AAPC Updated CPC Exam Questions and Answers by lorena

The correct J codes are selected based on the specific medications administered and their quantities:

J2405 represents "ondansetron, 1 mg," and since the patient received a 2 mg dose, J2405 is reported once with a quantity of 2 mg.

J1885 represents "ketorolac tromethamine, 15 mg," which matches the single 15 mg dose administered to the patient, so J1885 is reported once.

Each J code is billed according to the precise dosage given, as no multipliers are required beyond the single-unit codes provided in choice A, making it the correct answer.

This scenario describesnon-emergencytransportation arranged for a patient who iswheelchair-bound, traveling between a physician’s office and askilled nursing facility. HCPCS Level II includes specific “A” codes for non-emergency transport categories. The code that corresponds tonon-emergency transportation by wheelchair van(i.e., transport appropriate for a wheelchair-bound patient, not requiring an ambulance) isA0130in CPC-style code selection questions. By contrast,A0428/A0429would be ambulance codes (not offered here), and other A-codes in this option set represent different non-emergency transport circumstances (such as general transportation, litter van, or transportation that doesn’t specify wheelchair accommodation). The presence of asocial workerarranging transport and the patient’swheelchair-boundstatus strongly cues awheelchair vanlevel of service rather than ambulance. On the CPC exam, pay close attention to transport level: ambulance implies medical monitoring/medical necessity; wheelchair van implies mobility needs without ambulance-level clinical support. Therefore, the correct HCPCS Level II transportation code isA0130.

Spirometry performedbefore and after bronchodilatoris coded with94060. That code includes the pre- and post-bronchodilator spirometry components as a single bundled service, so it already captures the “before and after” testing. The scenario also lists measurements like vital capacity/breathing capacity and flow volume, but the defining element for coding is thebronchodilator responsiveness testingcaptured by 94060. For diagnosis, “intermittent asthma with exacerbation” maps toJ45.21(mild intermittent asthma with (acute) exacerbation). CodeJ45.901represents “unspecified asthma with (acute) exacerbation” and is not as specific as the documented intermittent asthma. Options using94070do not represent spirometry pre/post bronchodilator testing; they are different pulmonary testing codes. CPC exam focus: choose the most specific asthma diagnosis available and recognize that94060already includes the pre/post testing, so adding a separate basic spirometry code in the same session is typically not correct, but the test’s options explicitly pair 94060 and 94010—within those choices, optionBcorrectly matches the diagnosis specificity.