CPT Coding Practice Activity (25 Questions)
Instructions:
Read each scenario and assign the most appropriate CPT code. Use your CPT manual or a
trusted coding resource.
Evaluation & Management (E/M) Services
1. Established patient visit for diabetes follow-up with moderate medical decision-making.
2. New patient physical exam, age 35, no complaints.
3. Emergency department visit for chest pain with high-complexity decision-making.
4. Established patient visit with a problem-focused history and exam for a sore throat.
5. Telemedicine visit for medication management, moderate complexity.
Surgery – Integumentary System
6. Simple repair of a 4.0 cm laceration on the upper arm.
7. Excision of a benign skin lesion on the back, 1.2 cm.
8. Removal of impacted cerumen, both ears, using irrigation and instrumentation.
9. Cryotherapy of two common warts on the hand.
10.Incision and drainage of a small abscess on the thigh.
Radiology
11.Chest x-ray, two views, frontal and lateral.
12.CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis, with contrast.
13.MRI of the brain, without contrast.
14.Screening mammogram, bilateral.
15.X-ray of the right foot, 3 views.
Pathology & Laboratory
16.Complete metabolic panel (CMP), routine.
17.Rapid strep test in the office.
18.Urinalysis, non-automated, without microscopy.
19.Hemoglobin A1c test.
20.Pap smear with HPV testing, routine screening.
Medicine
21.Influenza vaccine administration, intramuscular.
22.ECG with 12 leads, including interpretation and report.
23.Spirometry, pre- and post-bronchodilator.
24.Physical therapy evaluation, moderate complexity.
25.Therapeutic injection (e.g., corticosteroid) into the right shoulder joint.