APPLICANT CODING TEST

The Medical Coding test should be completed within one (1) hour of beginning.  Access to an encoder or code book is required.  This test will cover knowledge in the areas of ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS and CPT.   (rev081519)
 
Once you complete your test, be sure to select DONE to send your results to us for consideration.

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* 1. Applicant Full Name (First Last)

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* 2. Email Address:

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* 3. Position Applying For: (Check all that apply)

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* 4. Select All areas that you have AT LEAST or GREATER than 12 months of experience coding/charging:

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* 5. Current Active Coding Credentials held: (Check all that apply)

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* 6. Total Years of Medical Coding Experience:

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* 7. The patient has a Tailors bunion at his 5th metatarsal head and the physician performs a partial ostectomy. What is the CPT code that represents this service?

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* 8. The physician does a knee arthroscopic chondroplasty of femoral condyle. What is the CPT code to represent this?

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* 9. The patient underwent rubber band ligation of two hemorrhoid columns. What is the CPT code to represent this?

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* 10. What CPT code(s) are reported when an arthroscopic shoulder subacromial decompression involving limited soft tissue debridement and bone removal is the only procedure performed?

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* 11. The patient underwent a colonoscopy and polypectomy of three polyps by snare technique and one polyp was removed by Jumbo forceps. Assign CPT code(s).

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* 12. Repair of laceration of palate in the mouth less than 2 cm. Assign CPT.

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* 13. Patient was given Dilaudid IVP at 4:00 pm, Solu-Medrol IVP at 4:20 pm, Dilaudid IVP at 5:15 pm, Dilaudid IVP at 5:35 pm. What are the CPT codes?

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* 14. Medicare patient admitted to OP for a screening colonoscopy; physician removes an ascending tubular adenoma by snare polypectomy. What code(s), including any required modifiers are reported as the principal diagnosis and the principal CPT?

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* 15. The patient came in with fracture of distal tibia and the physician applied posterior splint. Assign the CPT code.

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* 16. What code would represent open reduction internal fixation of an intra-articular fracture of the distal radius (3 or more fragments)?

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* 17. The patient had an EGD with removal of a lesion that was performed by hot biopsy forceps. What CPT code would be appropriate?

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* 18. The patient was given Normal saline solution for 25 minutes and then Pepcid for one hour what are the CPT codes?

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* 19. The patient was given an infusion of Pepcid, Vasotec, and Benadryl from 10 a.m to 11a.m. what are the codes that will represent this service?

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* 20. Hysteroscopy dilation and curettage of uterus for abnormal uterine bleeding?

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* 21. Dilation and curettage of uterus for treatment of incomplete abortion?

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* 22. Patient came to ER with pneumonia and dehydration. He was given Levaquin IV in 1000 ml NS right forearm, started at 3:00 pm and discontinued at 6:00 pm. He was also given Toradol same site IVP at 4:15 pm, Normal Saline same site, 2nd bag of NS started at 6:00 pm and discontinued at 6:15 pm. Code CPT only.

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* 23. Transforaminal epidural injection of anesthetic agent or steroid at L4-L5?

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* 24. The patient is 80 yrs old and had an intracapsular cataract extraction with insertion of intraocular lens. How would you code this?

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* 25. The patient has phimosis of foreskin. The physician performs surgery for repair of phimosis on this 17 day old baby. What CPT code would represent this service?

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* 26. After diagnostic studies, patient diagnosed with sepsis due to Escherichia coli (E.coli) urinary tract infection. What would be the correct code assignment(s)?

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* 27. The correct reporting for diabetes and retinopathy is:

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* 28. Patient seen 10 days after giving birth and is diagnosed with postpartum depression. How is this coded? 

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* 29. What is the correct coding for a patient with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, congestive heart failure and hypertension? 

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* 30. Assign the correct codes for a Insulin dependent diabetic patient on Insulin and Metformin. 

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* 31. Positioning a patient to examine the abdomen would be placing the person in a ____ position.

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* 32. Assign the correct codes for a patient with an acute lacunar infarct and encephalopathy secondary to the infarction. a. I63.81, G93.49 b. I63.9, G94 c. I63.81, G94 d. I63.9, G93.40

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* 33. Patient presents to the ED with hives secondary to eating eggs. Assign correct code(s).

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* 34. The correct reporting for acute cholecystitis with cholelithiasis with obstruction:

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* 35. The correct reporting for COPD with chronic bronchitis and emphysema:

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* 36. The correct reporting for Staphylococcal pneumonia:

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* 37. The correct reporting for a pathological fracture of the left femur, due to neoplastic bone disease initial encounter:

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* 38. Acute on chronic systolic CHF with hypertension and chronic kidney disease, stage 5.

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* 39. Hypertensive emergency with chronic hypertension.

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* 40. Right and left inguinal hernia.

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* 41. Subsequent encounter for a joint injection for a patient with acute pain due to a sprained right acromioclavicular joint.

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* 42. Arteriosclerosis of native arteries of the left leg with gangrene.

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* 43. Infectious colitis

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* 44. Obstructed intestinal hernia with gangrene.

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* 45. Chronic ulcerative proctitis with rectal bleeding

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* 46. The root operation that is defined as cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part is:

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* 47. Patient with previously diagnosed sigmoid carcinoma undergoing a sigmoidectomy with percutaneous endoscopic assistance. What is the PCS code for the procedure? a. 0DTNFZX b. 0DBN8ZZ c. 0DTN0ZZ d. 0DBN4ZX

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* 48. The root operation that is defined as taking or letting out of fluids and/or gases in a part of a body is:

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* 49. The root operation that is defined as correcting a portion of a previously performed procedure is:

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* 50. Packing of the nasal region for treatment of epistaxis is coded to what root operation? a. control b. extirpation c. packing d. insertion

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* 51. The patient underwent a bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsies of the right lower lobe. The bronchoscope was passed through the right nasal cavity into the trachea. Two transbronchial biopsies were obtained from different sites in the right lower lobe. The trachea, carina, left and right-sided airways were all within normal limits.

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* 52. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy converted to open cholecystectomy. The gallbladder was removed in total.

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* 53. The patient is being evaluated for septic arthritis of the right knee. A needle arthrocentesis was performed on the right knee with 15 cc of fluid being removed

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* 54. Manually assisted delivery

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