NHA CBCS EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAMedicareApoliciesAdeterminesAifAaAparticularAitemAorAserviceAisAcovere
dAbyAMedicare?A-AcorrectAanswersNationalACoverageADeterminationA(NCD)
AApatient'sAemployerAhasAnotAsubmittedAaApremiumApayment.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAclaimAs
tatusesAshouldAtheAproviderAreceiveAfromAtheAthird-partyApayer?A-AcorrectAanswersDenied
AAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAshouldAroutinelyAanalyzeAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAtoAdetermineAt
heAnumberAofAoutstandingAclaims?A-AcorrectAanswersAgingAreport
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAshouldAaAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAuseAtoAsubmitAaAclaimAwithAsupp
ortingAdocuments?A-AcorrectAanswersClaimsAattachment
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAtermsAisAusedAtoAcommunicateAwhyAaAclaimAlineAitemAwasAdeniedAorAp
aidAdifferentlyAthanAitAwasAbilling?A-AcorrectAanswersClaimAadjustmentAcodes
OnAaACMS-
1500AclaimAform,AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAinformationAshouldAtheAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistA
enterAintoABlockA32?A-AcorrectAanswersServiceAfacilityAlocationAinformation
AAprovider'sAofficeAreceivesAaAsubpoenaArequestingAmedicalAdocumentationAfromAaApatient'sA
medicalArecord.AAfterAconfirmingAtheAcorrectAauthorization,AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAactionsAsh
ouldAtheAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAtake?A-
AcorrectAanswersSendAtheAmedicalAinformationApertainingAtoAtheAdatesAofAserviceArequested
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAtheAdeadlineAforAMedicareAclaimAsubmission?A-
AcorrectAanswers12AmonthsAfromAtheAdateAofAservice
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAformsAdoesAaAthird-partyApayerArequireAforAphysicianAservices?A-
AcorrectAanswersCMS-1500
AApatientAwhoAisAanAactiveAmemberAofAtheAmilitaryArecentlyAreturnedAfromAoverseasAandAisAinA
needAofAspecialtyAcare.ATheApatientAdoesAnotAhaveAanyoneAdesignedAwithApowerAofAattorney.A
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAconsideredAaAHIPAAAviolation?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAsendsAtheApatient'sArecordsAtoAtheApatient'sA
partner.
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAtermsArefersAtoAtheAdifferenceAbetweenAtheAbillingAandAallowedAamou
nts?A-AcorrectAanswersAdjustment
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAHMOAmanagedAcareAservicesArequiresAaAreferral?A-
AcorrectAanswersDurableAmedicalAequipment
,WhichAofAtheAfollowingAexplainsAwhyAMedicareAwillAdenyAaAparticularAserviceAorAprocedure?A-
AcorrectAanswersAdvanceABeneficiaryANoticeA(ABN)
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAtypesAofAclaimsAisA120AdaysAold?A-AcorrectAanswersDelinquent
WhenAreviewingAanAestablishedApatient'sAinsuranceAcard,AtheAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAnot
icesAaAminorAchangeAfromAtheAexistingAcardAonAfile.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAactionsAshouldAthe
AbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAtake?A-AcorrectAanswersPhotocopyAbothAsidesAofAtheAnewAcard
AAhusbandAandAwifeAeachAhaveAgroupAinsuranceAthroughAtheirAemployers.ATheAwifeAhasAanAap
pointmentAwithAherAprovider.AWhichAinsuranceAshouldAbeAusedAasAprimaryAforAtheAappointme
nt?A-AcorrectAanswersTheAwife'sAinsurance
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAwouldAmostAlikelyAresultAinAaAdenialAonAaAMedicareAclaim?A-
AcorrectAanswersAnAexperimentalAchemotherapyAmedicationAforAaApatientAwhoAhasAstageAIIIAr
enalAcancer
WhichAofAtheAfollowingApiecesAofAguarantorAinformationAisArequiredAwhenAestablishingAaApatie
nt'sAfinancialArecord?A-AcorrectAanswersPhoneAnumber
AAproviderAsurgicallyApuncturesAthroughAtheAspaceAbetweenAtheApatient'sAribsAusingAanAaspira
tingAneedleAtoAwithdrawAfluidAfromAtheAchestAcavity.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAtheAnameAofAth
isAprocedure?A-AcorrectAanswersPleurocentesis
AApatientAhasAAARPAasAsecondaryAinsurance.AInAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAblocksAonAtheACMS-
1500AclaimAformAshouldAtheAinformationAbeAentered?A-AcorrectAanswersBlockA9
AAMedicareAnon-participatingA(non-
PAR)Aprovider'sAapprovedApaymentAamountAisA$200AforAaAlobectomyAandAtheAdeductibleAhasAb
eenAmet.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAamountsAisAtheAlimitingAchargeAforAthisAprocedure?A-
AcorrectAanswers$230
**AAnon-
PARAwhoAdoesAnotAacceptAassignment,AcanAcollectAaAmaximumAofA15%A(theAlimitingAcharge)Ao
verAtheAnon-PARAMedicareAfeeAscheduleAamount.
