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CCA EXAM NEWEST VERSION ALL 500 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE JUST
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Question: Dr. Jones has signed a statement that all of her dictated reports should be
automatically considered approved and signed unless she makes correction within 72 hours of
dictating. This is called _____________.
A. Auto authentication
B. Electronic signature
C. Automation record completion
D. Chart tracking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Autoauthentication
Question: Late pregnancy is used to demonstrate that a women is over
A. 41
B. 39
C. 40
D. 42 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. 40
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Question: What is the maximum number of diagnosis codes that can appear on the UB-04
paper claim form locator 67 for a hospital impatient principal and secondary diagnoses
A. 22
B. 18
C. 16
D. 0 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. 18
Question: The coder notes that the physician has presribed Retrovir for the patient. The coder
might find which of the following on the patient's discharge summary?
A. Otitis media
B. AIDS
C. Toxic shock syndrome
D. Bacteremia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔AIDS
Question: Which of the following would not be found in a medical history
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A. Chief complaint
B. Vial signs
C. Present illness
D. Review of systems - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. Vital signs
Question: What are possible "add on" payments that a hospital could receive in addition to the
basic Medicare DRG payment
A. Additional payments may be made to locum tenens, increased emergency room services,
stays over the average length of stay and for cost outliner cases
B. Additional payments may be made to critical access hospitals, higher than normal volumes,
unexpected hospital emergencies and for cost outline cases
C. Additional payments may be made to increased emergency room services, critical access
hospitals for increased labor costs, and for cost outliner cases
D. Additional payments may be made to disproportionate share hospitals, for indirect medical
education, for new technologies, and for cost outliner cases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D.
Additional payments may by made to disproportionate share hospitals for indirect medical
education, for new technologies, and for cost outliner cases
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Question: Both HEDIS and the Joint Commission's ORYX program are designed to collect data to
be used for:
A. Performance improvement programs
B. Billing and claims data processing
C. Developing hospital discharge abstracting systems
D. Developing individual care plans for residents - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔performance
improvement programs
Question: When correcting erroneous information in a paper health record, which of the
following is not appropriate
A. Print error above the entry
B. Enter the correction in chronological order
C. Add the reason for the change
D. Use black pen to obliterate the entry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. Use black pen to obliterate
the entry
Q:When coding a selective catheterization in CPT, how are codes assigned?
CCA EXAM NEWEST VERSION ALL 500 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE JUST
RELEASED
Question: Dr. Jones has signed a statement that all of her dictated reports should be
automatically considered approved and signed unless she makes correction within 72 hours of
dictating. This is called _____________.
A. Auto authentication
B. Electronic signature
C. Automation record completion
D. Chart tracking - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Autoauthentication
Question: Late pregnancy is used to demonstrate that a women is over
A. 41
B. 39
C. 40
D. 42 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔C. 40
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Question: What is the maximum number of diagnosis codes that can appear on the UB-04
paper claim form locator 67 for a hospital impatient principal and secondary diagnoses
A. 22
B. 18
C. 16
D. 0 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. 18
Question: The coder notes that the physician has presribed Retrovir for the patient. The coder
might find which of the following on the patient's discharge summary?
A. Otitis media
B. AIDS
C. Toxic shock syndrome
D. Bacteremia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔AIDS
Question: Which of the following would not be found in a medical history
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A. Chief complaint
B. Vial signs
C. Present illness
D. Review of systems - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔B. Vital signs
Question: What are possible "add on" payments that a hospital could receive in addition to the
basic Medicare DRG payment
A. Additional payments may be made to locum tenens, increased emergency room services,
stays over the average length of stay and for cost outliner cases
B. Additional payments may be made to critical access hospitals, higher than normal volumes,
unexpected hospital emergencies and for cost outline cases
C. Additional payments may be made to increased emergency room services, critical access
hospitals for increased labor costs, and for cost outliner cases
D. Additional payments may be made to disproportionate share hospitals, for indirect medical
education, for new technologies, and for cost outliner cases - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D.
Additional payments may by made to disproportionate share hospitals for indirect medical
education, for new technologies, and for cost outliner cases
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Question: Both HEDIS and the Joint Commission's ORYX program are designed to collect data to
be used for:
A. Performance improvement programs
B. Billing and claims data processing
C. Developing hospital discharge abstracting systems
D. Developing individual care plans for residents - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔performance
improvement programs
Question: When correcting erroneous information in a paper health record, which of the
following is not appropriate
A. Print error above the entry
B. Enter the correction in chronological order
C. Add the reason for the change
D. Use black pen to obliterate the entry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔D. Use black pen to obliterate
the entry
Q:When coding a selective catheterization in CPT, how are codes assigned?
