QUESTION: 13

According to the Repair (Closure) CPT® guidelines, what type of repair is reported when a single layer closure includes copious irrigation and extensive cleaning to remove particulate matter?

Simple repair
Complex repair
Intermediate repair
Simple repair plus a code for irrigation

Answer(s): C

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The CPT® code book provides full descriptions of medical procedures, although some descriptions require the use of a semicolon (;) to distinguish among closely related procedures.
What is the full description of CPT® code 69644?

Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty. middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane repair); with intact or reconstructed canal wall, with ossicular chain reconstruction
Without ossicular chain reconstruction with intact or reconstructed canal wall, with ossicular chain reconstruction
With intact or reconstructed canal wall with ossicular chain reconstruction
Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy (including canalplasty. middle ear surgery, tympanic membrane repair); without ossicular chain reconstruction with intact or reconstructed canal wall, with ossicular chain reconstruction

Answer(s): A

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QUESTION: 15

Which statement regarding lesion excision is TRUE?

Lesion excision codes include removal of a lesion, with margins, and simple (nonlayered) closure when performed
Lesion excision codes are selected by measuring the greatest clinical diameter of a lesion excluding the margins required to complete the excision
Lesion excision codes include removal of a lesion, with margins, and intermediate closure when performed
Lesion excision codes include removal of a lesion with margins, and complex closure when performed

Answer(s): A

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