CPC EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECTLY
SOLVED ANSWERS.
1) What part of Medicare covers prescription drug services -- Answer ✔✔ Part D
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2) What is medical coding? -- Answer ✔✔ Translating medical documentation into
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codes.
3) Which is NOT a covered entity of HIPAA... Medicare, Worker's Comp, Dentists,
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Pharmacies -- Answer ✔✔ Workers compensation_ _ _ _ _
4) What is an NCD (National Coverage Determination) interpreted at the MAC level
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considered? -- Answer ✔✔ LCD (Local Coverage Determinations)
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5) When should an ABN (Advance Beneficiary Notification) be signed? -- Answer ✔✔
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when a service is not expected to be covered under Medicare
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6) The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to a patient? --
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Answer ✔✔ $100 or 25% of cost
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7) What structure of the ear is considered the inner ear? -- Answer ✔✔ labrynth
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8) What type of membrane lines the inner walls of the digestive system? -- Answer ✔✔
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mucous
9) What structure is an internal organ of the male genital system? -- Answer ✔✔
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Cowper's glands _
10) The heart receives DEOXYGENATED blood in the right atrium via which vessel? --
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Answer ✔✔ Vena Cavae _ _ _
, 11) The heart circulates blood thru the lungs and is sent back to the left atrium of the
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heart via which vessel? -- Answer ✔✔ left/right pulmonary veins
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12) Where are the basal ganglia located -- Answer ✔✔ cerebral cortex
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13) What is vesicoureteral reflux? -- Answer ✔✔ retrograde flow of bladder urine into
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the ureters
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14) The posterior vaginal fornix and outer cervical os were prepped... What does os
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stand for -- Answer ✔✔ ostium (opening)
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15) Recession of left inferior rectus muscle... What anatomic location is being operated
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on? -- Answer ✔✔ eye
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16) What anatomic location does kyphosis refer to? -- Answer ✔✔ thoracic spine
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17) A patient diagnosed with glaucoma has -- Answer ✔✔ Abnormally high intraocular
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pressure
18) What is affected by myasthenia gravis? -- Answer ✔✔ neuromuscular junction
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19) What is significant about an abdominal aneurysm? -- Answer ✔✔ it is a weakness in a
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large artery and rupture can be deadly
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20) What is a myocardial infarction? -- Answer ✔✔ heart attack; lack of oxygen to the
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heart tissue resulting in tissue death
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21) What is the function of the thyroid gland -- Answer ✔✔ It secretes hormones
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regulating body metabolism and blood calcium
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22) Urine is transported from the kidneys to the urinary bladder via the: -- Answer ✔✔
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ureter
23) The loop of Henle is located in what structure -- Answer ✔✔ kidney
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SOLVED ANSWERS.
1) What part of Medicare covers prescription drug services -- Answer ✔✔ Part D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2) What is medical coding? -- Answer ✔✔ Translating medical documentation into
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
codes.
3) Which is NOT a covered entity of HIPAA... Medicare, Worker's Comp, Dentists,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Pharmacies -- Answer ✔✔ Workers compensation_ _ _ _ _
4) What is an NCD (National Coverage Determination) interpreted at the MAC level
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
considered? -- Answer ✔✔ LCD (Local Coverage Determinations)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
5) When should an ABN (Advance Beneficiary Notification) be signed? -- Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
when a service is not expected to be covered under Medicare
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6) The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to a patient? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ $100 or 25% of cost
_ _ _ _ _ _
7) What structure of the ear is considered the inner ear? -- Answer ✔✔ labrynth
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8) What type of membrane lines the inner walls of the digestive system? -- Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
mucous
9) What structure is an internal organ of the male genital system? -- Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Cowper's glands _
10) The heart receives DEOXYGENATED blood in the right atrium via which vessel? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Vena Cavae _ _ _
, 11) The heart circulates blood thru the lungs and is sent back to the left atrium of the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
heart via which vessel? -- Answer ✔✔ left/right pulmonary veins
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
12) Where are the basal ganglia located -- Answer ✔✔ cerebral cortex
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
13) What is vesicoureteral reflux? -- Answer ✔✔ retrograde flow of bladder urine into
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the ureters
_
14) The posterior vaginal fornix and outer cervical os were prepped... What does os
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
stand for -- Answer ✔✔ ostium (opening)
_ _ _ _ _ _
15) Recession of left inferior rectus muscle... What anatomic location is being operated
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
on? -- Answer ✔✔ eye
_ _ _ _
16) What anatomic location does kyphosis refer to? -- Answer ✔✔ thoracic spine
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
17) A patient diagnosed with glaucoma has -- Answer ✔✔ Abnormally high intraocular
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
pressure
18) What is affected by myasthenia gravis? -- Answer ✔✔ neuromuscular junction
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
19) What is significant about an abdominal aneurysm? -- Answer ✔✔ it is a weakness in a
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
large artery and rupture can be deadly
_ _ _ _ _ _
20) What is a myocardial infarction? -- Answer ✔✔ heart attack; lack of oxygen to the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
heart tissue resulting in tissue death
_ _ _ _ _
21) What is the function of the thyroid gland -- Answer ✔✔ It secretes hormones
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
regulating body metabolism and blood calcium
_ _ _ _ _
22) Urine is transported from the kidneys to the urinary bladder via the: -- Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ureter
23) The loop of Henle is located in what structure -- Answer ✔✔ kidney
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