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The physician performed a colonoscopy that extended from the anus to the cecum and used a snare to remove a polyp of the transverse colon.

A cystourethroscopy with ureteroscopy was performed to remove a calculus lodged in the left ureter.

Per CPT coding guidelines, if a lesion is biopsied and then the remainder of the lesion is removed, what code(s) is (are) assigned? 

An asymmetric nevus, total excision size of 1.0 cm x 2.0 cm was removed from the patient’s back. The pathology report identified the specimen as “interdermal nevus.” What is the correct CPT code assignment for this procedure?

Tissue transplanted from one part of an individual body to another part is called a(n) _____________.

A patient was taken to the endoscopy suite. The flexible endoscope was passed from the mouth into the esophagus and continued into the stomach and into the duodenal bulb. Based on this documentation, what CPT code would be selected to represent this procedure?

When lesions are excised from multiple sites, which of the following is the correct coding protocol?

A physician performs a diagnostic laryngoscopy with use of laryngeal mirror. This type of laryngoscopy is called:

The CPT manual is published and maintained by the:

In the clinic, the physician performed a simple incision and drainage of a pilonidal cyst.