CCA Practice Exam Preparation
CCA PRACTICE EXAM PREPARATION NEWEST 2026/2027
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
1. What is the correct CPT code assignment for destruction of internal
hemorrhoids with use of infrared coagulation?
a. 46255
b. 46930
c. 46260
d. 46945 - Correct Answer-b. 46930
2.00Identify the diagnosis code(s) for melanoma of skin of right shoulder.
a. D03.61, C43.61
b. C43.61
c. C43.60
d. D03.61 - Correct Answer-b. C43.61
3. A female patient is admitted for stress incontinence. A urethral suspension to
reposition the urethra via open approach is performed. Assign the correct ICD-10-
CM diagnosis and/or procedure codes.
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a. N39.3, 0TJB8ZZ
b. N23, 0TSD0ZZ
c. N39.3, 0TSD0ZZ
d. R32, 0TSD4ZZ - Correct Answer-c. N39.3, 0TSD0ZZ
4. A patient is admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain. The principal
diagnosis is cholecystitis. The patient also has a history of hypertension and
diabetes. In the DRG prospective payment system, which of the following would
determine the MDC assignment for this patient?
a. Abdominal pain
b. Cholecystitis
c. Hypertension
d. Diabetes - Correct Answer-b. Cholecystitis
5. Reference codes 49491 through 49525 for inguinal hernia repair. Patient is 47
years old. What is the correct code for an initial inguinal herniorrhaphy for
incarcerated hernia?
a. 49496
b. 49501
c. 49507
d. 49521 - Correct Answer-c. 49507
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6. A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been treated two weeks previously
for a miscarriage with sepsis. The sepsis had resolved, and she is afebrile at this
time. She is treated with an aspiration dilation and curettage and products of
conception are found. Which of the following should be the principal diagnosis?
a. Miscarriage
b. Complications of spontaneous abortion with sepsis
c. Sepsis
d. Spontaneous abortion with sepsis - Correct Answer-a. Miscarriage
7. If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin, the CPT code is
determined by the body area from which the excision occurs and which of the
following?
a. Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report
b. Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the pathology report
c. Width times the length of the lesion as described in the operative report
d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow margins required to
adequately excise the lesion described in the operative report - Correct Answer-d.
Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow margins required to adequately
excise the lesion described in the operative report
8. A patient is admitted to the hospital with shortness of breath and congestive
heart failure. The patient subsequently develops respiratory failure. The patient
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undergoes intubation with ventilator management. Which of the following would
be the correct sequencing and coding of this case?
a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator management
b. Respiratory failure, intubation, ventilator management
c. Respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, intubation, ventilator management
d. Shortness of breath, congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator
management - Correct Answer-a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure,
ventilator management
9. Which of the following is a standard terminology used to code medical
procedures and services?
a. CPT
b. HCPCS
c. ICD-10-PCS
d. SNOMED CT - Correct Answer-a. CPT
10. What is the correct CPT code assignment for hysteroscopy with lysis of
intrauterine adhesions?
a. 58555, 58559
b. 58559
c. 58559, 58740
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CCA PRACTICE EXAM PREPARATION NEWEST 2026/2027
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
1. What is the correct CPT code assignment for destruction of internal
hemorrhoids with use of infrared coagulation?
a. 46255
b. 46930
c. 46260
d. 46945 - Correct Answer-b. 46930
2.00Identify the diagnosis code(s) for melanoma of skin of right shoulder.
a. D03.61, C43.61
b. C43.61
c. C43.60
d. D03.61 - Correct Answer-b. C43.61
3. A female patient is admitted for stress incontinence. A urethral suspension to
reposition the urethra via open approach is performed. Assign the correct ICD-10-
CM diagnosis and/or procedure codes.
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a. N39.3, 0TJB8ZZ
b. N23, 0TSD0ZZ
c. N39.3, 0TSD0ZZ
d. R32, 0TSD4ZZ - Correct Answer-c. N39.3, 0TSD0ZZ
4. A patient is admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain. The principal
diagnosis is cholecystitis. The patient also has a history of hypertension and
diabetes. In the DRG prospective payment system, which of the following would
determine the MDC assignment for this patient?
a. Abdominal pain
b. Cholecystitis
c. Hypertension
d. Diabetes - Correct Answer-b. Cholecystitis
5. Reference codes 49491 through 49525 for inguinal hernia repair. Patient is 47
years old. What is the correct code for an initial inguinal herniorrhaphy for
incarcerated hernia?
a. 49496
b. 49501
c. 49507
d. 49521 - Correct Answer-c. 49507
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6. A patient is admitted with spotting. She had been treated two weeks previously
for a miscarriage with sepsis. The sepsis had resolved, and she is afebrile at this
time. She is treated with an aspiration dilation and curettage and products of
conception are found. Which of the following should be the principal diagnosis?
a. Miscarriage
b. Complications of spontaneous abortion with sepsis
c. Sepsis
d. Spontaneous abortion with sepsis - Correct Answer-a. Miscarriage
7. If a patient has an excision of a malignant lesion of the skin, the CPT code is
determined by the body area from which the excision occurs and which of the
following?
a. Length of the lesion as described in the pathology report
b. Dimension of the specimen submitted as described in the pathology report
c. Width times the length of the lesion as described in the operative report
d. Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow margins required to
adequately excise the lesion described in the operative report - Correct Answer-d.
Diameter of the lesion as well as the most narrow margins required to adequately
excise the lesion described in the operative report
8. A patient is admitted to the hospital with shortness of breath and congestive
heart failure. The patient subsequently develops respiratory failure. The patient
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undergoes intubation with ventilator management. Which of the following would
be the correct sequencing and coding of this case?
a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator management
b. Respiratory failure, intubation, ventilator management
c. Respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, intubation, ventilator management
d. Shortness of breath, congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator
management - Correct Answer-a. Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure,
ventilator management
9. Which of the following is a standard terminology used to code medical
procedures and services?
a. CPT
b. HCPCS
c. ICD-10-PCS
d. SNOMED CT - Correct Answer-a. CPT
10. What is the correct CPT code assignment for hysteroscopy with lysis of
intrauterine adhesions?
a. 58555, 58559
b. 58559
c. 58559, 58740
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