InAtheAanesthesiaAsectionAofAtheACPTAmanual,AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAareAconsideredAqualifyin
gAcircumstances?A-AcorrectAanswersAdd-onAcodes
ThreadingAaAcatheterAwithAaAballoonAintoAaAcoronaryAarteryAandAexpandingAitAtoArepairAarterie
sAdescribesAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAprocedures?A-AcorrectAanswersAngioplasty
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAactionsAbyAaAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAwouldAbeAconsideredAfraud?A
-AcorrectAanswersBillingAforAservicesAnotAprovided
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAstatementsAisAaccurateAregardingAtheAdiagnosticAcodesAinABlockA21?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheseAcodesAmustAcorrespondAtoAtheAdiagnosisApointerAinABlockA24E
, WhichAofAtheAfollowingApartsAofAtheAMedicareAinsuranceAprogramAisAmanagedAbyAprivate,Athir
d-partyAinsuranceAprovidersAthatAhaveAbeenAapprovedAbyAMedicare?A-
AcorrectAanswersMedicareAPartAC
AAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAcanAensureAappropriateAinsuranceAcoverageAforAanAoutpatientA
procedureAbyAfirstAusingAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAprocesses?A-AcorrectAanswersPrecertification
**PrecertificationAisAtheAfirstAstep.APreauthorizationAisAaAdecisionAfromAtheApayerAtoAapproveAt
heAservice.AItAisAnotAtheAfirstAstepAtoAdetermineAinsuranceAreimbursement.
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAconsideredAfraud?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAunbundlesAaAcodeAtoAreceiveAhigherAreimbur
sement
TheAauthorizationAnumberAforAaAserviceAthatAwasAapprovedAbeforeAtheAserviceAwasArenderedAi
sAindicatedAinAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAblocksAonAtheACMS-1500AclaimAform?A-
AcorrectAanswersBlockA23
AApatientAisApreauthorizedAtoAreceiveAvitaminAB12AinjectionsAfromAJanA1AtoAMayA31.AOnAJuneA2
,AtheAproviderAordersAanAadditionalA6AmonthsAofAinjections.AInAorderAforAtheApatientAtoAcontinu
eAwithAcoverageAofAcare,AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAshouldAoccur?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheAproviderAshouldAcontactAtheApatient'sAinsuranceAcarrierAtoAobtainAaAnewA
authorization
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAsymbolsAindicatesAaArevisedAcode?A-AcorrectAanswersTriangle
IfAbothAparentsAhaveAfullAcoverageAforAaAdependentAchild,AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAconsidere
dAtoAbeAtheAprimaryAinsuranceAholder?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheAparentAwhoseAbirthdateAcomesAfirstAinAtheAcalendarAyearAisAtheAprimaryAi
nsuranceAholder
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAentitiesAdefinesAtheAessentialAelementsAofAaAcomprehensiveAcomplian
ceAprogram?A-AcorrectAanswersOfficeAofAInspectorAGeneralA(OIG)
TheA><AsymbolAisAusedAtoAindicateAnewAandArevisedAtextAotherAthanAwhichAofAtheAfollowing?A-
AcorrectAanswersProcedureAdescriptors
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAdescribesAtheAorganizationAofAanAagingAreport?A-
AcorrectAanswersByAdate
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAtheApurposeAofAcoordinationAofAbenefits?A-
AcorrectAanswersPreventAmultipleAinsurersAfromApayingAbenefitsAcoveredAbyAotherApolicies
AAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAsubmittedAaAclaimAtoAMedicareAelectronically.ANoAerrorsAwereAf
oundAbyAtheAbillingAsoftwareAorAclearinghouse.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAdescribesAthisAclaim?A-
AcorrectAanswersCleanAclaim
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAMedicareApoliciesAdeterminesAifAaAparticularAitemAorAserviceAisAcovere
dAbyAMedicare?A-AcorrectAanswersNationalACoverageADeterminationA(NCD)
AApatient'sAemployerAhasAnotAsubmittedAaApremiumApayment.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAclaimAs
tatusesAshouldAtheAproviderAreceiveAfromAtheAthird-partyApayer?A-AcorrectAanswersDenied
AAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAshouldAroutinelyAanalyzeAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAtoAdetermineAt
heAnumberAofAoutstandingAclaims?A-AcorrectAanswersAgingAreport
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAshouldAaAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAuseAtoAsubmitAaAclaimAwithAsupp
ortingAdocuments?A-AcorrectAanswersClaimsAattachment
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAtermsAisAusedAtoAcommunicateAwhyAaAclaimAlineAitemAwasAdeniedAorAp
aidAdifferentlyAthanAitAwasAbilling?A-AcorrectAanswersClaimAadjustmentAcodes
OnAaACMS-
1500AclaimAform,AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAinformationAshouldAtheAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistA
enterAintoABlockA32?A-AcorrectAanswersServiceAfacilityAlocationAinformation
AAprovider'sAofficeAreceivesAaAsubpoenaArequestingAmedicalAdocumentationAfromAaApatient'sA
medicalArecord.AAfterAconfirmingAtheAcorrectAauthorization,AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAactionsAsh
ouldAtheAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAtake?A-
AcorrectAanswersSendAtheAmedicalAinformationApertainingAtoAtheAdatesAofAserviceArequested
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAtheAdeadlineAforAMedicareAclaimAsubmission?A-
AcorrectAanswers12AmonthsAfromAtheAdateAofAservice
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAformsAdoesAaAthird-partyApayerArequireAforAphysicianAservices?A-
AcorrectAanswersCMS-1500
AApatientAwhoAisAanAactiveAmemberAofAtheAmilitaryArecentlyAreturnedAfromAoverseasAandAisAinA
needAofAspecialtyAcare.ATheApatientAdoesAnotAhaveAanyoneAdesignedAwithApowerAofAattorney.A
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAconsideredAaAHIPAAAviolation?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAsendsAtheApatient'sArecordsAtoAtheApatient'sA
partner.
