AAPC- Chapter 8 Exam with Verified Answers Graded A+
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AAPC- Chapter 8 Exam with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. the site may be
the bone, joint, or
muscle involved
2. Bunion
3. S33.5XXA
4. Whether the
osteoarthritis is
primary,
secondary,
post-traumatic,
the site and
laterality
5. 29819
6. 20610-RT
J3301X4
7. 24538-LT
Most of the codes ...
AAPC- Chapter 8 Exam with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. the site may be Most of the codes in ICD-10-CM Chapter 13 Diseases of
the bone, joint, or the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue have
muscle involved site and laterality designations. According to ICD-10-CM
guidelines what is considered the site?
2. Bunion What is being removed for hallux valgus surgery
3. S33.5XXA A patient presents to the ED with back pain and is di-
agnosed with a lumbar sprain. What ICD-10-CM code is
reported?
a. M53.3
b. M54.5
c. S33.8XXA
d. S33.5XXA
4. Whether the What information is required to accurately code os-
osteoarthritis is teoarthritis in ICD-10-CM?
primary,
secondary,
post-traumatic,
the site and
laterality
5. 29819 A patient is seen in the same day surgery unit for an
arthroscopy to remove some loose bodies in the shoulder
area. What CPT code is reported?
6. 20610-RT A 42 year-old with chronic right trochanteric bursitis is
J3301X4 scheduled to receive an injection at the Pain Clinic. A
22-gauge spinal needle is introduced into the trochanteric
bursa, and a total volume of 8 cc of normal saline and 40
mg of Kenalog is injected. What are the CPT codes?
7. 24538-LT A 6 year-old male suffered a fracture after falling off the
monkey bars at school. He fell on an outstretched hand
and suffered a transcondylar fracture of the left humerus.
After prep and drape, a manipulation was done to achieve
anatomic reduction. Once the joint was adequately re-
duced, pins were placed through the skin distally and
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proximally into the bone to maintain excellent fixation and
anatomic reduction. The pins were bent, trimmed and
covered with a sterile dressing and a posterior splint was
placed on the patient's arm. What CPT code is reported?
8. 20697 A 44 year-old male with biplanar deformity, acquired limb
length discrepancies and tibial nonunion has undergone
deformity correction. He now requires exchange of an
external fixation strut 45 days postoperatively. One of the
struts for his multiplane external fixation device is removed
and then replaced with an adjustable strut. The intraopera-
tive mounting parameters, deformity parameters and initial
strut settings are entered into the computer prior to Jim's
discharge and a daily schedule is generated for him to
perform the gradual deformity correction necessary. What
CPT code(s) is/are reported?
9. 21552 A 63 year-old man presents with a neck mass to be
excised. The neck mass was palpated and an incision
was then made and carried down through the dermis with
electrocautery. The subcutaneous tissue of the skin was
opened encountering an organized mass with a benign
appearance of a lipoma. Using careful blunt and sharp dis-
section, the mass measuring 5 cm was completely excised
around its entire circumference leaving the capsule intact.
The mass was removed from its posterior attachments
using electrocautery. What CPT code is reported for this
procedure?
10. 26010-F5 A 49 year-old presents with an abscess of the right
thumb. The physician incises the abscess and purulent
sanguineous fluid is drained. The wound is packed with
iodoform packing. What CPT code is reported?
11. 29846-LT A 14 year-old status post injury over one year ago to her
left wrist presented with recurrent wrist pain. The patient
was taken to the operating room and placed under general
anesthesia. She was placed in wrist traction. The radio-
carpal joint was entered endoscopically through sharp
skin incisions and blunt dissection into the joint. There was
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