MOA 193 - Current Procedural Term Coding » Spring 2023 » Weekly Assignment 8

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Question #1
Codes for catheter implantation are differentiated by which of the following characteristics?
A.   The insertion technique with or without laminectomy
B.   Use of an implantable pump
C.   Medication administration
D.   Duration of treatment
Question #2
Which of the following terms describes the radiographic visualization of an intervertebral disc by injecting contrast media into the nucleus pulposus?
A.   Craniectomy
B.   Embolization
C.   Discography
D.   Decompression
Question #3
Which of the following terms describes a method of extracting fluid or cells from a percutaneous disc, nucleus pulposus, or paravertebral tissue for diagnostic purposes?
A.   Aspiration or decompression
B.   Embolization
C.   Cerebrospinal fluid
D.   Craniectomy
Question #4
When ablating a nerve, nerve root, or portions of the spinal cord due to intractable pain from a malignancy, tumor, or radiation therapy effects, which of the following is needed?
A.   Neurolytic injections
B.   Physiological injections
C.   Craniectomy
D.   Adhesiolysis
Question #5
Which of the following terms refers to the severing of adhesive band(s) using laparoscopy or laparotomy?
A.   Stereotactic radiosurgery
B.   Craniectomy
C.   Adhesiolysis
D.   Embolization
Question #6
When sessions of stereotactic radiosurgery treatments require more than one session, how are they coded?
A.   Craniotomy
B.   Stereotactic radiosurgery
C.   Embolization
D.   Craniectomy
Question #7
Which of the following is a procedure used to treat cerebral arteriovenous malformations and metastatic brain tumors?
A.   Stereotactic radiosurgery
B.   Craniectomy
C.   Embolization
D.   Craniotomy
Question #8
Which of the following terms describes a technique for delivering a dose of radiation to a specific target while delivering a minimal dose to surrounding tissues?
A.   Cranial fossa
B.   Stereotactic radiosurgery
C.   En bloc
D.   Embolization
Question #9
The codes for reporting endovascular approach angioplasty (61630-61642) are chosen based on diagnosis. A procedural series of codes for endovascular therapy might be:
A.   Balloon angioplasty
B.   Tumor eradication
C.   Aneurysm repair
D.   Occlusion
Question #10
One outcome of endovascular therapy is:
A.   Achieve hemostasis
B.   Reverse paralysis caused by swelling
C.   Reduction of blood flow
D.   Removal of strictures of arteries
Question #11
Which of the following terms describes the therapeutic introduction of various substances to arrest or prevent hemorrhaging and devitalize a structure, tumor, or organ by occluding its blood flow or reduce blood flow to an arteriovenous malformation?
A.   Embolization
B.   Craniectomy
C.   En bloc
D.   Cranial fossa
Question #12
In endovascular therapy, an important element for choosing the correct code is:
A.   Whether a procedure is permanent or temporary
B.   Neither one of the options
C.   The extent of the procedural repair
D.   The devices used
Question #13
Variables such as tumor size, initial surgical procedure or reoperation, and patient’s anatomy are indicators of which of the following procedures?
A.   Skull base surgery
B.   Craniotomy
C.   Craniectomy
D.   Lobectomy
Question #14
Excellent knowledge of anatomy of the brain and central nervous system is necessary in order to code which of the following procedures?
A.   Craniectomy
B.   Craniotomy
C.   Surgery of skull base and adjoining structures
D.   Partial hemispherectomy
Question #15
The procedure codes involved with the skull, meninges, and brain are segregated by which of the following characteristics?
A.   Administered aesthia
B.   Extent of repair
C.   Specific techniques
D.   Instruments used to effect repair
Question #16
In neurological procedures, the term “re-exploration” means repeat surgical exposure of a surgical tract and target at the same site on the same patient at a time after an initial surgical procedure was performed.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
A number of codes are designated for the re-exploration of the thoracic regions for procedures involving the decompression of neural elements.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #18
Injection of contrast material is considered an inclusive component of codes for neurolytic injection.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #19
Codes for the radiological supervision of procedures described by nervous system codes are found in which section of the CPT codebook?
A.   Surgery
B.   Medicine
C.   Radiology
D.   Nervous System
Question #20
Certain skull base procedures cannot be performed alone. How are these procedures coded?
A.   With a primary procedure code and a secondary procedure code with modifier 51 appended
B.   With a primary procedure code and one or more add-on codes
C.   With a primary procedure code with a modifier appended to show excessive time
D.   With a primary procedure code with a modifier appended to show two or more surgeons

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