Practice Q&A for Medical coders for AAPC exams

1. A patient receives two vaccines that are administered intramuscularly and two vaccines that are administered orally. The patient receives no counseling on the vaccines. Which codes should be used to report these services?
A. 90471 x2, 90473 x2
B. 90471, +90472, 90473, +90474
C. 90471, +90472, +90474 x2
D. 90460, +90461 x3

2. A provider performs a 15-minute office E/M service for an established patient that includes high medical decision making. If you are coding by time in 2021, which is the correct code for this service?
A. 99212
B. 99213
C. 99214
D. 99215

3.A provider performs a 15-minute office E/M service for an established patient that includes high MDM. If you are coding by MDM in 2021, which is the correct code for this service?
A. 99212
B. 99213
C. 99214
D. 99215
D

4. Which CPT code should you report for the radiological interpretation of an ultrasound of the bladder that includes imaging of a single organ?
A. 76770
B. 76775
C. 76776
D. 76800

5.Which of the following HCPCS Level II codes would you use to report prolonged services for a 99215 office visit to a Medicare payer?
A. G2111
B. G2212
C. G2213
D. G2250

6.Which of the following HCPCS Level II codes would you use to report initiation of medication/treatment for opioid use disorder in an ED setting?
A. G2111
B. G2212
C. G2213
D. G2250
c

7.Which CPT code would you use when billing for a patient who has three ongoing chronic conditions and who received 20 minutes of care from a nurse practitioner in the month of January?
A. 99490
B. 99487
C. 99491
D. 99421
a

8.Which CPT code should you report when your cardiologist performs a complete cardiac stress test service?
A. 93015
B. 93016
C. 93017
D. 93018
a

9.A 60-year-old male with HTN, mild heart failure, and stage II CKD recently had an acute exacerbation of his heart failure. He was briefly hospitalized and had an echocardiogram performed, which showed combined systolic and diastolic failure. At discharge, which diagnosis code(s) should be reported?
A. I10.0, I50.41, N18
B. I13.0
C. I13.0, I50.43, N18.2
D. I12.9, I50.9
c

10.When a patient presents for a routine screening colonoscopy and the physician finds a polyp and performs a biopsy. The pathology report shows that the patient has a benign polyp. How should the scenario be coded?
A. G0121-PT; Z12.11 and D12.1
B. G0105; D12.6
C. 45380-PT; Z12.11 and D12.6
D. 45380; D12.6
c

11.Which modifier should you append to CPT 99213 when the physician renders a service via telehealth due to the PHE for COVID-19?
A. CS
B. 95
C. 02
D. 26

12.A 56-year-old individual presents to your physician office for his first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Which administration code should be used?
A. 0001A
B. 0011A
C. 0021A
D. 0031A

13. The use of mesh (+49568) is included in the CPT code for which of the following procedures and should not be reported separately?
A. Umbilical hernia repair performed via a laparoscopic approach
B. Ventral repair performed via an open approach
C. Closure after debridement of infected necrotic tissue infection
D. Incisional hernia repair performed via an open approach