HIM 270 - CODING QUIZZES | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 260 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
A physician performed two trigger point injections in two different muscles. CPT code 20552 would be
reported twice. - (answer)False
Codes 20552-20553 are reported one time per session, regardless of the number of injections or
muscles injected (CPT Assistant, May 2003, page 19).
Which of the following can be identified as a National Code? - (answer)J0207
National Codes begin with a capital letter
HCPCS was developed by: - (answer)
Which of the following can be identified as a new code in CPT 2018? - (answer)43286
Code 55250-50 is reported for a bilateral vasectomy.
True or False - (answer)False
The CPT code already states that the procedure is bilateral, no modifier to show bilateral is needed
A surgeon performed a procedure that is unfamiliar to the coder and the coder is having trouble locating
an appropriate CPT code. What should the coder's next action be? - (answer)Research the description
about the procedure
True or False
The correct code assignment for a closed reduction of fractured phalange, 5th
digit, right foot is 28515-T9. - (answer)True
Which of the following contains a complete description of CPT modifiers? - (answer)Appendix A
, HIM 270 - CODING QUIZZES | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 260 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
Which of the following can be identified as a CPT code number from the Medicine section? -
(answer)92611
Which of the following modifiers would be appended to a CPT code for repair of the right upper eyelid? -
(answer)E3
Operative Report
Preoperative Diagnosis: Cholecystitis with cholelithiasis
Postoperative Diagnosis: Same
Operative Procedure: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Indications: A 77-year-old woman experiences upper abdominal pain and has been diagnosed with
cholelithiasis. The risks and benefits of the procedure have been explained in detail.
Technique: With the patient under general anesthesia, the abdomen was prepped and draped in the
usual fashion. A small infraumbilical skin incision was made, carried down through the adipose tissue.
The fascia was opened in the midline, and the peritoneal cavity under direct vision using laparoscopic
technique. There was adequate insufflation of CO2.
A 10-mm trocar was introduced into the upper abdomen to the right of the midline, two 55-mm trocars
in the right upper quadrant area under directed camera vision. Examination noted that there were
multiple adhesions in the gallbladde - (answer)47562-53
(counted incorrect - verify)
Which of the following contains a comprehensive summary of CPT additions, deletions, and revisions
since last year? - (answer)Appendix B
True or False
Incision and drainage of carbuncle on left hip is performed and the correct code assignment is 10060-LT.
- (answer)False
SOLUTION
A physician performed two trigger point injections in two different muscles. CPT code 20552 would be
reported twice. - (answer)False
Codes 20552-20553 are reported one time per session, regardless of the number of injections or
muscles injected (CPT Assistant, May 2003, page 19).
Which of the following can be identified as a National Code? - (answer)J0207
National Codes begin with a capital letter
HCPCS was developed by: - (answer)
Which of the following can be identified as a new code in CPT 2018? - (answer)43286
Code 55250-50 is reported for a bilateral vasectomy.
True or False - (answer)False
The CPT code already states that the procedure is bilateral, no modifier to show bilateral is needed
A surgeon performed a procedure that is unfamiliar to the coder and the coder is having trouble locating
an appropriate CPT code. What should the coder's next action be? - (answer)Research the description
about the procedure
True or False
The correct code assignment for a closed reduction of fractured phalange, 5th
digit, right foot is 28515-T9. - (answer)True
Which of the following contains a complete description of CPT modifiers? - (answer)Appendix A
, HIM 270 - CODING QUIZZES | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 260 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
Which of the following can be identified as a CPT code number from the Medicine section? -
(answer)92611
Which of the following modifiers would be appended to a CPT code for repair of the right upper eyelid? -
(answer)E3
Operative Report
Preoperative Diagnosis: Cholecystitis with cholelithiasis
Postoperative Diagnosis: Same
Operative Procedure: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Indications: A 77-year-old woman experiences upper abdominal pain and has been diagnosed with
cholelithiasis. The risks and benefits of the procedure have been explained in detail.
Technique: With the patient under general anesthesia, the abdomen was prepped and draped in the
usual fashion. A small infraumbilical skin incision was made, carried down through the adipose tissue.
The fascia was opened in the midline, and the peritoneal cavity under direct vision using laparoscopic
technique. There was adequate insufflation of CO2.
A 10-mm trocar was introduced into the upper abdomen to the right of the midline, two 55-mm trocars
in the right upper quadrant area under directed camera vision. Examination noted that there were
multiple adhesions in the gallbladde - (answer)47562-53
(counted incorrect - verify)
Which of the following contains a comprehensive summary of CPT additions, deletions, and revisions
since last year? - (answer)Appendix B
True or False
Incision and drainage of carbuncle on left hip is performed and the correct code assignment is 10060-LT.
- (answer)False
