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Certified Professional Coder CPC AAPC Study Notes

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Certified Professional Coder (CPC) Exam Questions and Answers

Question 25

A 35-year-old female has cancer in her left breast. The surgeon performs a mastectomy, removing the breast tissue, skin, pectoral muscles, and surrounding tissue, including the axillary and internal mammary lymph nodes.

Which mastectomy code is reported?

Options:

A.

19303

B.

19305

C.

19306

D.

19307

Question 26

A 55-year-old patient with suspected liver cancer was seen by the physician to obtain a biopsy. The special biopsy needle was placed using ultrasonic guidance. The physician obtained a small tissue sample from the liver, which was then sent to pathology.

What CPT® codes are reported?

Options:

A.

47000, 77002-26

B.

47000, 10005

C.

47100, 77012-26

D.

47000, 76942-26

Question 27

A catheter was placed into the abdominal aorta via the right common femoral artery access. An abdominal aortography was performed. The right and left renal artery were adequately visualized. The catheter was used to selectively catheterize the right and left renal artery. Selective right and left renal angiography were then performed, demonstrating a widely patent right and left renal artery.

What CPT® coding is reported?

Options:

A.

36251

B.

36252

C.

36253, 75625-26

D.

36252, 75625-26

Question 28

A patient who has colon adenocarcinoma undergoes a laparoscopic partial colectomy. The surgeon removes the proximal colon and terminal ileum and reconnects the cut ends of the distal ileum and remaining colon.

What procedure and diagnosis codes are reported?

Options:

A.

44204, C18.2

B.

44140, C18.9

C.

44205, C18.9

D.

44160, C18.2

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