CPC Exam Dumps : Certified Professional Coder (CPC) Exam

Moderate sedation codes are selected by (1)patient ageand (2) whether the sedation is provided by thesame physician performing the procedureor by a different provider. The stem states theorthopedist provides the sedation and the reduction, so the sedation is provided by thesame physicianwho performs the procedure. For age, the patient is5 years old, which falls into the≥5 yearscategory. Therefore, the correct initial moderate sedation code is99152(moderate sedation provided by the same physician/other qualified provider performing the procedure; patient age 5 years or older; initial 15 minutes). The documented time is21 minutes, which supports only theinitialcode (it does not reach the threshold needed to report an additional 15-minute increment add-on). Code99151is for patientsunder 5 years, so it does not apply. Codes99155/99156are for sedation provided by adifferentprovider than the one performing the procedure. CPC exam tip: age cutoffs matter—exactly 5years old uses the “5 years or older” code set.

The emergent endovascular repair of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm with an aorto-aortic tube endograft is coded with CPT 34702. This code includes the deployment of the endograft and the necessary balloon angioplasty for sealing the proximal and distal attachment zones.

A tympanoplasty repairs aperforated tympanic membrane. The key phrase “doesnotremove the mastoid” means this istympanoplasty without mastoidectomy, which is correctly represented by69631in the answer set. Codes that include mastoid work (or represent different tympanoplasty variants) are incorrect because the documentation explicitly states the mastoid was not removed. Diagnosis coding should reflect both thechronic otitis mediaand theperforation. In the options,H66.92represents otitis media (as offered) andH72.92represents perforation of the tympanic membrane (as offered). Although the clinical story specifies the left ear, the provided diagnosis options do not include laterality; on CPC-style questions, you choose the best match among the answer choices. Therefore, the correct combination within this question’s choices is69631 with H66.92 and H72.92, matching tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy plus the documented conditions.