AAMA CMA Practice Question
During an office visit, a patient had a benign growth excised from their forearm. Additionally, the physician performed a cardiac rhythm test due to complaints of palpitations. When submitting for reimbursement, how should these services be reported?
Assign only the procedure code for the growth excision, assuming the cardiac monitoring is an inclusive service.
Offer a single bundled CPT code that encompasses both the forearm procedure and the cardiac assessment, as they happened in one appointment.
Utilize the appropriate CPT code for the growth removal, and append a -25 modifier to the cardiac rhythm test CPT code to reflect it as an independent service.
Document the forearm growth removal and cardiac rhythm test each under their specific CPT code, but without any modifiers.