CPC Exam Dumps : Certified Professional Coder (CPC) Exam

For a physician who owns the equipment and interprets the chest X-rays (both frontal and lateral views), code 71046 is used. This code includes both the technical and professional components, as the equipment is owned by the physician group and the physician also provides the interpretation.

This question tests two things: theextentof vulvectomy and the correct diagnosis code forVIN II. VIN II corresponds tomoderate vulvar dysplasia, which is coded asN90.1. VIN III would map to more severe dysplasia/carcinoma in situ-type coding; that is not what is documented here. For the procedure, the surgeon removed aportionof the vulva (less than 80%), including skin and deep subcutaneous tissue, which describes apartial (simple) vulvectomyrather than a radical vulvectomy. CPT56625represents asimple partial vulvectomy(partial removal). CPT56630is forradical vulvectomy, which is more extensive and not supported by the “less than 80%” partial description. Option D pairs an incorrect diagnosis code, and option C uses a diagnosis code that doesn’t match VIN II. Therefore, the correct combination is56625 with N90.1.

In medical terminology,“-graph”refers to aninstrument used to record(or produce a record), while“-gram”refers to therecord/image produced, and“-graphy”refers to theprocess of recording. This set is frequently tested because the terms look similar. Example: anelectrocardiographis the instrument; anelectrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)is the tracing produced;electrocardiographyis the act of recording. The distractors are surgical suffixes:“-desis”typically indicates surgical binding/fusion, and“-rrhaphy”indicates surgical repair by suture. “Z-plasty” is a plastic surgery technique; “instrument used for Z-plasty” is not a standard suffix definition. For CPC-style questions, the safest approach is to memorize the trio:graph (instrument)/gram (record)/graphy (process). That pattern also helps with radiology terms (mammogram, angiography) and diagnostic testing vocabulary.