FREE Certified Professional Coder MCQ Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which anesthesia code should be used when performing intravertebral procedures on the spine or spinal cord, including lumbar percutaneous image-guided neuromodulation or kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty?

Accepted Answer

1942

Answer

1941

Answer

1938

Answer

1940

Question 2

In the event that a 5-year-old presents to the emergency room and needs sedation. The patient can breathe on his or her own. The doctor advises sedating the patient for 30 minutes.
How are CPT codes to be reported?

Accepted Answer

99156 and 99157

Answer

99157 and 99157

Answer

99155 and 99157

Answer

99156

Question 3

A patient seeks sialodochoplasty, a primary or simple plastic surgery procedure, at her doctor's office. She does not require anesthesia for the procedure, the doctor decides.
What CPT code ought to be entered?

Accepted Answer

42500

Answer

42500 – P1

Answer

42500 – P2

Answer

none of the above

Question 4

A patient has been identified as having an unidentified malignant neoplasm of the oropharynx, and the doctor advises that the patient received radiation therapy for 5 sessions.
Which CPT and ICD-10 codes should be used?

Accepted Answer

77427 and C10.9

Answer

77427 and C10.8

Answer

77402 and C10.9

Answer

77401 and C10.8

Question 5

A 10-year-old boy with two dark lesions visits his family doctor. The doctor decides the patient requires a punch biopsy.
What CPT code ought the provider enter?

Accepted Answer

11104 and 11105

Answer

11104 and 11104

Answer

11102

Answer

11102 – 59

Question 6

What code should a doctor enter if a Bronchoplasty is combined with graft repair, excision stenosis, and anastomosis during this procedure?

Accepted Answer

31775

Answer

31770 and 31775

Answer

31515 and 31775

Answer

none of the above

Question 7

Urinary incontinence in 61-year-old male results in uncontrollable leakage. The patient underwent a procedure to address this problem three months ago. The surgeon stitched the incision shut by placing a sling across the muscles that surround the urethra. To have the sling taken off, the patient returns.
What CPT code ought to be entered?

Accepted Answer

53442

Answer

53442 – 51

Answer

53431

Answer

53442 – 59

Question 8

Which of the following is an observation Z code category for a medical observation encounter for suspected diseases and conditions that have been ruled out?

Accepted Answer

Z03

Answer

Z05

Answer

Z02

Answer

Z04

Question 9

Which modifier can a physician use when giving a service in a hospital that is both technical and professional?

Accepted Answer

26

Answer

51

Answer

59

Answer

91

Question 10

To divert or create an artificial passage is what this term means:

Accepted Answer

Shunt

Answer

Burr

Answer

Catheter

Answer

Occipital