What CPT code should you report for a transluminal peripheral atherectomy, percutaneous; femoral-popliteal?
a. 35490
b. 35491
c. 35492
d. 35493
Answer: 35493
What code should you report for cyclothymia?
a. 301.12
b. 301.13
c. 301.20
d. 301.4
Answer: 301.13
Which of the following terms indicates when a physician inserts a ventilating tube into the opening of the tympanum?
a. Tympanoplasty
b. Tympanostomy
c. Tympanic neurectomy
d. Tympanolysis
Answer: Tympanostomy
Which modifier should you report to indicate when a party other than the treating or reporting physician performs laboratory procedures?
a. Modifier -62
b. Modifier -79
c. Modifier -90
d. Modifier -92
Answer: Modifier -90
Which CPT code should you report for a central motor evoked potential study (transcranial motor stimulation); lower limbs?
a. 95926
b. 95928
c. 95929
d. 95930
Answer: 95929
Which of the following terms is synonymous with Louis-Bar syndrome?
a. Ataxia-telangiectasia
b. Cerebellar ataxia
c. Restless legs syndrome
d. Tardive dyskinesia
Answer: Ataxia-telangiectasia
What CPT code should you report for a 1.3 cm excision of a benign lesion on the scalp including margins?
a. 11402
b. 11420
c. 11422
d. 11442
Answer: 11422
Which of the following describes cyanosis and hypertension resulting from sclerosis of the pulmonary arteries?
a. Arrillaga-Ayerza syndrome
b. Septic pulmonary embolism
c. Arnold-Chiari syndrome
d. Cor pulmonale
Answer: Arrillaga-Ayerza syndrome
What term means laying “face down” on the stomach?
a. Caudal
b. Supine
c. Prone
d. Prostrate
Answer: Prone
What code should you report for Krukenberg procedure?
a. 25900
b. 25915
c. 25920
d. 25927
Answer: 25915
What add-on code should you report for anesthesia complicated by utilization of total body hypothermia?
a. 99100
b. 99116
c. 99135
d. 99140
Answer: 99116
What modifier denotes a scenario in which a provider directly furnishes an ambulance?
a. EP
b. KA
c. QM
d. QN
Answer: QN
What ICD-9 code should you report for Melkersson’s (or Melkersson-Rosenthal) syndrome?
a. 351.0
b. 351.1
c. 351.8
d. 351.9
Answer: 351.8
What ICD-9 code should you report for Steinbrocker’s syndrome?
a. 337.1
b. 337.3
c. 337.9
d. 355.9
Answer: 337.9
What CPT code should you report for an injection of medication in the anterior chamber of the eye (separate procedure)?
a. 65920
b. 65930
c. 66020
d. 66030
Answer: 66030
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