AAPC FINAL EXAM MEDICAL CODING COURSE 2025/2026 |
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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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - d. No time frame
Local Coverage Determinations are administered by whom?
a. State Law
b. NCDs
c. Each regional MAC
d. LMRPs - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Each regional MAC
ABN stands for _____.
a. Advanced Benefits Notification
b. Advisory Beneficial Notice
c. Admitting Beneficiary Notice
d. Advance Beneficiary Notice - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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. - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Oxygen
exchange
Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Unequal vision in the
two eyes
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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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - d. No time frame
Local Coverage Determinations are administered by whom?
a. State Law
b. NCDs
c. Each regional MAC
d. LMRPs - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Each regional MAC
ABN stands for _____.
a. Advanced Benefits Notification
b. Advisory Beneficial Notice
c. Admitting Beneficiary Notice
d. Advance Beneficiary Notice - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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. - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Oxygen
exchange
Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Unequal vision in the
two eyes
