Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. What are the three classifications of anesthesia?
a. General, Regional and Epidural
b. General, Regional and Monitored Anesthesia Care
c. General, MAC and Conscious Sedation
d. General, Regional and Moderate Sedation
____ 2. What modifier is used for medically-directed CRNA services?
a. QK c. QX
b. QS d. QZ
____ 3. What intraperitoneal organs are found in the lower abdomen?
a. Appendix, cecum, ileum, sigmoid colon
b. Liver, appendix, gallbladder, ileum, sigmoid colon
c. Gallbladder, cecum, spleen, ileum, sigmoid colon
d. Spleen, liver, appendix, stomach, cecum
____ 4. What is the anesthesia code for a cast application to the wrist?
a. 01860 c. 01130
b. 01490 d. 01680
____ 5. What is the anesthesia code for a shoulder arthroscopy which became an open procedure on the shoulder
joint?
a. 01622 c. 01638
b. 01630 d. 01680
____ 6. What is the anesthesia code for a mediastinoscopy utilizing OLV (one lung ventilation)?
a. 00528 c. 00540
b. 00529 d. 00541
____ 7. What is the anesthesia code for a tubal ligation?
a. 00840 c. 00846
b. 00844 d. 00851
____ 8. Report the appropriate anesthesia code for an obstetric patient who had a planned general anesthesia for
cesarean hysterectomy.
a. 01962 c. 01969
b. 01963 d. 01967
____ 9. What physical status modifier best describes a patient who has a severe systemic disease that is a constant
threat to life?
a. P1 c. P3
b. P2 d. P4
____ 10. A 22 year-old patient who has severe medical problems is placed under general anesthesia by an anesthetist
for a service not usually requiring anesthesia. What modifier would be appended to the service?
a. 22 c. 47
b. 23 d. 52
, ____ 11. What is the anesthesia code for an appendectomy?
a. 00790 c. 00860
b. 00840 d. 00862
____ 12. What is the anesthesia code for a cholecystectomy?
a. 00790 c. 00840
b. 00797 d. 00842
____ 13. What is the anesthesia code for a complete removal of the penis, including removal of both the left and right
inguinal and iliac lymph nodes?
a. 00932 c. 00936
b. 00934 d. 00938
____ 14. What is the appropriate code for a patient who had regional block anesthesia provided for carpal tunnel
surgery?
a. 20526 c. 01820
b. 00400 d. 01810
____ 15. What anesthesia code(s) should be assigned for an obstetric patient who had neuraxial labor analgesia
provided by the anesthesiologist when the delivery was expected to be a normal vaginal delivery but the
obstetrician performed a cesarean delivery when the fetal heart rate dropped?
a. 62319 c. 01968
b. 01967 d. 01967, 01968
____ 16. A 77 year-old patient was scheduled for a total hip replacement due to degenerative joint disease (DJD) and
the anesthesiologist documented the DJD as primary. The pre-anesthesia assessment indicates the patient
had surgery in 2015 for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
a. K21.9 c. M16.10
b. M16.7 d. M16.9, K21.9
____ 17. Using your ICD-10-CM codebook look for the diagnosis code for a patient with a preoperative diagnosis of
abdominal pain, right lower quadrant and a postoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis with peritoneal
abscess. What ICD-10-CM code is reported?
a. R10.9 c. K35.80
b. R10.31 d. K35.3
____ 18. The patient is receiving a cast change for a compound left trimalleolar fracture (ankle). What ICD-10-CM
code is reported?
a. S82.851S c. S89.302S
b. S82.852D d. S82.892D
____ 19. A patient undergoes heart surgery for angina decubitus and coronary artery disease (CAD). What ICD-10-CM
code is reported?
a. I20.9 c. I25.119
b. I25.10 d. I25.118
____ 20. A patient has foot surgery for a right calcaneal spur. Chronic myocardial ischemia was listed on the pre-
anesthesia assessment. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
a. M77.31, I25.89 c. M77.31, I25.9
b. M89.9 d. I24.0