A patient was brought to the operating room to repair a meniscal tear. An arthroscope is inserted into the trocar to examine the knee. Tibial plateau was in good condition. The posterior horn of the medial meniscus showed a complex tear. Using basket forceps and a full radius resector, the tear is debrided back to a healthy peripheral rim. The lateral meniscus was intact without evidence of tears.
What CPT?code is reported for the repair?
A. 29881
B. 27405
C. 29880
D. 27403
A 35-year-old is coming in for trigger point injections for right-sided thoracic spine pain. Four points are injected with Depo-Medrol 40 mg/mL on the rhomboid major and rhomboid minor muscles under ultrasonic guidance.
Which CPT?coding is reported for the injections?
A. 20552, 76942
B. 20552 x 4, 76942
C. 20606
D. 20553
An emergency department (ED) physician preforms an immediate tracheostomy on a 1-year-old that has severe head and neck trauma that is obstructing her breathing.
Which CPT?code is reported?
A. 31603
B. 31500
C. 31601
D. 31600
A patient has a malfunctioning ventricular electrode. The operative report reflects that the cardiologist made an incision into the subclavicular pocket, which housed a single chamber pacemaker. He detached the malfunctioning ventricular electrode, removed it from the patient, and made the decision to have a thoracic surgeon implant an epicardial lead later in the day (no new hardware was implanted). He then closed the skin pocket with multiple layers of suture.
Which CPT?code is reported for the cardiologist's service?
A. 33234
B. 33249
C. 33235
D. 33236
A 2-year-old male presents with a single ventricular septal defect (VSD) and is in current heart failure. The decision is made to use a patch for the closure. Under general anesthesia, the skin incision is made via median sternotomy. Cardiopulmonary bypass is initiated. Under epicardial guidance, the muscular VSD is located. The guidewire is placed transmyocardially through the VSD. A patch is then delivered over guidance to close the VSD. After successful closure, the guidewire is removed, and the site is repaired. A chest tube is placed in the sternum.
What is the correct code for this procedure?
A. 33645
B. 33681
C. 33675
D. 33647
From a left femoral access, the catheter is placed within the proper hepatic artery, dye is injected, and imaging is obtained. A stenosis within this artery is identified. A percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is performed on the proper hepatic (visceral) artery in the outpatient radiology department.
What CPT?coding is reported?
A. 36247, 75736-26-59, 37248-51
B. 36247, 75726-26-59, 37246-51
C. 36253, 75726-26-59, 37246-51
D. 36253, 75736-26-59, 37248-51
A patient has a recurrent ventral hernia that is strangulated. The physician repairs a two centimeter hernia with mesh. What CPT?coding is reported?
A. 49613
B. 49591
C. 49592
D. 49614
A 60-year-old man presents for a sigmoidoscopy. The physician inserts a flexible scope into the patient's rectum and determines that the rectum is clear of polyps. The scope is advanced to the sigmoid colon and examined. A total of three polyps are found in the sigmoid colon. Polyps are removed using the snare technique. The flexible scope is withdrawn. What CPT?and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
A. 45308, K63.5
B. 45346, K62.1
C. 45338, K63.5
D. 45309, K62.1
A 40-year-old patient has symptoms of dysphagia and reflux. The gastroenterologist introduces a rigid scope through the mouth to examine the esophagus, where he observes a stricture. He then introduces and performs 25 mm balloon dilation.
What CPT?code is reported for this procedure?
A. 43450
B. 43220
C. 43195
D. 43249
A couple presents to the freestanding fertility clinic to start in vitro fertilization. Under radiologic guidance, an aspiration needle is inserted (by aid of a superimposed guiding-line) puncturing the ovary and preovulatory follicle and withdrawing fluid from the follicle containing the egg.
What is the correct CPT?code for this procedure?
A. 58976
B. 58974
C. 58999
D. 58970
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