Exam 23: Coding for Evaluation and Management E&M, Anesthesia, and Surgery Section

The patient is a weight lifter who was training with heavy weights. While doing bicep curls, the patient experienced pain in the left forearm. A hematoma occurred, and he sought immediate medical treatment. He was diagnosed with a ruptured vein in his forearm. General anesthesia was administered in order to suture the vein. Which of the following codes is the appropriate code for reporting this service?

Choose the appropriate CPT code for a care-plan oversight service performed by a physician for 45 minutes:

Which of the following is not an element of a history component for evaluation and management coding?

Which of the following statements best describes when time becomes a factor in determining the appropriate non-office evaluation and management code?

Code the appropriate anesthesia service for Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy. The patient is a normal, healthy, 30-year-old male.

A donor was brought to the operating room and placed under general anesthesia for harvesting of bone marrow. Select the correct code(s) to report the anesthesia services:

Which of the following is the type of anesthesia that makes a large portion of the body numb?

A patient was admitted into the observation unit of the hospital at 8 a.m. after presenting with pain in the lower back. After reviewing the test results of the lab work and discussing the ultrasound results with the radiologist, the physician diagnosed kidney stones. The physician performed a comprehensive history and comprehensive examination of the patient. The physician approved a plan of treatment and discharged the patient at 1:30 p.m. the same day. Choose the appropriate CPT code(s):

A patient was admitted into the observation unit of the hospital at 8 a.m. after presenting with pain in the lower back. After reviewing the test results of the lab work and discussing the ultrasound results with the radiologist, the physician diagnosed kidney stones. The physician performed a comprehensive history and comprehensive examination of the patient. The physician approved a plan of treatment and discharged the patient at 1:30 p.m. the same day. Choose the appropriate CPT code(s):

Mary was admitted to the hospital with congestive heart failure by her primary care physician, and cardiology was consulted on the day of admission. On the second day, the cardiologist made hospital rounds and stopped by to see Mary. An expanded problem-focused interval history was obtained, and an expanded problem-focused examination was performed. Mary is showing some improvement with IV therapy. Select the appropriate code for Mary's encounter with the cardiologist today:

A screening mammogram is performed unilaterally. Choose the appropriate code for this service:

Code the appropriate anesthesia service for Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy. The patient is a normal, healthy, 30-year-old male.

Peter Dixon was found to have an esophageal stricture, so he consented to esophageal dilation under general anesthesia to reduce this stricture. Select the appropriate anesthesia code(s):

A 92-year-old woman is confined to a wheelchair and cannot live by herself. She resides in a residential facility for the elderly. Once every month, the facility has a physician come to the facility to examine and monitor the health of the residents. The physician makes recommendations to the facility and/or family members on the course of care to be given to the woman each month to maintain her health. At today's encounter the physician performs a problem-focused examination and interval history. The decision making is straightforward. Choose the appropriate CPT code:

Peter Dixon was found to have an esophageal stricture, so he consented to esophageal dilation under general anesthesia to reduce this stricture. Select the appropriate anesthesia code(s):

Which one of the following procedures is completed without incision and is considered noninvasive in nature?

A perineoplasty, nonobstetrical, was performed on a 37-year-old female patient. Which range of CPT codes is appropriate for this procedure?

CPT codes that contain a set of temporary codes used for emerging technology, services, and procedures can be found in which of the following sections of the CPT manual?

Which of the following statements best describes when time becomes a factor in determining the appropriate evaluation and management code?

A 19-year-old male was jumping off the roof of his home onto a trampoline. After several successful jumps, he was careless and misjudged the distance on his next jump. He missed the trampoline and landed on the ground, injuring his right foot. The next day the teen was taken to his physician's office. The physician ordered a three-view x-ray of the right foot. The physician performed a medically appropriate history and examination, and the medical decision making was of moderate complexity. After determining that the teen has suffered a displaced fracture of the first metatarsal of the right foot, the physician refers the teen to an orthopaedic surgeon. Select the appropriate code(s) for the family physician: