AAPC CPC Practice Exam F Questions
and Answers Rated A
What is the patient's right when it involves making changes in the personal medical record?
A. Patient must work through an attorney to revise any portion of the personal medical
information.
B. They should be able to obtain copies of the medical record and request corrections of errors
and mistakes.
C. It is a violation of federal health care law to revise a patient medical record.
D. Revision of the patient medical record depends solely on the facility's compliance program
policy. ✔✔B. They should be able to obtain copies of the medical record and request corrections
of errors and mistakes.
Under HIPAA regulations, patients have the right to receive a copy of their medical record and
request that errors are corrected.
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/medical-records/index.html
, Which modifier is appended to a CPT®, for which the provider had a patient sign an Advance
Beneficiary Notice (ABN) form because there is a possibility the service may be denied because
the patient's diagnosis might not meet medical necessity for the covered service?
A. GJ
B. GA
C. GB
D. GY ✔✔B. GA
An Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) is a waiver of liability. When a patient has been
informed a service that is otherwise covered by Medicare but might not be covered in a particular
instance an ABN is signed by the patient prior to receiving the service. To inform Medicare the
ABN has been signed, append modifier GA. If an ABN is signed, the claim is the patient's
responsibility if the claim is denied. This modifier is listed in the HCPCS Level II codebook.
Which statement regarding an ICD-10-CM coding conventions is TRUE?
A. If the same condition is described as both acute and chronic and separate subentries exist in
the Alphabetic Index at the same indentation level, code only the acute condition.
B. Sequela (Late effect) codes are reported for a current acute phase of the injury or illness
and Answers Rated A
What is the patient's right when it involves making changes in the personal medical record?
A. Patient must work through an attorney to revise any portion of the personal medical
information.
B. They should be able to obtain copies of the medical record and request corrections of errors
and mistakes.
C. It is a violation of federal health care law to revise a patient medical record.
D. Revision of the patient medical record depends solely on the facility's compliance program
policy. ✔✔B. They should be able to obtain copies of the medical record and request corrections
of errors and mistakes.
Under HIPAA regulations, patients have the right to receive a copy of their medical record and
request that errors are corrected.
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/medical-records/index.html
, Which modifier is appended to a CPT®, for which the provider had a patient sign an Advance
Beneficiary Notice (ABN) form because there is a possibility the service may be denied because
the patient's diagnosis might not meet medical necessity for the covered service?
A. GJ
B. GA
C. GB
D. GY ✔✔B. GA
An Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) is a waiver of liability. When a patient has been
informed a service that is otherwise covered by Medicare but might not be covered in a particular
instance an ABN is signed by the patient prior to receiving the service. To inform Medicare the
ABN has been signed, append modifier GA. If an ABN is signed, the claim is the patient's
responsibility if the claim is denied. This modifier is listed in the HCPCS Level II codebook.
Which statement regarding an ICD-10-CM coding conventions is TRUE?
A. If the same condition is described as both acute and chronic and separate subentries exist in
the Alphabetic Index at the same indentation level, code only the acute condition.
B. Sequela (Late effect) codes are reported for a current acute phase of the injury or illness
