AAPC - Chapter 14 Review Exam with Verified Answers
1. What disease is characterized by enlarged skeletal Acromegaly
parts?
2. What is the term for uncontrolled muscle movements? Dyskinesia
3. What is the term for paralysis affecting one side of the Hemiplegia
body?
4. What does contralateral mean? Affecting or origi-
nating in the oppo-
site side.
5. What specificity is added to Alzheimer's disease in The onset of
ICD-10-CM? Alzheimer's dis-
ease.
6. How is Streptococcal A Meningitis reported in Streptococcal
ICD-10-CM? meningitis is
reported first;
Streptococcal,
group A, as the
cause of diseases
classified
elsewhere is
reported second.
7. A patient has a right thyroid lobectomy for a thyroid 60220
follicular lesion. An incision is made 2 cm above the
sternal notch and carried through the platysma. The
right thyroid was dissected free from the surrounding
tissues. The isthmus was divided from the left thyroid
lobe. The left thyroid lobe was explored revealing a
single nodule. The right thyroid lobe was completely
removed from the trachea and surrounding tissues. It
was marked and sent off the table as a specimen. What
CPT code is reported?
8. A patient with a status post (after or following) lumbar 62273, G97.1
puncture headache receives an epidural blood patch.
The patient's venous blood is injected into the lumbar
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epidural space; this blood forms a clot sealing the
leak of CSF from the lumbar puncture. What CPT and
ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
9. A patient has a total thyroidectomy to remove thyroid 60254, C73
cancer. Removal of all the lymph nodes along with
the spinal accessory nerve, jugular vein and stern-
ocleidomastoid muscles are performed to remove a
malignant lymphatic chain. What CPT and ICD-10-CM
codes are reported?
10. A patient is receiving pain management treatment for G89.21, M54.2
chronic cervical pain caused by a motor vehicle acci-
dent. What ICD-10-CM code(s) and sequencing is/are
reported?
11. What ICD-10-CM code is reported for Ataxia telangiec- G11.3
tasia?
12. A patient with chronic lumbago is seen by the provider 62322
to have an epidural injection of a non-neurolytic sub-
stance at the sacral level. What CPT code is reported
for this procedure?
13. A provider is performing an experimental cervical 64802, I73.00
sympathectomy on a patient with Raynaud's Syn-
drome. What CPT and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
14. A 50 year-old male is diagnosed with a tumor of the 61598, 61616-51
skull base just below the occipital tonsils. The neu-
rosurgeon performs a transpetrosal approach to the
posterior cranial fossa. He then performs an intradural
removal of the tumor of the posterior cranial fossa
at the base of the skull. Dural repair is done and the
area is closed with Neurolon. What CPT code(s) is/are
reported?
15. What ICD-10-CM code is used for intractable grand G40.419
mal seizures without status epilepticus?
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1. What disease is characterized by enlarged skeletal Acromegaly
parts?
2. What is the term for uncontrolled muscle movements? Dyskinesia
3. What is the term for paralysis affecting one side of the Hemiplegia
body?
4. What does contralateral mean? Affecting or origi-
nating in the oppo-
site side.
5. What specificity is added to Alzheimer's disease in The onset of
ICD-10-CM? Alzheimer's dis-
ease.
6. How is Streptococcal A Meningitis reported in Streptococcal
ICD-10-CM? meningitis is
reported first;
Streptococcal,
group A, as the
cause of diseases
classified
elsewhere is
reported second.
7. A patient has a right thyroid lobectomy for a thyroid 60220
follicular lesion. An incision is made 2 cm above the
sternal notch and carried through the platysma. The
right thyroid was dissected free from the surrounding
tissues. The isthmus was divided from the left thyroid
lobe. The left thyroid lobe was explored revealing a
single nodule. The right thyroid lobe was completely
removed from the trachea and surrounding tissues. It
was marked and sent off the table as a specimen. What
CPT code is reported?
8. A patient with a status post (after or following) lumbar 62273, G97.1
puncture headache receives an epidural blood patch.
The patient's venous blood is injected into the lumbar
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, AAPC - Chapter 14 Review Exam with Verified Answers
epidural space; this blood forms a clot sealing the
leak of CSF from the lumbar puncture. What CPT and
ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
9. A patient has a total thyroidectomy to remove thyroid 60254, C73
cancer. Removal of all the lymph nodes along with
the spinal accessory nerve, jugular vein and stern-
ocleidomastoid muscles are performed to remove a
malignant lymphatic chain. What CPT and ICD-10-CM
codes are reported?
10. A patient is receiving pain management treatment for G89.21, M54.2
chronic cervical pain caused by a motor vehicle acci-
dent. What ICD-10-CM code(s) and sequencing is/are
reported?
11. What ICD-10-CM code is reported for Ataxia telangiec- G11.3
tasia?
12. A patient with chronic lumbago is seen by the provider 62322
to have an epidural injection of a non-neurolytic sub-
stance at the sacral level. What CPT code is reported
for this procedure?
13. A provider is performing an experimental cervical 64802, I73.00
sympathectomy on a patient with Raynaud's Syn-
drome. What CPT and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
14. A 50 year-old male is diagnosed with a tumor of the 61598, 61616-51
skull base just below the occipital tonsils. The neu-
rosurgeon performs a transpetrosal approach to the
posterior cranial fossa. He then performs an intradural
removal of the tumor of the posterior cranial fossa
at the base of the skull. Dural repair is done and the
area is closed with Neurolon. What CPT code(s) is/are
reported?
15. What ICD-10-CM code is used for intractable grand G40.419
mal seizures without status epilepticus?
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