CCS EXAM 2 LATEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
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A patient is admitted because of congestive heart failure (CHF).
During the treatment of the CHF, the patient was also found to
have elevated liver function tests. The physician worked up the
elevated liver function tests but was not able to determine a
diagnosis. The following diagnoses should be assigned:
a. Congestive heart failure with liver disease
b. Abnormal liver function tests
c. Congestive heart failure and abnormal liver function tests
d. Congestive heart failure - ANSWER-c
The condition after study that occasioned the admission should
be sequenced first even if the plan of treatment was not carried
out due to unforeseen circumstances. true or false? - ANSWER-
true
Payment status indicators that are assigned to an APC and
indicate APC payment are G, H, K, P, R, S, T, U, X, and V. Status
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indicator ___ denotes that there is no specific payment for that
APC because the procedure payment is included in another APC.
There may be multiple APCs with the same or different payment
status indicator per claim. In this case, all APCs impact payment
except the one with status indicator ___ - ANSWER-N
From the information provided, how many APCs would impact this
patient's total reimbursement?
Billing Number Status Indicator CPT/HCPCS APC*
989323 V 99285-25 00616
989323 T 25500 00129
989323 X 72050 00261
989323 S 72128 08005
989323 N 70450 19937
* This is not the actual reimbursement for the designated APC.
a. 1
b. 5
c. 4
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d. Unable to determine - ANSWER-c
A virtual screening colonoscopy would be coded as:
45378 Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of
specimen(s) by brushing or washing, when performed (separate
procedure)
45391 Colonoscopy, flexible; with endoscopic ultrasound
examination limited to the rectum, sigmoid, descending,
transverse, or ascending colon and cecum, and adjacent
structures
74263 Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, screening
including image postprocessing
76376 3D rendering with interpretation and reporting of computed
tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, or other
tomographic modality with image post-processing under
concurrent supervision; not requiring image postprocessing on an
independent workstation
a. 74263
b. 45391
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c. 45378
d. 76376 - ANSWER-a
A patient undergoes a colposcopy with endometrial biopsy. Which
of the following is correct?
a. The colposcopy and endometrial biopsy are represented by a
combination code.
b. Two codes would be used with modifier -59 appended.
c. Two codes would be used in accordance with CPT code
instructions.
d. Only one code is used and it does not state that it includes
endometrial biopsy specifically. - ANSWER-c
Multiple surgical procedures with payment status indicator T
performed during the same operative session are discounted. The
highest-weighted procedure is fully reimbursed. All other
procedures with payment status indicator T are reimbursed at
____%. Because of this, if another T procedure were coded, it
would be reimbursed at ____% - ANSWER-50