NURS AAPC FINAL EXAM AND ANSWERS 2022/2023
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
Local Coverage Determinations are administered by whom?
a. State Law
b. NCDs
c. Each regional MAC
d. LMRPs - Answer - c. Each regional MAC
ABN stands for .
a. Advanced Benefits Notification
b. Advisory Beneficial Notice
c. Admitting Beneficiary Notice
d. Advance Beneficiary Notice - Answer - d. Advance Beneficiary Notice
What type of health insurance provides coverage for low-income families?
a. Commercial HMO
b. Medicaid
c. Medicare
d. Commercial PPO - Answer - b. Medicaid
Which type of information is NOT maintained in a medical record?
a. Treatment outcomes
b. Financial records
c. Medical or surgical interventions
,NURS AAPC FINAL EXAM AND ANSWERS 2022/2023
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
d. Observations - Answer - b. Financial records
According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by what means?
a. Focused audits on problems brought to the attention of the compliance officer.
b. Baseline audits.
c. Periodic audits.
d. Audits on all denied claims. - Answer - c. Periodic audits.
Urine is transported from the kidneys to the urinary bladder by which structure?
a. Ureter
b. Urethra
c. Kidney pelvis
d. Urinary vein - Answer - a. Ureter
Which of the following does NOT circulate fluids throughout the body?
a. Venous system
b. Endocrine system
c. Arterial system
d. Lymphatic system - Answer - b. Endocrine system
What is a function of the alveoli in the lungs?
a. Oxygen exchange
b. Nicotine is destroyed
c. Fluid in the lungs absorbed
d. Providing an airway to breathe - Answer - a. Oxygen exchange
,NURS AAPC FINAL EXAM AND ANSWERS 2022/2023
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - Answer - b. Cells
The meaning of heteropsia (or anisometropia) is:
a. Blindness in half the visual field
b. Double vision
c. Unequal vision in the two eyes
d. Blindness in both eyes - Answer - c. Unequal vision in the two eyes
What is the meaning of provider in the ICD-10-CM guidelines?
a. Insurance company
b. The hospital
c. The physician
d. The patient - Answer - c. The physician
What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever?
a. J30.1
b. J30.89
c. J30.81
d. J45.909 - Answer - a. J30.1
, NURS AAPC FINAL EXAM AND ANSWERS 2022/2023
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
What is the ICD-10-CM code for eyestrain?
a. H53.10, H53.10
b. H57.8
c. H57.8, H57.8
d. H53.10 - Answer - d. H53.10
What diagnosis codes should be reported for spastic cerebral palsy due to previous illness of meningitis?
a. G03.9, G80.1
b. G80.1, G43.909, G03.9
c. G09, G80.1
d. G80.1, G09 - Answer - d. G80.1, G09
The patient is a 12 month-old with a history of muscle weakness. Unfortunately, his etiology is unknown
and to help delineate the diagnosis, Neurology has consulted us to obtain a right bicep muscle biopsy.
What diagnosis code is reported?
a. R29.898
b. M62.81
c. R53.1
d. G58.9 - Answer - b. M62.81
A 50 year-old patient has been diagnosed with elevated blood pressure. The patient does not have a
history of hypertension. What is the correct ICD-10-CM code to report?
a. I15.0
b. I13.0
c. R03.0
d. I10 - Answer - c. R03.0
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
Local Coverage Determinations are administered by whom?
a. State Law
b. NCDs
c. Each regional MAC
d. LMRPs - Answer - c. Each regional MAC
ABN stands for .
a. Advanced Benefits Notification
b. Advisory Beneficial Notice
c. Admitting Beneficiary Notice
d. Advance Beneficiary Notice - Answer - d. Advance Beneficiary Notice
What type of health insurance provides coverage for low-income families?
a. Commercial HMO
b. Medicaid
c. Medicare
d. Commercial PPO - Answer - b. Medicaid
Which type of information is NOT maintained in a medical record?
a. Treatment outcomes
b. Financial records
c. Medical or surgical interventions
,NURS AAPC FINAL EXAM AND ANSWERS 2022/2023
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
d. Observations - Answer - b. Financial records
According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by what means?
a. Focused audits on problems brought to the attention of the compliance officer.
b. Baseline audits.
c. Periodic audits.
d. Audits on all denied claims. - Answer - c. Periodic audits.
Urine is transported from the kidneys to the urinary bladder by which structure?
a. Ureter
b. Urethra
c. Kidney pelvis
d. Urinary vein - Answer - a. Ureter
Which of the following does NOT circulate fluids throughout the body?
a. Venous system
b. Endocrine system
c. Arterial system
d. Lymphatic system - Answer - b. Endocrine system
What is a function of the alveoli in the lungs?
a. Oxygen exchange
b. Nicotine is destroyed
c. Fluid in the lungs absorbed
d. Providing an airway to breathe - Answer - a. Oxygen exchange
,NURS AAPC FINAL EXAM AND ANSWERS 2022/2023
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - Answer - b. Cells
The meaning of heteropsia (or anisometropia) is:
a. Blindness in half the visual field
b. Double vision
c. Unequal vision in the two eyes
d. Blindness in both eyes - Answer - c. Unequal vision in the two eyes
What is the meaning of provider in the ICD-10-CM guidelines?
a. Insurance company
b. The hospital
c. The physician
d. The patient - Answer - c. The physician
What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever?
a. J30.1
b. J30.89
c. J30.81
d. J45.909 - Answer - a. J30.1
, NURS AAPC FINAL EXAM AND ANSWERS 2022/2023
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
What is the ICD-10-CM code for eyestrain?
a. H53.10, H53.10
b. H57.8
c. H57.8, H57.8
d. H53.10 - Answer - d. H53.10
What diagnosis codes should be reported for spastic cerebral palsy due to previous illness of meningitis?
a. G03.9, G80.1
b. G80.1, G43.909, G03.9
c. G09, G80.1
d. G80.1, G09 - Answer - d. G80.1, G09
The patient is a 12 month-old with a history of muscle weakness. Unfortunately, his etiology is unknown
and to help delineate the diagnosis, Neurology has consulted us to obtain a right bicep muscle biopsy.
What diagnosis code is reported?
a. R29.898
b. M62.81
c. R53.1
d. G58.9 - Answer - b. M62.81
A 50 year-old patient has been diagnosed with elevated blood pressure. The patient does not have a
history of hypertension. What is the correct ICD-10-CM code to report?
a. I15.0
b. I13.0
c. R03.0
d. I10 - Answer - c. R03.0
