nancyleephillips
Contributor
I recently took a coding test for Maxim and there are two questions that I missed. I was wondering if anyone could help me with the correct answers since I would like to learn what I did wrong and Maxim doesn't seem to want to share the correct answers with me.
1. Patient presents with spinal stenosis. He was taken to the OR where a laminectomy with exploration and decompression of spinal cord at L1, L2, and L3. Assign the appropriate CPT code(s) only.
I coded 63005, but am unsure which way to go from there.
2. Patient was admitted with severe coronary arteriosclerosis. The following procedure was performed: Left internal mammary artery was taken down to the left anterior descending artery and a reverse saphenous graft was brought from the aorta to the distal LAD and diagonal. The CABG was performed while the patient was on the cardiopulmonary bypass machine.
I am so not comfortable with vascular surgery!! I coded 414.00, 33510, 33508, 36.11.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Nancy
1. Patient presents with spinal stenosis. He was taken to the OR where a laminectomy with exploration and decompression of spinal cord at L1, L2, and L3. Assign the appropriate CPT code(s) only.
I coded 63005, but am unsure which way to go from there.
2. Patient was admitted with severe coronary arteriosclerosis. The following procedure was performed: Left internal mammary artery was taken down to the left anterior descending artery and a reverse saphenous graft was brought from the aorta to the distal LAD and diagonal. The CABG was performed while the patient was on the cardiopulmonary bypass machine.
I am so not comfortable with vascular surgery!! I coded 414.00, 33510, 33508, 36.11.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Nancy