AAPC CPC Final Exam 2023-2024 GRADED A+
The minimum necessary rule is based on sound current practice that protected health
information should NOT be used or disclosed when it is not necessary to satisfy a
particular purpose or carry out a function. What does this mean?
a. Staff members are allowed to access any medical record without restriction
b. Providers should develop safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to protected
health information.
c. Practices should only provide minimum necessary information to patients.
d. All of the above. - ANS-b. Providers should develop safeguards to prevent
unauthorized access to protected health information.
EHR stands for:
a. Electronic health record
b. Extended health record
c. Electronic health response
d. Established health record - ANS-a. Electronic health record
The AAPC offers over 500 local chapters across the country for the purpose of
a. Continuing education and networking
b. Membership dues
c. Regulations and bylaws
d. Financial management - ANS-a. Continuing education and networking
What does the abbreviation MAC stand for?
a. Medicaid Alert Contractor
b. Medicare Advisory Contractor
c. Medicare Administrative Contractor
d. Medicaid Administrative Contractor - ANS-c. Medicare Administrative Contractor
The OIG recommends that provider practices enforce disciplinary actions through well
publicized compliance guidelines to ensure actions that are .
a. Permanent
b. Consistent and appropriate
c. Frequent
d. Swift and enforceable - ANS-b. Consistent and appropriate
Through which vessel is oxygenated blood returned to the heart from the lungs?
,a. Pulmonary vein
b. Bronchial vein
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Bronchial artery - ANS-a. Pulmonary vein
Muscle is attached to bone by what method?
a. Tendons, ligaments, and directly to bone
b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
c. Ligaments, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
d. Tendons and cartilage - ANS-b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
Lacrimal glands are responsible for which of the following?
a. Production of tears
b. Production of vitreous
c. Production of mydriatic agents
d. Production of zonules - ANS-a. Production of tears
Melasma is defined as:
a. Lines where the skin has been stretched
b. A discharge of mucus and blood
c. A dark vertical line appearing on the abdomen
d. Brownish pigmentation appearing on the face - ANS-d. Brownish pigmentation
appearing on the face
A gonioscopy is an examination of what part of the eye:
a. Anterior chamber of the eye
b. Lacrimal duct
c. Interior surface of the eye
d. Posterior segment - ANS-a. Anterior chamber of the eye
What type of code is assigned when the provider documents the reason for a patient
seeking healthcare services that is not for an injury or disease?
a. Non-specific code
b. External cause code (V00-Y99)
c. Z code (Z00-Z99)
d. ICD-10-PCS - ANS-c. Z code (Z00-Z99)
What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever? - ANS-J30.1
What is the ICD-10-CM code for swine flu?
,a. J10.1
b. A08.4
c. J11.1
d. J09.X2 - ANS-d. J09.X2
What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported for enlargement of the prostate with a
symptom of urinary retention?
a. N40.1
b. N40.3, R33.8
c. N40.0
d. N40.1, R33.8 - ANS-d. N40.1, R33.8
What diagnosis code(s) is/are reported for behavioral disturbances in a patient with
early onset Alzheimer's?
a. G30.8, F02.81
b. F02.81
c. F02.81, G30.0
d. G30.0, F02.81 - ANS-d. G30.0, F02.81
What is the ICD-10-CM code for a patient with postoperative anemia due to acute blood
loss during the surgery who needs a blood transfusion?
a. D64.9
b. D53.0
c. D50.0
d. D62 - ANS-d. D62
A 54-year-old male goes to his primary care provider with dizziness. On physical exam
his blood pressure is 200/130. After a complete work-up, including laboratory tests, the
provider makes a diagnosis of end stage renal disease and hypertension. What are the
appropriate diagnosis codes for this encounter?
a. I12.0, N18.6
b. I10, N18.6
c. I10, N18.9
d. I12.0 - ANS-a. I12.0, N18.6
A 32-year-old male was seen in the ambulatory surgery center ASC for removal of two
lipomas. One was located on his back and the other was located on the right forearm.
