Medical Tests American Academy of Professional Coders: Certified Professional Coder - AAPC-CPC Exam Practice Test
Consultation codes 99242-99245 have been deemed as not medically necessary and are no longer reimbursed by Medicare. This decision would fall under which term?
Correct Answer: D
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A laboratory receives a pap smear as a screening for a patient's annual gmecological exam. A thin-layer preparation screened by an automated system with manual rescreening is performed. A pathologist interprets the results and confirms a diagnosis of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. What should the laboratory report?
Correct Answer: B
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A surgeon performs a craniectomy to excise a meningioma located above the tentorium cerebelli. During the procedure, an extradural hematoma is noted and removed via the same craniectomy site. How should the surgeon report the procedure?
Correct Answer: D
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A patient with right knee pain is seen in a physician's office for an x-ray. Anteroposterior and lateral views of the right knee were obtained by the technician, and images confirm right knee pain secondary to degenerative osteoarthritis. Which CPT and ICD-IO-CM code(s) should be reported?
Correct Answer: A
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What is the difference between presumptive and definitive testing?
Correct Answer: A
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Which is NOT a type of injection through which contrast is administered?
Correct Answer: A
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If a cardiologist bills an electrocardiogram (93010) in the emergency department and then follows up with the patient a week later for arteriosclerosis, he should bill an established patient E/M.
Correct Answer: A
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A physician documents a comprehensive electrophysiologic evaluation with an unsuccessful attempted induction of arrhythmi a. Upon review, the bundle-of-His recording is missing. What code(s) should be reported?
Correct Answer: B
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In the Current Procedural Terminology book, how is the icon "Excludes" meant to be interpreted?
Correct Answer: D
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A physician performs a simple repair on a Medicare patient who comes in with a 2.7 cm cut, an open wound, on the neck. The repair is made with Dermabond. Which CPT code(s) should be reported?
Correct Answer: C
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