Week 4 Assignment and Answer Key
1. Provide the correct description for code 34501 from the CPT manual.
_generalized no convulsive epilepsy_______________________________

2. A pacemaker lead insertion consists of single, dual or ___multiple____________________

3. Locate the subheading “Pacemaker or Pacing Cardioverter-Defibrillator” following
the “Heart and Pericardium” heading in the CPT manual, read the special notes and
guidelines provided and identify how electrodes may be inserted.
___33224 modifier 51_______________________________

4. Locate the table of contents in the surgery/cardiovascular system section of the CPT
manual, you would refer to which code range to code for a bypass graft?
_______33010-37799___________________________
5. Provide the correct description for code 33300 from the CPT manual.
__repair of cardiac wound; without bypass_______________________________

6. Locate the subheading “Cardiac Valves” following the “Heart and Pericardium” heading in
the CPT manual, read the special notes right below and identify what modifier to add
when coding for a secondary valve procedure.
___pericardiocentesis_______________________________

7. A surgical procedure performed on the spleen would fall within this code range:
____38100==38102______________________________

8. What does CABG stand for?
__cabbage__coronary artery bypass graft______________________________

9. Provide the correct description for code 33572 from the CPT manual.
____coronary endarterectomy______________________________

10. Locate subheading “Heart/Lung Transplantation” following the “Heart and Pericardium”
heading in the CPT manual, identify how many distinct components are involved in a
heart/lung allotransplantation. _three distinct components_____________________________

11. Identify the correct code for a transcatheter biopsy:
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