AHIMA CCS Practice Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
The root operation of resection applies to which of the following?
a. Removal of the entire body part and removal of an entire lobe of
the liver
b. Partial incidental appendectomy and the closure portion of a
procedure
c. Blunt, digital, manual, or mechanical lysis of adhesions
d. Partial cholecystectomy -
correct answer ✅Removal of the entire body part and removal of
an entire lobe of the liver.
When coding benign neoplasm of the skin, the section noted above
directs the coder to:
D23- Other benign neoplasms of skin Includes:
Benign neoplasm of hair follicles
Benign neoplasm of sebaceous glands
Benign neoplasm of sweat glands
Excludes 1: benign lipomatous neoplasms of skin (D17.0-D17.3)
melanocytic nevi (D22.-)
,AHIMA CCS Practice Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
a. Use category D23 for benign neoplasm of sweat glands
b. Use category D23 for melanocytic nevi
c. Use category D23 for benign lipomatous neoplasms of skin
d. Use category D23 for malignant neoplasm of the skin -
correct answer ✅Use category D23 for benign neoplasm of sweat
glands
A 64-year-old female was discharged with the final diagnosis of
acute renal failure and hypertension. What coding rule applies?
a. Use combination code of hypertension and renal failure.
b. Use separate codes for hypertension and chronic renal failure.
c. Use separate codes for hypertension and acute renal failure.
d. Use separate codes for elevated blood pressure and chronic renal
failure. -
correct answer ✅Use separate codes for hypertension and acute
renal failure
Coding professionals need to have surgical references in order to
discriminate between:
,AHIMA CCS Practice Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
a. Correct and incorrect documentation based on Joint Commission
requirements
b. Reportable and non-reportable procedures
c. Chemotherapeutic drugs
d. A comorbid condition and a complication that prolongs the
length of stay -
correct answer ✅Reportable and non-reportable procedures
A patient is admitted with an acute inferior myocardial infarction
and discharged alive. Which condition would increase the MS-DRG
weight?
a. Respiratory failure
b. Atrial fibrillation
c. Hypertension
d. History of myocardial infarction -
correct answer ✅Respiratory failure
If a patient has undergone an outpatient echocardiogram and the
cardiologist concludes in the report that the patient has mitral
regurgitation, the coder should:
, AHIMA CCS Practice Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
a. Assign a diagnostic code for mitral regurgitation
b. Query the physician about the diagnosis
c. Code an abnormal finding of the echocardiogram
d. No code can be assigned -
correct answer ✅Assign a diagnostic code for mitral regurgitation
A patient was treated in the emergency department with
lacerations of the neck and underwent a repair of two (2) wounds
of the neck (2.0 cm and 1.4 cm) with layered closure. What are the
diagnosis (excluding external cause codes) and procedure codes
assigned?
S11.91XA Laceration without foreign body of unspecified part of
neck, initial encounter
S11.92XA Laceration with foreign body of unspecified part of neck,
initial encounter
0HQ4XZZ Repair neck skin, external approach
& Answers (Grade A+)
The root operation of resection applies to which of the following?
a. Removal of the entire body part and removal of an entire lobe of
the liver
b. Partial incidental appendectomy and the closure portion of a
procedure
c. Blunt, digital, manual, or mechanical lysis of adhesions
d. Partial cholecystectomy -
correct answer ✅Removal of the entire body part and removal of
an entire lobe of the liver.
When coding benign neoplasm of the skin, the section noted above
directs the coder to:
D23- Other benign neoplasms of skin Includes:
Benign neoplasm of hair follicles
Benign neoplasm of sebaceous glands
Benign neoplasm of sweat glands
Excludes 1: benign lipomatous neoplasms of skin (D17.0-D17.3)
melanocytic nevi (D22.-)
,AHIMA CCS Practice Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
a. Use category D23 for benign neoplasm of sweat glands
b. Use category D23 for melanocytic nevi
c. Use category D23 for benign lipomatous neoplasms of skin
d. Use category D23 for malignant neoplasm of the skin -
correct answer ✅Use category D23 for benign neoplasm of sweat
glands
A 64-year-old female was discharged with the final diagnosis of
acute renal failure and hypertension. What coding rule applies?
a. Use combination code of hypertension and renal failure.
b. Use separate codes for hypertension and chronic renal failure.
c. Use separate codes for hypertension and acute renal failure.
d. Use separate codes for elevated blood pressure and chronic renal
failure. -
correct answer ✅Use separate codes for hypertension and acute
renal failure
Coding professionals need to have surgical references in order to
discriminate between:
,AHIMA CCS Practice Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
a. Correct and incorrect documentation based on Joint Commission
requirements
b. Reportable and non-reportable procedures
c. Chemotherapeutic drugs
d. A comorbid condition and a complication that prolongs the
length of stay -
correct answer ✅Reportable and non-reportable procedures
A patient is admitted with an acute inferior myocardial infarction
and discharged alive. Which condition would increase the MS-DRG
weight?
a. Respiratory failure
b. Atrial fibrillation
c. Hypertension
d. History of myocardial infarction -
correct answer ✅Respiratory failure
If a patient has undergone an outpatient echocardiogram and the
cardiologist concludes in the report that the patient has mitral
regurgitation, the coder should:
, AHIMA CCS Practice Exam Questions
& Answers (Grade A+)
a. Assign a diagnostic code for mitral regurgitation
b. Query the physician about the diagnosis
c. Code an abnormal finding of the echocardiogram
d. No code can be assigned -
correct answer ✅Assign a diagnostic code for mitral regurgitation
A patient was treated in the emergency department with
lacerations of the neck and underwent a repair of two (2) wounds
of the neck (2.0 cm and 1.4 cm) with layered closure. What are the
diagnosis (excluding external cause codes) and procedure codes
assigned?
S11.91XA Laceration without foreign body of unspecified part of
neck, initial encounter
S11.92XA Laceration with foreign body of unspecified part of neck,
initial encounter
0HQ4XZZ Repair neck skin, external approach
