CPC Exam Dumps : Certified Professional Coder (CPC) Exam

A myringotomy is a surgical incision into the tympanic membrane (eardrum).

A myringotomy tube (ventilation tube) is placed in the ear to allow drainage of fluid from the middle ear and to equalize pressure.

Therefore, the correct answer is A. Ear.

1. Procedure and CPT® Code Selection:

The provider performed both a bronchoscopy and a microlaryngoscopy to evaluate the patient’s airway due to respiratory distress and stridor.

Code 31622 is used for a diagnostic bronchoscopy, which includes the inspection of the trachea, carina, and bronchial structures. Since the bronchoscopy was diagnostic and no additional therapeutic procedures were performed, this is the appropriate code.

Code 31526 is for direct laryngoscopy with the use of an operating microscope or telescope (microlaryngoscopy). This code is appropriate given the use of a Parson’s laryngoscope and magnifying telescope to inspect the larynx.

2. Modifier 51:

Modifier 51 is added to 31526 to indicate that it was performed in conjunction with another procedure (31622, bronchoscopy). Modifier 51 denotes multiple procedures without the necessity of a separate incision.

3. Exclusion of Code 69990:

Code 69990 is used for the use of an operating microscope in microsurgery but is not coded separately when the procedure (such as microlaryngoscopy) already includes visualization with a microscope or telescope as part of the CPT® descriptor. Thus, 69990 is not separately reported in this scenario, per CPT® guidelines.

4. AAPC and CPT® Coding Guidelines:

The guidelines specify that when visualization or microlaryngoscopy is inherently part of the procedure (as in 31526), 69990 should not be billed separately. Also, the use of Modifier 51 for multiple procedures in the same session is appropriate.

Therefore, the verified answer, following the CPT® and AAPC coding rules, is A. 31622, 31526-51.

This question tests matching each study to the correct radiology code family and recognizing CTA coding. Fornasal bones, CPT70160is the “complete” nasal bone study (minimum 3 views). Because only2 viewsare done, the best match in the provided choices is70160-52(reduced services). For theforearm (2 views),73090is appropriate; fortibia/fibula (2 views),73590is appropriate. ForCTA head with contrast, the correct CTA code in the options is70496(CTA head). Option C is the only choice that correctly includes70496and the correct extremity X-ray codes73090and73590and also handles nasal bones as reduced service. The chest portion is imperfectly represented across the options (3-view chest typically aligns with a higher-view chest code than 71047), but the CPC-style best answerwithin the provided optionsisCbecause it captures the key intended learning targets: nasal bones reduced, correct extremity radiographs, and correct CTA head code.