, it is severely damaged due to cartilage breakdown. The tendon is dissected and using a saw the entire patella is freed and removed. The tendon sheath is closed with sutures.

What procedure code is reported for this surgery?

A. 27562-LT

B. 27552-LT

C. 27556-LT

D. 27566-LT

What CPT?code is reported for an excision of a sacral pressure ulcer with a primary closure?

A. 15934

B. 15931

C. 15933

D. 15920

A 4-year-old has third-degree, circumferential burns to his torso. To avoid respiratory compression an escharotomy is performed. A total of four incisions are made through the eschar down to the subcutaneous fat to release the restrictive effects from the eschar.

What CPT?coding should you report?

A. 16035, 16036-51

B. 16030

C. 16035 x 4

D. 16035, 16036 x 3

A 40-year-old patient has symptoms of dysphagia and reflux. The gastroenterologist introduces a rigid scope through the mouth to examine the esophagus, where he observes a stricture. He then introduces and performs 25 mm balloon dilation.

What CPT?code is reported for this procedure?

A. 43450

B. 43220

C. 43195

D. 43249

An 85-year-old tripped over a rug and hit her shoulder against a cabinet in her bathroom. The fall resulted in a fractured humeral head. Shoulder X-rays revealed bone fragments and the physician replaced the humeral head with a prosthesis. The patient is taken to the operating room where anesthesia is administered.

Report the CPT?coding for the anesthesiologist.

A. 01630, 99100

B. 01630

C. 01638

D. 01638, 99100