CCA MOCK EXAM 2 LATEST VERSIONS 2024 (VERSION A
AND B) COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Your organization is sending confidential patient information across the internet
using technology that will transform the original data into unintelligible code that
can be re-created by authorized users. This technique is called? - ANSWER: Data
Encryption
As part of a concurrent record review, you need to locate the initial plan of action
based on the attending physician's initial assessment of the patient. You can expect
to find this documentation either within the body of the H&P or in the _______. -
ANSWER: Review of systems (ROS)
Sciatica unimproved with hot pack therapy is an example of what in the SOAP style
of progress notes? - ANSWER: A-Assessment
You have been hired to work with computer-assisted coding initiative. The
technology that you will be working with is what? - ANSWER: Natural language
processing
A final progress note is appropriate as a discharge summary for a hospitalization in
which the patient ________. - ANSWER: Was an obstetric admission with a normal
delivery and no complications.
In reviewing a medical record for coding purposes, the coder notes that the
discharge summary has not yet been transcribed. In its absence, the best place to
look for the patient's response to treatment and documentation of any
complications that may have developed during this episode of care is in the _______.
- ANSWER: Doctors' progress note section
You would expect to find documentation regarding the assessment of an obstetric
patient's lochia, fundus, and perineum on what type of record? - ANSWER:
Postpartum record
A patient is admitted through the emergency department with diabetes mellitus.
Three days after admission, the physician documents uncontrolled DM. What is the
"Present on Admission" (POA)? - ANSWER: N-No, the DM wasn't considered
uncontrolled until 3 days after admission
How do you figure out the Case-mix index for a facility? (CMI) - ANSWER: multiply
relative weight by # of patients with this MS-DRG (in the row) and then add up all the
numbers and divide by the total number of patients.
, The special form that plays the central role in planning providing care at nursing,
psychiatric, and rehabilitation facilities is the ________. - ANSWER: Interdisciplinary
patient care plan
What legal term is used in describing sexual harassment in reference to unwelcome
sexual advances, the request for sexual favors, and verbal or physical conduct of a
sexual nature made in return for job benefits? - ANSWER: Quid pro quo
Your facility would like to improve physician documentation in order to allow
improved coding. As a coding supervisor, you have found it very effective to provide
the physicians with what? - ANSWER: Feedback on specific instances when improved
documentation would improve coding.
Using the chart on page 279: One week's productivity information is shown in the
table. What percentage of the coders is meeting the productivity standards? -
ANSWER: 100%
Which diagnosis or procedure would prevent the normal delivery code (O80) from
being assisgned? - ANSWER: Low forceps
What is considered to be a late effect (sequelae) regardless of time? - ANSWER:
nonunion
Patient is admitted for elective cholecystectomy for treatment of chronic
cholecystitis with cholelithiasis. Prior to administration of general anesthesia, patient
suffers cerebral thrombosis. Surgery is subsequently canceled. Code and sequence
the coding. - ANSWER: K80.10, 434.00, Z53.09
The calculus of gallbladder is sequence first
Some ICD-9-CM codes are exempt from POA reporting because they _________. -
ANSWER: Represent circumstances regarding the health care encounter or factors
influencing health status that do not represent a current disease AND some are
always present on admission.
Conditions that are always POA are what? - ANSWER: Congenital conditions
When coding multiple wound repairs in CPT... - ANSWER: all wound repairs are
coded, with the most complex reported first.
What is vital for determining why the reimbursement from an insurance company is
less than what was expected? - ANSWER: The remittance advice
A patient developed syncope after taking Contac pills with a double scotch, what is
this coded as? - ANSWER: A poisoning
What do POA indicators apply to? - ANSWER: inpatient reporting of diagnosis codes
AND B) COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Your organization is sending confidential patient information across the internet
using technology that will transform the original data into unintelligible code that
can be re-created by authorized users. This technique is called? - ANSWER: Data
Encryption
As part of a concurrent record review, you need to locate the initial plan of action
based on the attending physician's initial assessment of the patient. You can expect
to find this documentation either within the body of the H&P or in the _______. -
ANSWER: Review of systems (ROS)
Sciatica unimproved with hot pack therapy is an example of what in the SOAP style
of progress notes? - ANSWER: A-Assessment
You have been hired to work with computer-assisted coding initiative. The
technology that you will be working with is what? - ANSWER: Natural language
processing
A final progress note is appropriate as a discharge summary for a hospitalization in
which the patient ________. - ANSWER: Was an obstetric admission with a normal
delivery and no complications.
In reviewing a medical record for coding purposes, the coder notes that the
discharge summary has not yet been transcribed. In its absence, the best place to
look for the patient's response to treatment and documentation of any
complications that may have developed during this episode of care is in the _______.
- ANSWER: Doctors' progress note section
You would expect to find documentation regarding the assessment of an obstetric
patient's lochia, fundus, and perineum on what type of record? - ANSWER:
Postpartum record
A patient is admitted through the emergency department with diabetes mellitus.
Three days after admission, the physician documents uncontrolled DM. What is the
"Present on Admission" (POA)? - ANSWER: N-No, the DM wasn't considered
uncontrolled until 3 days after admission
How do you figure out the Case-mix index for a facility? (CMI) - ANSWER: multiply
relative weight by # of patients with this MS-DRG (in the row) and then add up all the
numbers and divide by the total number of patients.
, The special form that plays the central role in planning providing care at nursing,
psychiatric, and rehabilitation facilities is the ________. - ANSWER: Interdisciplinary
patient care plan
What legal term is used in describing sexual harassment in reference to unwelcome
sexual advances, the request for sexual favors, and verbal or physical conduct of a
sexual nature made in return for job benefits? - ANSWER: Quid pro quo
Your facility would like to improve physician documentation in order to allow
improved coding. As a coding supervisor, you have found it very effective to provide
the physicians with what? - ANSWER: Feedback on specific instances when improved
documentation would improve coding.
Using the chart on page 279: One week's productivity information is shown in the
table. What percentage of the coders is meeting the productivity standards? -
ANSWER: 100%
Which diagnosis or procedure would prevent the normal delivery code (O80) from
being assisgned? - ANSWER: Low forceps
What is considered to be a late effect (sequelae) regardless of time? - ANSWER:
nonunion
Patient is admitted for elective cholecystectomy for treatment of chronic
cholecystitis with cholelithiasis. Prior to administration of general anesthesia, patient
suffers cerebral thrombosis. Surgery is subsequently canceled. Code and sequence
the coding. - ANSWER: K80.10, 434.00, Z53.09
The calculus of gallbladder is sequence first
Some ICD-9-CM codes are exempt from POA reporting because they _________. -
ANSWER: Represent circumstances regarding the health care encounter or factors
influencing health status that do not represent a current disease AND some are
always present on admission.
Conditions that are always POA are what? - ANSWER: Congenital conditions
When coding multiple wound repairs in CPT... - ANSWER: all wound repairs are
coded, with the most complex reported first.
What is vital for determining why the reimbursement from an insurance company is
less than what was expected? - ANSWER: The remittance advice
A patient developed syncope after taking Contac pills with a double scotch, what is
this coded as? - ANSWER: A poisoning
What do POA indicators apply to? - ANSWER: inpatient reporting of diagnosis codes
