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2026 TEST BANK| AAPC CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE MANAGER EXAM PREP WITH COMPLETE
450 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
Which of the following support staff is typically not found in an
outpatient physician practice?
a. Nurse practitioner
b.MA
c. CNA
d. Medical coder – Correct Answer - C
A patient is returning today for her second injection of denosumab for
postmenopausal osteoporosis. To achieve the best staff efficiency which
of the following staff members should perform the injection?
a. Registered nurse
b. Physician
c. Nurse practitioner
d. Medical assistant – Correct Answer - D
Which of the services below would meet medical necessity?
a. A comprehensive new patient visit (99205) for a patient who wants to
establish care, and has no chronic conditions and no complaints
b. A lipid panel (80060) for a patient with high cholesterol
c. An X-ray of the knee (73560) for a diagnosis of pain in the arm
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,d. A comprehensive E/M visit (99215) for routine follow up of stable
hypertension – Correct Answer - A
Which option below is NOT reported by evaluation and management
codes?
a. Office visits
b. Physical therapy evaluations
c. Nursing home visits
d. Hospital visits – Correct Answer - B
Electronic health records guide a provider to select E/M codes for a
hospital visit based on the number of elements documented. What does
this leave out that causes a potential compliance risk?
a. Medical necessity for the nature of presenting problem
b. Review of systems for the chief complaint
c. Reason for the visit (chief complaint)
d. History of present illness for the chief complaint – Correct Answer - A
What is the most important criterion to meet for the selection of
evaluation and management codes?
a. Extent of the history performed
b. Medical necessity
c. Examination
d. Medical decision making – Correct Answer - B
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,Which of the following is a chronological description of the
development of the patient’s complaints?
a. Chief complaint
b. Medical decision making
c. History of present illness
d. Medical necessity – Correct Answer - C
Which of the following is an example of a private health plan?
a. Indian Health Service (IHS)
b. MCO
c. Medicare
d. CHAMPUS/TRICARE – Correct Answer - B
What code set represents healthcare equipment, drugs, and supplies?
a. ICD-10-CM
b. ICD-10-PCS
c. HCPCS Level II
d. CPT® – Correct Answer - C
Posting payment and collection policies in a prominent place in your
office has what benefit?
a. Complies with HIPAA regulations
b. Prepares the patient to make proper payments at the time of service
c. Reduces overhead by eliminating the need to verify coverage
d. Eliminates the need to file claims – Correct Answer - B
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, Which of the following options is most likely to negatively impact
collections?
a. Increase in number of patients with high deductible insurance plan
b. Adding a second clinic location
c. Adding a physician assistant to the practice
d. Changes in physician compensation – Correct Answer - A
What type of reimbursement methodology is based on the average
resources required to care for an inpatient with a specific diagnosis?
a. MS-DRGs
b. APCs
c. FFS
d. NPI – Correct Answer - A
You are tasked with hiring an employee with inpatient coding
experience. Which code set will they need to understand for inpatient
procedures?
a.ICD-10-CM
b. ICD-10-PCS
c. CPT®
d. HCPCS – Correct Answer - B
Which of the following is NOT required to process the online
application on the CMS website for a National Provider Identifier
(NPI)?
a. State license information
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2026 TEST BANK| AAPC CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE MANAGER EXAM PREP WITH COMPLETE
450 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
Which of the following support staff is typically not found in an
outpatient physician practice?
a. Nurse practitioner
b.MA
c. CNA
d. Medical coder – Correct Answer - C
A patient is returning today for her second injection of denosumab for
postmenopausal osteoporosis. To achieve the best staff efficiency which
of the following staff members should perform the injection?
a. Registered nurse
b. Physician
c. Nurse practitioner
d. Medical assistant – Correct Answer - D
Which of the services below would meet medical necessity?
a. A comprehensive new patient visit (99205) for a patient who wants to
establish care, and has no chronic conditions and no complaints
b. A lipid panel (80060) for a patient with high cholesterol
c. An X-ray of the knee (73560) for a diagnosis of pain in the arm
pg. 1
,d. A comprehensive E/M visit (99215) for routine follow up of stable
hypertension – Correct Answer - A
Which option below is NOT reported by evaluation and management
codes?
a. Office visits
b. Physical therapy evaluations
c. Nursing home visits
d. Hospital visits – Correct Answer - B
Electronic health records guide a provider to select E/M codes for a
hospital visit based on the number of elements documented. What does
this leave out that causes a potential compliance risk?
a. Medical necessity for the nature of presenting problem
b. Review of systems for the chief complaint
c. Reason for the visit (chief complaint)
d. History of present illness for the chief complaint – Correct Answer - A
What is the most important criterion to meet for the selection of
evaluation and management codes?
a. Extent of the history performed
b. Medical necessity
c. Examination
d. Medical decision making – Correct Answer - B
pg. 2
,Which of the following is a chronological description of the
development of the patient’s complaints?
a. Chief complaint
b. Medical decision making
c. History of present illness
d. Medical necessity – Correct Answer - C
Which of the following is an example of a private health plan?
a. Indian Health Service (IHS)
b. MCO
c. Medicare
d. CHAMPUS/TRICARE – Correct Answer - B
What code set represents healthcare equipment, drugs, and supplies?
a. ICD-10-CM
b. ICD-10-PCS
c. HCPCS Level II
d. CPT® – Correct Answer - C
Posting payment and collection policies in a prominent place in your
office has what benefit?
a. Complies with HIPAA regulations
b. Prepares the patient to make proper payments at the time of service
c. Reduces overhead by eliminating the need to verify coverage
d. Eliminates the need to file claims – Correct Answer - B
pg. 3
, Which of the following options is most likely to negatively impact
collections?
a. Increase in number of patients with high deductible insurance plan
b. Adding a second clinic location
c. Adding a physician assistant to the practice
d. Changes in physician compensation – Correct Answer - A
What type of reimbursement methodology is based on the average
resources required to care for an inpatient with a specific diagnosis?
a. MS-DRGs
b. APCs
c. FFS
d. NPI – Correct Answer - A
You are tasked with hiring an employee with inpatient coding
experience. Which code set will they need to understand for inpatient
procedures?
a.ICD-10-CM
b. ICD-10-PCS
c. CPT®
d. HCPCS – Correct Answer - B
Which of the following is NOT required to process the online
application on the CMS website for a National Provider Identifier
(NPI)?
a. State license information
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