Practice CPC objective Q&A for medical coders

  1. A patient receives two vaccines that are administered intramuscularly and two vaccines that are administered orally. The patient receives no counseling on the vaccines. Which codes should be used to report these services?
    A. 90471 x2, 90473 x2
    B. 90471, +90472, 90473, +90474
    C. 90471, +90472, +90474 x2
    D. 90460, +90461 x3

 

2. Which of the following vaccine administration codes qualifies as a professional service?
A. 90460
B. 90471
C. 90473
D. +90474

3. A provider performs a 15-minute office E/M service for an established patient that includes high medical decision making. If you are coding by time in 2021, which is the correct code for this service?
A. 99212
B. 99213
C. 99214
D. 99215

4. A provider performs a 15-minute office E/M service for an established patient that includes high MDM. If you are coding by MDM in 2021, which is the correct code for this service?
A. 99212
B. 99213
C. 99214
D. 99215

5. Which CPT code should you report for the radiological interpretation of an ultrasound of the bladder that includes imaging of a single organ?
A. 76770
B. 76775
C. 76776
D. 76800

6. Which CPT code should you report for the insertion of a temporary indwelling catheter that requires substantially more work due to a fractured balloon?
A. 51701
B. 51702
C. 51703
D. 51705

7. When a patient presents for a routine screening colonoscopy and the physician finds a polyp and performs a biopsy. The pathology report shows that the patient has a benign polyp. How should the scenario be coded?
A. G0121-PT; Z12.11 and D12.1
B. G0105; D12.6
C. 45380-PT; Z12.11 and D12.6
D. 45380; D12.

8. Which code should you report when a physician or other qualified healthcare practitioner removes impacted cerumen from a patient’s ear(s) on the same date that a contracted or employed audiologist performs audiologic function testing on the patient? (Medicare is the payer.)
A. G0268
B. 69209
C. 69210
D. 69209 and 69210

9. Which CPT code should you report for a unilateral procedure when removing impacted cerumen with instrumentation?
A. 69210
B. 69210-50
C. 69210-LT; 69210-RT
D. 69209

10. The use of mesh (+49568) is included in the CPT code for which of the following procedures and should not be reported separately?
A. Umbilical hernia repair performed via a laparoscopic approach
B. Ventral repair performed via an open approach
C. Closure after debridement of infected necrotic tissue infection
D. Incisional hernia repair performed via an open approach

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