CPT Codes & Modifier Examples
Underneath a list with examples of CPT codes and CPT modifier examples.
CPT Examples
What CPT code should you report for a transluminal peripheral atherectomy, percutaneous; femoral-popliteal?
a. CPT 35490
b. CPT 35491
c. CPT 35492
d. CPT 35493
Answer: CPT 35493
Which CPT code should you report for a central motor evoked potential study (transcranial motor stimulation); lower limbs?
a. CPT 95926
b. CPT 95928
c. CPT 95929
d. CPT 95930
Answer: CPT 95929
What CPT code should you report for a 1.3 cm excision of a benign lesion on the scalp including margins?
a. CPT 11402
b. CPT 11420
c. CPT 11422
d. CPT 11442
Answer: CPT 11422
What CPT code should you report for Krukenberg procedure?
a. CPT 25900
b. CPT 25915
c. CPT 25920
d. CPT 25927
Answer: CPT 25915
What add-on code should you report for anesthesia complicated by utilization of total body hypothermia?
a. CPT 99100
b. CPT 99116
c. CPT 99135
d. CPT 99140
Answer: CPT 99116
What CPT code should you report for an injection of medication in the anterior chamber of the eye (separate procedure)?
a. CPT 65920
b. CPT 65930
c. CPT 66020
d. CPT 66030
Answer: CPT 66030
CPT Modifiers Examples
Which CPT modifier should you report to indicate when a party other than the treating or reporting physician performs laboratory procedures?
a. CPT Modifier 62
b. CPT Modifier 79
c. CPT Modifier 90
d. CPT Modifier 92
Answer: CPT Modifier 90
What CPT modifier denotes a scenario in which a provider directly furnishes an ambulance?
a. CPT Modifier EP
b. CPT Modifier KA
c. CPT Modifier QM
d. CPT Modifier QN
Answer: CPT Modifier QN