2024/2025 AAPC CPC FINAL EXAM 200
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) A+ GRADE ASSURED
1. The minimum necessary rule is based on sound current practice that protected
health information should NOT be used or disclosed when it is not necessary to
satisfy a particular purpose or carry out a function. What does this mean?
a. Staff members are allowed to access any medical record without restriction
b. Providers should develop safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to protected
health information.
c. Practices should only provide minimum necessary information to patients.
d. All of the above.: b. Providers should develop safeguards to prevent unauthorized
access to protected health information.
2. EHR stands for:
a. Electronic health record
b. Extended health record
c. Electronic health response
d. Established health record: a. Electronic health record
3. The AAPC offers over 500 local chapters across the country for the purpose of
,a. Continuing education and networking
b. Membership dues
c. Regulations and bylaws
d. Financial management: a. Continuing education and networking 4. What does the
abbreviation MAC stand for?
a. Medicaid Alert Contractor
b. Medicare Advisory Contractor
c. Medicare Administrative Contractor
d. Medicaid Administrative Contractor: c. Medicare Administrative Contractor 5. The
OIG recommends that provider practices enforce disciplinary actions through well
publicized compliance guidelines to ensure actions that are
______.
a. Permanent
b. Consistent and appropriate
c. Frequent
d. Swift and enforceable: b. Consistent and appropriate
6. Through which vessel is oxygenated blood returned to the heart from the lungs?
a. Pulmonary vein
b. Bronchial vein
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Bronchial artery: a. Pulmonary vein
7. Muscle is attached to bone by what method?
,a. Tendons, ligaments, and directly to bone
b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
c. Ligaments, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
d. Tendons and cartilage: b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone 8. Lacrimal
glands are responsible for which of the following?
a. Production of tears
b. Production of vitreous
c. Production of mydriatic agents
d. Production of zonules: a. Production of tears 9. Melasma is defined as:
a. Lines where the skin has been stretched
b. A discharge of mucus and blood
c. A dark vertical line appearing on the abdomen
d. Brownish pigmentation appearing on the face: d. Brownish pigmentation appearing
on the face
10. A gonioscopy is an examination of what part of the eye:
a. Anterior chamber of the eye
b. Lacrimal duct
c. Interior surface of the eye
d. Posterior segment: a. Anterior chamber of the eye
11. What type of code is assigned when the provider documents the reason for a
patient seeking healthcare services that is not for an injury or disease? A. Non-
specific code
b. External cause code (V00-Y99)
, c. Z code (Z00-Z99)
d. ICD-10-PCS: c. Z code (Z00-Z99)
12. What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever?: J30.1 13.
What is the ICD-10-CM code for swine flu?
a. J10.1
b. A08.4
c. J11.1
d. J09.X2: d. J09.X2
14. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported for enlargement of the prostate with a
symptom of urinary retention?
a. N40.1
b. N40.3, R33.8
c. N40.0
d. N40.1, R33.8: d. N40.1, R33.8
15. What diagnosis code(s) is/are reported for behavioral disturbances in a patient
with early onset Alzheimer's?
a. G30.8, F02.81
b. F02.81
c. F02.81, G30.0
d. G30.0, F02.81: d. G30.0, F02.81
16. What is the ICD-10-CM code for a patient with postoperative anemia due to
acute blood loss during the surgery who needs a blood transfusion? A. D64.9
b. D53.0
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) A+ GRADE ASSURED
1. The minimum necessary rule is based on sound current practice that protected
health information should NOT be used or disclosed when it is not necessary to
satisfy a particular purpose or carry out a function. What does this mean?
a. Staff members are allowed to access any medical record without restriction
b. Providers should develop safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to protected
health information.
c. Practices should only provide minimum necessary information to patients.
d. All of the above.: b. Providers should develop safeguards to prevent unauthorized
access to protected health information.
2. EHR stands for:
a. Electronic health record
b. Extended health record
c. Electronic health response
d. Established health record: a. Electronic health record
3. The AAPC offers over 500 local chapters across the country for the purpose of
,a. Continuing education and networking
b. Membership dues
c. Regulations and bylaws
d. Financial management: a. Continuing education and networking 4. What does the
abbreviation MAC stand for?
a. Medicaid Alert Contractor
b. Medicare Advisory Contractor
c. Medicare Administrative Contractor
d. Medicaid Administrative Contractor: c. Medicare Administrative Contractor 5. The
OIG recommends that provider practices enforce disciplinary actions through well
publicized compliance guidelines to ensure actions that are
______.
a. Permanent
b. Consistent and appropriate
c. Frequent
d. Swift and enforceable: b. Consistent and appropriate
6. Through which vessel is oxygenated blood returned to the heart from the lungs?
a. Pulmonary vein
b. Bronchial vein
c. Pulmonary artery
d. Bronchial artery: a. Pulmonary vein
7. Muscle is attached to bone by what method?
,a. Tendons, ligaments, and directly to bone
b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
c. Ligaments, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
d. Tendons and cartilage: b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone 8. Lacrimal
glands are responsible for which of the following?
a. Production of tears
b. Production of vitreous
c. Production of mydriatic agents
d. Production of zonules: a. Production of tears 9. Melasma is defined as:
a. Lines where the skin has been stretched
b. A discharge of mucus and blood
c. A dark vertical line appearing on the abdomen
d. Brownish pigmentation appearing on the face: d. Brownish pigmentation appearing
on the face
10. A gonioscopy is an examination of what part of the eye:
a. Anterior chamber of the eye
b. Lacrimal duct
c. Interior surface of the eye
d. Posterior segment: a. Anterior chamber of the eye
11. What type of code is assigned when the provider documents the reason for a
patient seeking healthcare services that is not for an injury or disease? A. Non-
specific code
b. External cause code (V00-Y99)
, c. Z code (Z00-Z99)
d. ICD-10-PCS: c. Z code (Z00-Z99)
12. What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever?: J30.1 13.
What is the ICD-10-CM code for swine flu?
a. J10.1
b. A08.4
c. J11.1
d. J09.X2: d. J09.X2
14. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported for enlargement of the prostate with a
symptom of urinary retention?
a. N40.1
b. N40.3, R33.8
c. N40.0
d. N40.1, R33.8: d. N40.1, R33.8
15. What diagnosis code(s) is/are reported for behavioral disturbances in a patient
with early onset Alzheimer's?
a. G30.8, F02.81
b. F02.81
c. F02.81, G30.0
d. G30.0, F02.81: d. G30.0, F02.81
16. What is the ICD-10-CM code for a patient with postoperative anemia due to
acute blood loss during the surgery who needs a blood transfusion? A. D64.9
b. D53.0
