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1.
In the laboratory section of CPT, if a group of tests overlaps two or more panels,
report the panel that incorporates the greatest number of tests to fulfill the code
definition. What would a coder do with the remaining test codes that are not part
of a panel?
a. Report the remaining tests using individual test codes, according to CPT.
b. Do not report the remaining individual test codes.
c. Report only those test codes that are part of a panel.
d. Do not report a test code more than once regardless whether the test was
performed twice. - ANSWER-Correct Answer: A
Reporting additional test codes that overlap codes in a panel allows the coder to
assign all appropriate codes for services provided. It is inappropriate to assign
additional panel codes when all codes in the panel are not performed. Reporting
individual lab codes is appropriate when all codes in a panel have not been
provided (AMA 2012b, 402).
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2.
An electrolyte panel (80051) in the laboratory section of CPT consists of tests for
carbon dioxide (82374), chloride (82435), potassium (84132), and sodium (84295).
If each of the component codes are reported and billed individually on a claim
form, this would be a form of:
a. Optimizing
b. Unbundling
c. Sequencing
d. Classifying - ANSWER-Correct Answer: B
Unbundling occurs when a panel code exists and the individual tests are reported
rather than the panel code (AMA 2012b, 402).
3.
Coronary arteriography serves as a diagnostic tool in detecting obstruction within
the coronary arteries. Identify the technique using two catheters inserted
percutaneously through the femoral artery.
a. Combined right and left (88.54)
b. Stones (88.55)
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c. Judkins (88.56)
d. Other and unspecified (88.57) - ANSWER-Correct Answer: C
The Judkins technique provides x-ray imaging of the coronary arteries by
introducing one catheter into the femoral artery with maneuvering up into the left
coronary artery orifice, followed by a second catheter guided up into the right
coronary artery, and subsequent injection of a contrast material (Schraffenberger
2012, 206).
Ensuring the continuity of future care by providing information to the patient's
attending physician, referring physician, and any consulting physicians is a function
of the:
a. Discharge summary
b. Autopsy report
c. Incident report
d. Consent to treatment - ANSWER-Correct Answer: A
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The discharge summary is a concise account of the patient's illness, course of
treatment, response to treatment, and condition at the time the patient is
discharged (Johns 2011, 78).
5.
This document includes a microscopic description of tissue excised during surgery:
a. Recovery room record
b. Pathology report
c. Operative report
d. Discharge summary - ANSWER-Correct Answer: B
The pathology report describes specimens examined by the pathologist (Johns
2011, 77).
6.
CMS developed medically unlikely edits (MUEs) to prevent providers from billing
units of services greater than the norm would indicate. These MUEs were
implemented on January 1, 2007, and are applied to which code set?
a. Diagnosis-related groups
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AHIMA CCA: EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE ALL
800 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!
1.
In the laboratory section of CPT, if a group of tests overlaps two or more panels,
report the panel that incorporates the greatest number of tests to fulfill the code
definition. What would a coder do with the remaining test codes that are not part
of a panel?
a. Report the remaining tests using individual test codes, according to CPT.
b. Do not report the remaining individual test codes.
c. Report only those test codes that are part of a panel.
d. Do not report a test code more than once regardless whether the test was
performed twice. - ANSWER-Correct Answer: A
Reporting additional test codes that overlap codes in a panel allows the coder to
assign all appropriate codes for services provided. It is inappropriate to assign
additional panel codes when all codes in the panel are not performed. Reporting
individual lab codes is appropriate when all codes in a panel have not been
provided (AMA 2012b, 402).
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2.
An electrolyte panel (80051) in the laboratory section of CPT consists of tests for
carbon dioxide (82374), chloride (82435), potassium (84132), and sodium (84295).
If each of the component codes are reported and billed individually on a claim
form, this would be a form of:
a. Optimizing
b. Unbundling
c. Sequencing
d. Classifying - ANSWER-Correct Answer: B
Unbundling occurs when a panel code exists and the individual tests are reported
rather than the panel code (AMA 2012b, 402).
3.
Coronary arteriography serves as a diagnostic tool in detecting obstruction within
the coronary arteries. Identify the technique using two catheters inserted
percutaneously through the femoral artery.
a. Combined right and left (88.54)
b. Stones (88.55)
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c. Judkins (88.56)
d. Other and unspecified (88.57) - ANSWER-Correct Answer: C
The Judkins technique provides x-ray imaging of the coronary arteries by
introducing one catheter into the femoral artery with maneuvering up into the left
coronary artery orifice, followed by a second catheter guided up into the right
coronary artery, and subsequent injection of a contrast material (Schraffenberger
2012, 206).
Ensuring the continuity of future care by providing information to the patient's
attending physician, referring physician, and any consulting physicians is a function
of the:
a. Discharge summary
b. Autopsy report
c. Incident report
d. Consent to treatment - ANSWER-Correct Answer: A
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The discharge summary is a concise account of the patient's illness, course of
treatment, response to treatment, and condition at the time the patient is
discharged (Johns 2011, 78).
5.
This document includes a microscopic description of tissue excised during surgery:
a. Recovery room record
b. Pathology report
c. Operative report
d. Discharge summary - ANSWER-Correct Answer: B
The pathology report describes specimens examined by the pathologist (Johns
2011, 77).
6.
CMS developed medically unlikely edits (MUEs) to prevent providers from billing
units of services greater than the norm would indicate. These MUEs were
implemented on January 1, 2007, and are applied to which code set?
a. Diagnosis-related groups
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