CPC Exam Question 51

The documentation states:
He was then sterilely prepped and draped along the flank and abdomen in the usual sterile fashion. I first made a skin incision off the tip of the twelfth rib, extending medially along the banger's lines of the skin. This was approximately 3.5 cm in length. Once this incision was carried sharply, electrocautery was used to gain access through the external oblique, internal oblique, and transverse abdominis musculature and fascia.
What surgical approach was used for this procedure?
  • CPC Exam Question 52

    A patient has squamous cell carcinoma lesions destroyed with cryosurgery:
    0.6 cm right dorsal foot
    2.0 cm left dorsal foot
    What CPT coding is reported?
  • CPC Exam Question 53

    A patient who is 37 weeks' gestation is admitted to labor and delivery for a cesarean delivery. An external cephalic version was performed successfully several days ago and she now presents in labor, fully dilated, and the fetus has returned to a footling presentation.
    What anesthesia code is reported?
  • CPC Exam Question 54

    Patient has cervical spondylosis with myelopathy. The surgeon performed a bilateral posterior laminectomy with facetectomies at each level and foraminotomies performed between interspaces C5-C6 and C6-C7. Bilateral decompression of the nerve roots is achieved.
    What CPT coding is reported?
  • CPC Exam Question 55

    A surgeon performed Mohs micrographic surgery on a lesion on the right arm. This required one stage with six tissue blocks.
    What CPT@ codes are reported for the Mohs surgery?