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

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Question #1
What code(s) should be reported for secondary repair of CSF leakage following skull base surgery by free tissue graft?
A.   61618
B.   61610
C.   62351
D.   63030
Question #2
What are the skull base surgery add-on codes?
A.   64493, 64494, 64495
B.   96521, 96522, 96523
C.   70551, 70552, 70553
D.   61610, 61611, 61612
Question #3
What code(s) should be reported for implantation of an intrathecal or epidural catheter that is connected to an external pump, implantable reservoir, or implantable infusion pump, without laminectomy?
A.   63031
B.   62350
C.   62351
D.   63030
Question #4
What code(s) should be reported for refilling and maintenance of an implantable pump or reservoir for systemic drug delivery (eg intravenous, intra-arterial)?
A.   96523
B.   96524
C.   96521
D.   96522
Question #5
Code 61645 is reported for an intracranial arterial mechanical thrombectomy and/or thrombolysis.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
Burr hole(s) or trephine procedures (61250, 61253) may not be reported if they are followed by a craniotomy at the same operative session.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
Code 62350 is used to report medication administration for long-term pain management and administration of chemotherapeutic agents, antibiotics, and antispasmodic agents.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
A clear, colorless liquid secreted by the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, filling the ventricles and the subarachnoid cavities of the brain and spinal cord.
A.   Diencephalon
B.   Cerebrospinal fluid
C.   Adhesiolysis
D.   Nucleus pulposus
Question #9
A benign, swollen enlargement of the sheath of nerve that runs across the bottom of the foot and out to the toes.
A.   Morton's neuroma
B.   Facet joint
C.   Cranial fossa
D.   Intervertebral disc
Question #10
Code 64612 includes injections for the treatment of blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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