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2025 AAPC CPC (Certified Professional Coder) Final Exam with 200 accurate and verified questions covering medical coding guidelines, CPT, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS Level II, compliance, and coding scenarios.
Which HCPCS level II codes are not reported for Medicare, but used by commercial health plan Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) to report drugs, services, and supplies for which there are no national codes?
- S codes
- J codes
- A codes
- G codes - ANSWER-a. S codes
What is the correct CPT® code for a complicated nephrolithotomy on a patient with a congenital kidney abnormality?
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- 50075
- 50070
- 50060 - ANSWER-c. 50070
What type of print indicates new additions and revisions in the CPT® code book each year?
- Bold print
- Italic print
- Red print
- Green print - ANSWER-d. Green print
What type of CPT® code is "modifier 51 exempt" even though there is no modifier 51 exempt symbol next to it?
- Surgery codes
- Bilateral procedures
- Mandated services
- Add-on codes - ANSWER-d. Add-on codes
What term best describes a mass of hypertrophic scar tissue? 2 / 4
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- Dermatofibroma
- Congenital nevus
- Pilonidal cyst
- Keloid - ANSWER-d. Keloid
In ICD-10-CM, what type of burn is considered corrosion?
- Burn from a hot appliance
- Burn from a chemical
- Burn from a fire
- Sunburn - ANSWER-b. Burn from a chemical
Patient has a suspicious lesion of the right axilla. The area was infiltrated with local anesthetic prepped and draped in a sterile fashion. With the use of a scalpel the 0.3 cm lesion that included the margins was excised and closed with 5.0 Prolene suture.Pathology report indicated this was a seborrheic keratosis. What CPT® and ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
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- 11106, L82.1
- 11106, L82.0
- 11400, L82.0 - ANSWER-a. 11400, L82.1
PREOPERATIVE & POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSES:
- Back pain.
- Neck pain
NAME OF PROCEDURE:
- Right breast reduction of 1950 g.
- Right free-nipple graft.
- Left breast reduction of 1915 g.
- Left free-nipple graft.
DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE: On each side the free-
nipple grafts were harvested. They were marked to be side specific and were stored on the back table in moistened lap sponges. I amputated the inferior portion of the breast from the right side. I then moved to the left and again amputated the inferior portion of the breast. The nipple-areolar complexes were de-epithelialized using the scalpel. The free-nipple grafts were then retrieved from the back table. They were each defatted
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