The surgeon is removing the big toe of a patient during a hallux valgus surgery.

Question 1 (Mandatory) (2 points) 

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The surgeon is removing the big toe of a patient during a hallux valgus surgery.

Question 1 options:

                True

                False

Question 2 (Mandatory) (3 points) 

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A patient presents to the ED with back pain and is diagnosed with a lumbar sprain. What ICD-10-CM code is reported?

Question 2 options:

S33.5XXA

S33.8XXA

M53.3

M54.5

Question 3 (Mandatory) (3 points) 

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A patient has a greenstick fracture of the right radial shaft. It is treated by surgically placing a bone plate on the distal radial shaft.

What ICD-10-CM code is reported?

Question 3 options:

S52.90XA

S52.301A

S52.311A

M84.439A

Question 4 (Mandatory) (3 points) 

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The patient fell and fractured his left femoral shaft in three places. The fracture is treated with an ORIF of the left femur with an intramedullary nail and interlocking screws (peritrochanterically). The orthopedist also places the leg in a plaster splint prior to leaving the OR.

What CPT® code(s) is/are reported?

Question 4 options:

27245

27507, 29505

27513, 29505

27506

Question 5 (Mandatory) (3 points) 

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A patient is seen in the same day surgery unit for an arthroscopy to remove some loose bodies in the shoulder area.

What CPT® code is reported?

Question 5 options:

29805

29806

29807

29819

Question 6 (Mandatory) (3 points) 

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A 44-year-old male with biplanar deformity, acquired limb length discrepancies and tibial nonunion has undergone deformity correction. He now requires exchange of an external fixation strut 45 days postoperatively. One of the struts for his multiplane external fixation device is removed and then replaced with an adjustable strut. The intraoperative mounting parameters, deformity parameters and initial strut settings are entered into the computer prior to Jim’s discharge and a daily schedule is generated for him to perform the gradual deformity correction necessary.

What CPT® code(s) is/are reported?

Question 6 options:

20696

20697

20694

20692, 20697