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Anesthesia CPT Questions 2025

Anesthesia CPT Questions 2025 : In this article, we collect some important questions related to anesthesia series guidelines. This series is very important for the Certified Professional Coder (CPC) exam, and out of total 100 questions, four come from the anesthesia series.

The AAPC’s Certified Professional Coder (CPC) exam is currently the gold standard of coding certifications. Let’s take a look at this certification exam now.

Anesthesia CPT Questions 2025

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1. Dr. Member performed a transesophageal echocardiography for a congenital cardiac conditionon a 16-year-old patient. Prior to the probe placement, moderate conscious sedation was administered. The probe was placed, images acquired, interpretation and reports were completed in the provider’s office. This procedure lasted 45 minutes. What code(s) capture the services performed by Dr. Member?

(a) 93315, 99144, 99145

(b) 00320, 99144, 99145

(d) 93315-P1

2. Katherine is a 77-year-old patient with a severe hypertensive disease. She underwent a cataract surgery to both eyes under general anesthesia. Dr.Sharon, the anesthesiologist, performed the anesthesia. Prior to induction of anesthesia Dr. Sharon completed a preoperative visit and documented a detailed history, detailed examination, and low complexity decision-making on this new patient. How would you report Dr. Sharon’s services?

(a) 99203, 00142-P2, 99100

(b) 66820, 00144

(d) 00142-P3, 99100

3. A surgeon performed a cervical approach esophagoplasty with repair of a tracheosophageal fistula under general anesthesia. The surgeon performed both the procedure and the anesthesia. How would you report these services?

(a) 00500, 43305

(b) 43305-47

(d) Both A and C

4. Which service is not included with anesthesia services?

a. Swan-Ganz monitoring

(b) Administration of blood

(d) Mass spectrometry

5. A patient was placed under general anesthesia to have a simple incision and removal of a foreign body from the subcutaneous tissue. This procedure usually requires local anesthesia. Dueto unusual circumstances, which required general anesthesia, what modifier would best describe this situation?

(a) 47

(b) 22

(d) P6

6. A 42-year-old with renal pelvis cancer receives general anesthesia for a laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. The patient has controlled type II diabetes otherwise no other co-morbidities. Whatis the correct CPT® and ICD-9-CM code for the anesthesia services?

(a) 00860-P1, 189.0, 250.00

(b) 00840-P3, 189.1, 250.00

(d) 00868-P2, 198.0, 250.00

7. A healthy 32-year-old with a closed distal radius fracture received monitored anesthesia care for an ORIF of the distal radius. What is the code for the anesthesia service?

(a) 01830-P1

(b) 01860-QS-P1

(d) 01860-QSG9-P1

8. A 10-month-old child is taken to the operating room for removal of a laryngeal mass. What is the appropriate anesthesia code?

(a) 00320

(b) 00326

(d) 00326, 99100

9. A 6-month-old patient is administered general anesthesia to repair a cleft palate. What anesthesia code(s) should be used for this procedure?

(a) 00170, 99100

(b) 00172

(d) 00176

10. A 50-year-old female had a left subcutaneous mastectomy for cancer. She now returns for reconstruction which is done with a single TRAM flap. Right mastopexy is done for asymmetry. Code the anesthesia for this procedure.

(a) 00404

(b) 00402

(d) 00400

11. A patient is having knee replacement surgery. The surgeon requests that in addition to the general anesthesia for the procedure that the anesthesiologist also insert a lumbar epidural for postoperative pain management. The anesthesiologist performs postoperative management for two postoperative days.

(a) 01400-AA, 62319

(b) 01402-AA, 01996 x 2

(d) 01400-AA, 62319

12. A very large lipoma is removed from the chest measuring 8 sq cm and the defect is 12.2 cm requiring a layered closure with extensive undermining. MAC is performed by a medically directed Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). Code the anesthesia service.

(a) 00400-QS-QX

(b) 00400-QS

(d) 00300-QS-QX

13. PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Multivessel coronary artery disease. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Multivessel coronary artery disease. NAME OF PROCEDURE: Coronary artery bypass graft x 3, left internal mammary artery to the LAD, saphenous vein graft to the obtuse marginal, saphenous vein graft to the diagonal. The patient is placed on heart and lung bypass during the procedure. Anesthesia time: 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM Surgical time: 6:15 PM to 11:30 PM What is the correct anesthesia code and anesthesia time?

(a) 00567, 6 hours

(b) 00566, 6 hours

(d) 00566, 5 hours and 30 minutes

14. A 56-year-old receives general anesthesia for an open pleura biopsy. An anesthesiologist medically directing two other cases, and medically directs a CRNA on this case. What are the appropriate codes for both providers?

(a) 00540-AA, 00540-QZ

(b) 00540-QK, 00540-QX

(d) 00541-QK, 00541-QX

15. The anesthesiologist performs an axillary block for postoperative pain management. The patient receives general anesthesia for a carpal tunnel release. What are the appropriate codes?

(a) 01810

(b) 01810, 64417

(d) 01830, 64417-59

16. A healthy 45-year-old is having a needle thyroid biopsy. The anesthesiologist begins to prepare the patient for surgery at 0900. The surgery begins at 0915 and ends at 0945. The anesthesiologist turns over the care of the patient to the recovery room nurse at 1000. What is the appropriate anesthesia code and what is the anesthesia time?

(a) 00320, one hour

(b) 00320, 45 minutes

(d) 00322, one hour

17. Patient is admitted in labor for delivery. She received a labor neuraxial epidural for a vaginal delivery. The baby goes into fetal distress and a cesarean section is performed. Following delivery the patient starts to hemorrhage. The physician decides, with family approval, to perform a hysterectomy. Code the anesthesia services.

(a) 01967, 00840

(b) 01962

(d) 01967, 01969

18. Angiograms reveal three artery blockages. The patient has COPD, which is a severe systemic disease. The patient undergoes a CABG X 3 venous grafts on cardiopulmonary bypass and cell saver. Code the anesthesia service.

(a) 00562-P3

(b) 00560-P4

(d) 00566-P4

19. A healthy 11-month-old patient with bilateral cleft lip and palate undergoes surgery. The surgeon performs a bilateral cleft lip repair, single stage. Code the anesthesia service.

(a) 00170-P1, 99100

(b) 00102-P1

(d) 00170-P1

20. The anesthesiologist performed MAC (monitored anesthesia care) for a patient undergoing an arthroscopy of the right knee. Code the anesthesia service.

(a) 01382-AA

(b) 01382-AA-QS

(d) 01400-AA-QS

Anesthesia CPT Questions Answers –

1 – C , 2– D , 3-B, 4-A , 5 – C, 6-C , 7-C , 8-B , 9-C , 10 -B ,

11-C , 12-A , 13– A , 14-B , 15-C, 16-D , 17 – D, 18 -C , 19 -C , 20-B

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