Both involved subcutaneous tissue. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
a. D17.30
b. D17.39
c. D17.1, D17.23
, d. D17.21, D17.1 - ANS-d. D17.21, D17.1
A 33-year-old patient visits his primary care provider to discuss a lap band procedure for
his morbid obesity. His caloric intake is in excess of 4,000 calories per day and his BMI
is currently 45. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
a. E66.01, Z68.42
b. E66.3, Z68.45
c. E66.01
d. E66.01, Z68.45 - ANS-a. E66.01, Z68.42
A 58-year-old patient sees the provider for confusion and loss of memory. The provider
diagnoses the patient with early onset stages of Alzheimer's disease with dementia.
What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
a. F02.80, G30.0, F29, F41.3
b. G30.0, F02.80
c. F02.80, G30.0
d. G30.0, F02.80, F29, R41.3 - ANS-b. G30.0, F02.80
What would be considered an adverse effect?
a. Shortness of breath when running
b. Rash developing when taking penicillin
c. Hemorrhaging after a vaginal delivery
d. Wound infection after surgery - ANS-b. Rash developing when taking penicillin
What is a TRUE statement in reporting pressure ulcers?
a. When a pressure ulcer is at on stage and progresses to the higher stage, report the
lowest stage for that site.
b. Two codes are assigned when a patient is admitted with a pressure ulcer that evolves
to another stage during the admission.
c. When documentation does not provide the stage of the pressure ulcer, report the
unstageable pressure ulcer code(L89.95).
d. The site of the ulcer and the stage of the ulcer are reported with two separate codes.
- ANS-b. Two codes are assigned when a patient is admitted with a pressure ulcer that
evolves to another stage during the admission.
A child has a splinter under the right middle fingernail. What ICD-10-CM code is
reported?
a. S61.222A
b. S61.227A
c. S61.242A
d. S60.452A - ANS-d. S60.452A
The minimum necessary rule is based on sound current practice that protected health
information should NOT be used or disclosed when it is not necessary to satisfy a
particular purpose or carry out a function. What does this mean?
a. Staff members are allowed to access any medical record without restriction
b. Providers should develop safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to protected
health information.
c. Practices should only provide minimum necessary information to patients.
d. All of the above. - ANS-b. Providers should develop safeguards to prevent
unauthorized access to protected health information.
EHR stands for:
a. Electronic health record
b. Extended health record
c. Electronic health response
d. Established health record - ANS-a. Electronic health record
The AAPC offers over 500 local chapters across the country for the purpose of
a. Continuing education and networking
b. Membership dues
c. Regulations and bylaws
d. Financial management - ANS-a. Continuing education and networking
What does the abbreviation MAC stand for?
a. Medicaid Alert Contractor
b. Medicare Advisory Contractor
c. Medicare Administrative Contractor
d. Medicaid Administrative Contractor - ANS-c. Medicare Administrative Contractor
The OIG recommends that provider practices enforce disciplinary actions through well
publicized compliance guidelines to ensure actions that are .
a. Permanent
b. Consistent and appropriate
c. Frequent
d. Swift and enforceable - ANS-b. Consistent and appropriate
Through which vessel is oxygenated blood returned to the heart from the lungs?
,a. Pulmonary vein
b. Bronchial vein
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Bronchial artery - ANS-a. Pulmonary vein
Muscle is attached to bone by what method?
a. Tendons, ligaments, and directly to bone
b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
c. Ligaments, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
d. Tendons and cartilage - ANS-b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
Lacrimal glands are responsible for which of the following?
