AAPC - Final Exam/100
Questions with Correct
Solutions/2024
Local Coverage Determinations are administered by whom?
a. State Law
b. NCDs
c. Each regional MAC
d. LMRPs - -c. Each regional MAC
-ABN stands for _____.
a. Advanced Benefits Notification
b. Advisory Beneficial Notice
c. Admitting Beneficiary Notice
d. Advance Beneficiary Notice - -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 - -b. Medicaid
-Which type of information is NOT maintained in a medical record?
a. Treatment outcomes
b. Financial records
c. Medical or surgical interventions
d. Observations - -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. - -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 - -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 - -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 - -a. Oxygen exchange
-Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - -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 - -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 - -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 - -a. J30.1
-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 - -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 - -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 - -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 - -c. R03.0
-A 32 year-old male was seen in the 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. D17.1, D17.23
b. D17.21, D17.1
c. D17.30
d. D17.39 - -b. D17.21, D17.1
-What is the time frame defining when pain becomes chronic?
a. After the global period
b. One year
c. The 30th day
d. No time frame - -d. No time frame
-A patient with amyloidosis being treated for glomerulonephritis. What
ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
a. E85.3, N08
Questions with Correct
Solutions/2024
Local Coverage Determinations are administered by whom?
a. State Law
b. NCDs
c. Each regional MAC
d. LMRPs - -c. Each regional MAC
-ABN stands for _____.
a. Advanced Benefits Notification
b. Advisory Beneficial Notice
c. Admitting Beneficiary Notice
d. Advance Beneficiary Notice - -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 - -b. Medicaid
-Which type of information is NOT maintained in a medical record?
a. Treatment outcomes
b. Financial records
c. Medical or surgical interventions
d. Observations - -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. - -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 - -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 - -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 - -a. Oxygen exchange
-Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - -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 - -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 - -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 - -a. J30.1
-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 - -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 - -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 - -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 - -c. R03.0
-A 32 year-old male was seen in the 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. D17.1, D17.23
b. D17.21, D17.1
c. D17.30
d. D17.39 - -b. D17.21, D17.1
-What is the time frame defining when pain becomes chronic?
a. After the global period
b. One year
c. The 30th day
d. No time frame - -d. No time frame
-A patient with amyloidosis being treated for glomerulonephritis. What
ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
a. E85.3, N08
