Instructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code.
Patient underwent reconstruction of the entire forehead and supraorbital rims, requiring grafts, to correct a congenital skeletal deformity. After administration of general anesthesia, scalp and upper eyelid incisions were made to access the surgical site. The forehead bones were reshaped and repositioned, and bone allografts were inserted to augment the forehead and supraorbital rims. Incisions were closed after wires were inserted as fixation devices to maintain the proper shape of the facial bones.
Current Procedural Terminology, more commonly known as CPT, refers to a set of medical codes used by physicians, allied health professionals, nonphysician practitioners, hospitals, outpatient facilities, and laboratories to describe the procedures and services they perform.
CPT modifiers (also referred to as Level I modifiers) are used to supplement information or adjust care descriptions to provide extra details concerning a procedure or service provided by a physician. Code modifiers help further describe a procedure code without changing its definition.
| 21010-21499 |
CTP Category Surgical Procedures on the Head |
|
21010 |
Incision Procedures on the Head |
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21011-21070 |
Excision Procedures on the Head |
|
21073 |
Manipulation Procedures of Head |
|
21076-21088 |
Head Prosthesis Preparation |
|
21089 |
Other Maxillofacial Prosthetic Procedures |
|
21100-21116 |
Introduction Procedures on the Head |
|
21120-21296 |
Repair, Revision, and/or Reconstruction Procedures on the Head |
|
21299 |
Other Craniofacial and Maxillofacial Procedures of the Head |
|
21310-21497 |
Fracture and/or Dislocation Procedures on the Head |
|
21499 |
Other Musculoskeletal Procedures of the Head |
| 01000 – 01999 |
CPT category for Anesthesia Services |
|
00100-00222 |
Anesthesia for Procedures on the Head |
Instructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when...
Instructions: Review each case and assign CPT anesthesia code(s) and appropriate modifier(s). (Enter the physical status modifier first, such as 00000-P1-AA.). Some cases require assignment of CPT surgery codes and appropriate modifier(s), per chapter content about anesthesia coding guidelines. A CRNA (with medical direction by the surgeon) provided general anesthesia services for a controlled diabetic patient who underwent total wrist replacement. At the conclusion of the surgical procedure, the CRNA inserted an epidural catheter to provide continuous postoperative analgesia for...
Instructions: Review each case and assign CPT anesthesia code(s) and appropriate modifier(s). (Enter the physical status modifier first, such as 00000-P1-AA.). Some cases require assignment of CPT surgery codes and appropriate modifier(s), per chapter content about anesthesia coding guidelines. A patient with chronic asthma underwent a thoracotomy. The CRNA (without medical direction by a physician) provided general anesthesia services and, at the conclusion of the procedure, inserted an epidural catheter for continuous infusion of morphine for postoperative pain control. Two...
Instructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Patient was prepped and draped; after adequate general endotracheal anesthesia, the body was somewhat flexed at the waist to provide adequate exposure after taping in preparation to separate the buttocks at the sacral crease. A probe was inserted into the inferior sinus, and only 3–4 cm of...
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Patient underwent incision of the pyloric muscle
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Physician inserted a balloon endoscopically for tamponade of bleeding esophageal varices.
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Physician inserted a flexible esophagoscope into the esophagus and destroyed a lesion, using snare technique.
nstructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Local anesthesia was injected using 1 percent lidocaine with epinephrine 1.5 cc. Incision was made along the postauricular sulcus through the drainage point with retraction applied. A 3.0-cm sebaceous cyst was evident, and it was drained. A small bandage was placed over the incision and drainage site.
Instructions: Review each case and assign the appropriate anesthesia code(s) and physical status modifier(s). Make sure you assign qualifying circumstance code(s) where appropriate. All anesthesia services were provided by the anesthesiologist, which means that modifier -AA is added to each anesthesia code. Some cases require assignment of CPT surgery codes and appropriate modifier(s), per chapter content about anesthesia coding guidelines. 3. A 9-month-old female patient underwent tracheostomy under general anesthesia after having sustained injuries in a motor vehicle accident. The...
Instructions: Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each case. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. 1. Via transabdominal approach, the physician performs imbrication by overlapping diaphragm tissue to ensure that the diaphragm is in the correct position and the eventration is corrected. 2. A patient is found to have a cystlike lesion per magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the mediastinum. This is...
Assign the CPT code(s) and appropriate modifier(s) to each statement. Please be aware that when an answer consists of more than one code, there will be an answer blank for each code. Surgeon made an incision in the left posterior chest wall into the esophagus to remove a foreign body from the esophagus