a. Production of tears
b. Production of vitreous
c. Production of mydriatic agents
d. Production of zonules - ANS-a. Production of tears
Melasma is defined as:
a. Lines where the skin has been stretched
b. A discharge of mucus and blood
c. A dark vertical line appearing on the abdomen
d. Brownish pigmentation appearing on the face - ANS-d. Brownish pigmentation
appearing on the face
A gonioscopy is an examination of what part of the eye:
a. Anterior chamber of the eye
b. Lacrimal duct
c. Interior surface of the eye
d. Posterior segment - ANS-a. Anterior chamber of the eye
What type of code is assigned when the provider documents the reason for a patient
seeking healthcare services that is not for an injury or disease?
a. Non-specific code
b. External cause code (V00-Y99)
c. Z code (Z00-Z99)
d. ICD-10-PCS - ANS-c. Z code (Z00-Z99)
What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever? - ANS-J30.1
What is the ICD-10-CM code for swine flu?
,a. J10.1
b. A08.4
c. J11.1
d. J09.X2 - ANS-d. J09.X2
What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported for enlargement of the prostate with a
symptom of urinary retention?
a. N40.1
b. N40.3, R33.8
c. N40.0
d. N40.1, R33.8 - ANS-d. N40.1, R33.8
What diagnosis code(s) is/are reported for behavioral disturbances in a patient with
early onset Alzheimer's?
a. G30.8, F02.81
b. F02.81
c. F02.81, G30.0
d. G30.0, F02.81 - ANS-d. G30.0, F02.81
What is the ICD-10-CM code for a patient with postoperative anemia due to acute blood
loss during the surgery who needs a blood transfusion?
a. D64.9
b. D53.0
c. D50.0
d. D62 - ANS-d. D62
A 54-year-old male goes to his primary care provider with dizziness. On physical exam
his blood pressure is 200/130. After a complete work-up, including laboratory tests, the
provider makes a diagnosis of end stage renal disease and hypertension. What are the
appropriate diagnosis codes for this encounter?
a. I12.0, N18.6
b. I10, N18.6
c. I10, N18.9
d. I12.0 - ANS-a. I12.0, N18.6
A 32-year-old male was seen in the ambulatory surgery center ASC for removal of two
lipomas. One was located on his back and the other was located on the right forearm.
Both involved subcutaneous tissue. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
a. D17.30
b. D17.39
c. D17.1, D17.23
, d. D17.21, D17.1 - ANS-d. D17.21, D17.1
A 33-year-old patient visits his primary care provider to discuss a lap band procedure for
his morbid obesity. His caloric intake is in excess of 4,000 calories per day and his BMI
is currently 45. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
a. E66.01, Z68.42
b. E66.3, Z68.45
c. E66.01
d. E66.01, Z68.45 - ANS-a. E66.01, Z68.42
A 58-year-old patient sees the provider for confusion and loss of memory. The provider
diagnoses the patient with early onset stages of Alzheimer's disease with dementia.
What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
a. F02.80, G30.0, F29, F41.3
b. G30.0, F02.80
c. F02.80, G30.0
d. G30.0, F02.80, F29, R41.3 - ANS-b. G30.0, F02.80
What would be considered an adverse effect?
a. Shortness of breath when running
b. Rash developing when taking penicillin
c. Hemorrhaging after a vaginal delivery
d. Wound infection after surgery - ANS-b. Rash developing when taking penicillin
What is a TRUE statement in reporting pressure ulcers?
a. When a pressure ulcer is at on stage and progresses to the higher stage, report the
lowest stage for that site.
b. Two codes are assigned when a patient is admitted with a pressure ulcer that evolves
to another stage during the admission.
c. When documentation does not provide the stage of the pressure ulcer, report the
unstageable pressure ulcer code(L89.95).
d. The site of the ulcer and the stage of the ulcer are reported with two separate codes.
- ANS-b. Two codes are assigned when a patient is admitted with a pressure ulcer that
evolves to another stage during the admission.
A child has a splinter under the right middle fingernail. What ICD-10-CM code is
reported?
a. S61.222A
b. S61.227A
c. S61.242A
d. S60.452A - ANS-d. S60.452A
