1. If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the
skin, the CPT code is determined by the body area from
which the excision occurs and which of the following?
a. Length of the lesion as described in the pathology
report
b. Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in
the pathology report
c. Width times the length of the lesion as described in the
operative report
d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow
margins required to adequately excise the lesion
described in the operative report
,d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow
margins required to adequately excise the lesion
described in the operative report
,2. A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been
treated two weeks previously for a miscarriage with sepsis.
The sepsis had resolved, and she is afebrile at this time.
She is treated with an aspiration dilation and curettage and
products of conception are found. Which of the following
should be the principal diagnosis?
a. Miscarriage
b. Complications of spontaneous abortion with sepsis
c. Sepsis
d. Spontaneous abortion with sepsis
, 3. A patient is admitted to the hospital with shortness of
breath and congestive heart failure. The patient
subsequently develops respiratory failure. The patient
undergoes intubation with ventilator management. Which
of the following would be the correct sequencing and
coding of this case?
a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator
management
b. Respiratory failure, intubation, ventilator management
c. Respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, intubation,
ventilator management
skin, the CPT code is determined by the body area from
which the excision occurs and which of the following?
a. Length of the lesion as described in the pathology
report
b. Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in
the pathology report
c. Width times the length of the lesion as described in the
operative report
d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow
margins required to adequately excise the lesion
described in the operative report
,d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow
margins required to adequately excise the lesion
described in the operative report
,2. A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been
treated two weeks previously for a miscarriage with sepsis.
The sepsis had resolved, and she is afebrile at this time.
She is treated with an aspiration dilation and curettage and
products of conception are found. Which of the following
should be the principal diagnosis?
a. Miscarriage
b. Complications of spontaneous abortion with sepsis
c. Sepsis
d. Spontaneous abortion with sepsis
, 3. A patient is admitted to the hospital with shortness of
breath and congestive heart failure. The patient
subsequently develops respiratory failure. The patient
undergoes intubation with ventilator management. Which
of the following would be the correct sequencing and
coding of this case?
a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator
management
b. Respiratory failure, intubation, ventilator management
c. Respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, intubation,
ventilator management
