AMCA BILLING & CODING TEST 2026 EXAM
REVIEW SOLVED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ TO code correctly a disease or diagnosis you must first look in the:
Answer: Alphabetical Index and then confirm in the Tabular list.
◉ The Alphabetical index is organized by what?
Answer: Conditon
◉ The Alphabetical Index is also known as ICD-10-CM to :
Answer: Disease and Injury
◉ Which code number is based on their anatomical site and are
divided by description?
Answer: Subterms
◉ Define Subterm
Answer: Word of phrase that discribes a main term in the
alphabetical index
, ◉ If you have patient presents with blindness following an accident
with a bow and arrow when he was a child, what is the main term?
Answer: Blindness
◉ The term acquired, congenital, and both eyes that may modify the
main term in the diagnostic statement is considered :
Answer: Non-essensial Modifier.
◉ If a cross reference appears after a main term, the coder must:
Answer: look up the term that follows the word SEE in the index.
◉ What type of code describes two diagnoses or a diagnosis with an
associated complication?
Answer: Combining Code
◉ What letter is not used in ICD-10-CM coding?
Answer: U
◉ A valid code must have at least___characters
Answer: 3
◉ When you see the colon punctuation it means:
REVIEW SOLVED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ TO code correctly a disease or diagnosis you must first look in the:
Answer: Alphabetical Index and then confirm in the Tabular list.
◉ The Alphabetical index is organized by what?
Answer: Conditon
◉ The Alphabetical Index is also known as ICD-10-CM to :
Answer: Disease and Injury
◉ Which code number is based on their anatomical site and are
divided by description?
Answer: Subterms
◉ Define Subterm
Answer: Word of phrase that discribes a main term in the
alphabetical index
, ◉ If you have patient presents with blindness following an accident
with a bow and arrow when he was a child, what is the main term?
Answer: Blindness
◉ The term acquired, congenital, and both eyes that may modify the
main term in the diagnostic statement is considered :
Answer: Non-essensial Modifier.
◉ If a cross reference appears after a main term, the coder must:
Answer: look up the term that follows the word SEE in the index.
◉ What type of code describes two diagnoses or a diagnosis with an
associated complication?
Answer: Combining Code
◉ What letter is not used in ICD-10-CM coding?
Answer: U
◉ A valid code must have at least___characters
Answer: 3
◉ When you see the colon punctuation it means:
