ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK| C808
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS OA & PA EXAM WITH
COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
Which set of E/M codes below is not assigned based on documentation
of history, physical examination, and medical decision making?
A. Inpatient consultations
B. Office visits
C. Critical care services
D. Hospital observation services – Correct Answer – C. Critical care
services
What organization is responsible for development of HCPCS level II
codes?
A. CMS
B. AMA
C. AHA
D. ADA – Correct Answer – A. CMS
What organization(s) is (are) responsible for maintenance and
distribution of HCPCS level II codes?
A. Pricing, Data Analysis, and Coding (PDAC) contractor
B. American Hospital Association, American Medical Association
C. American Medical Association, American Nursing Association
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,D. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – Correct Answer – D.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Permanent level II HCPCS codes are updated:
A. Quarterly
B. Semiannually
C. Annually
D. Monthly – Correct Answer – C. Annually
Which of the following is not a type of HCPCS level II temporary code?
A. G codes
B. Q codes
C. T codes
D. E codes – Correct Answer – C. T codes
Changes and updates to ICD-10-CM are managed by the ICD-10-CM
Coordination and Maintenance Committee, a federal committee
cochaired by representatives from the NCHS and:
A. AMA
B. OIG
C. CMS
D. WHO – Correct Answer – C. CMS
A 65-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital. She was diagnosed
with sepsis secondary to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
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,and abdominal pain secondary to diverticulitis of the colon. What is the
correct code assignment?
A41.01 Sepsis due to Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
A41.89 Other specified sepsis
A41.9 Sepsis, unspecified organism
B95.61 Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection as the
cause of diseases classified elsewhere
K57.32 Diverticulitis of large intestine without perforation or abscess
without bleeding
R10.9 Unspecified abdominal pain
A. A41.89, K57.32, R10.9
B. A41.01, K57.32
C. A41.89, K57.32, B95.61
D. A41.9, K57.32 – Correct Answer – B. A41.01, K57.32
A patient was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of a stroke and
secondary diagnoses of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
and hypertension. The patient was subsequently discharged from the
hospital with a principal diagnosis of cerebrovascular accident and
secondary diagnoses of catheter-associated urinary tract infection,
COPD, and hypertension. Which of the following should NOT be
reported as POA?
A. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
B. Cerebrovascular accident
C. COPD
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, D. Hypertension – Correct Answer – A. Catheter-associated urinary tract
infection
You are the coding manager and are completing review of a new coder's
work. The case facts are that the patient was admitted for the treatment
of dehydration secondary to chemotherapy for primary liver cancer. The
new coder sequenced the principal diagnosis as liver carcinoma. Which
of the following would be the correct principal diagnosis?
A. Liver carcinoma
B. Admission for chemotherapy
C. Dehydration
D. Complication of chemotherapy – Correct Answer – C. Dehydration
A patient was admitted for cellulitis of the right palm of the hand
following a non-venomous insect bite three days prior to the encounter.
How would this encounter be coded?
L03.011 Cellulitis of right finger
L03.113 Cellulitis of right upper limb
S60.561A Insect bite (nonvenomous) of right hand, initial encounter
S60.561D Insect bite (nonvenomous) of right hand, subsequent
encounter
S60.571A Other superficial bite of right hand, initial encounter
W57.XXXA Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other
nonvenomous arthropods, initial encounter
W57.XXXD Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other
nonvenomous arthropods, subsequent encounter
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