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAtermsArefersAtoAtheAdifferenceAbetweenAtheAbillingAandAallowedAamou
nts?A-AcorrectAanswersAdjustment
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAHMOAmanagedAcareAservicesArequiresAaAreferral?A-
AcorrectAanswersDurableAmedicalAequipment
,WhichAofAtheAfollowingAexplainsAwhyAMedicareAwillAdenyAaAparticularAserviceAorAprocedure?A-
AcorrectAanswersAdvanceABeneficiaryANoticeA(ABN)
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAtypesAofAclaimsAisA120AdaysAold?A-AcorrectAanswersDelinquent
WhenAreviewingAanAestablishedApatient'sAinsuranceAcard,AtheAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAnot
icesAaAminorAchangeAfromAtheAexistingAcardAonAfile.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAactionsAshouldAthe
AbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAtake?A-AcorrectAanswersPhotocopyAbothAsidesAofAtheAnewAcard
AAhusbandAandAwifeAeachAhaveAgroupAinsuranceAthroughAtheirAemployers.ATheAwifeAhasAanAap
pointmentAwithAherAprovider.AWhichAinsuranceAshouldAbeAusedAasAprimaryAforAtheAappointme
nt?A-AcorrectAanswersTheAwife'sAinsurance
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAwouldAmostAlikelyAresultAinAaAdenialAonAaAMedicareAclaim?A-
AcorrectAanswersAnAexperimentalAchemotherapyAmedicationAforAaApatientAwhoAhasAstageAIIIAr
enalAcancer
WhichAofAtheAfollowingApiecesAofAguarantorAinformationAisArequiredAwhenAestablishingAaApatie
nt'sAfinancialArecord?A-AcorrectAanswersPhoneAnumber
AAproviderAsurgicallyApuncturesAthroughAtheAspaceAbetweenAtheApatient'sAribsAusingAanAaspira
tingAneedleAtoAwithdrawAfluidAfromAtheAchestAcavity.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAtheAnameAofAth
isAprocedure?A-AcorrectAanswersPleurocentesis
AApatientAhasAAARPAasAsecondaryAinsurance.AInAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAblocksAonAtheACMS-
1500AclaimAformAshouldAtheAinformationAbeAentered?A-AcorrectAanswersBlockA9
AAMedicareAnon-participatingA(non-
PAR)Aprovider'sAapprovedApaymentAamountAisA$200AforAaAlobectomyAandAtheAdeductibleAhasAb
eenAmet.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAamountsAisAtheAlimitingAchargeAforAthisAprocedure?A-
AcorrectAanswers$230
**AAnon-
PARAwhoAdoesAnotAacceptAassignment,AcanAcollectAaAmaximumAofA15%A(theAlimitingAcharge)Ao
verAtheAnon-PARAMedicareAfeeAscheduleAamount.
InAtheAanesthesiaAsectionAofAtheACPTAmanual,AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAareAconsideredAqualifyin
gAcircumstances?A-AcorrectAanswersAdd-onAcodes
ThreadingAaAcatheterAwithAaAballoonAintoAaAcoronaryAarteryAandAexpandingAitAtoArepairAarterie
sAdescribesAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAprocedures?A-AcorrectAanswersAngioplasty
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAactionsAbyAaAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAwouldAbeAconsideredAfraud?A
-AcorrectAanswersBillingAforAservicesAnotAprovided
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAstatementsAisAaccurateAregardingAtheAdiagnosticAcodesAinABlockA21?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheseAcodesAmustAcorrespondAtoAtheAdiagnosisApointerAinABlockA24E
, WhichAofAtheAfollowingApartsAofAtheAMedicareAinsuranceAprogramAisAmanagedAbyAprivate,Athir
d-partyAinsuranceAprovidersAthatAhaveAbeenAapprovedAbyAMedicare?A-
AcorrectAanswersMedicareAPartAC
AAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAcanAensureAappropriateAinsuranceAcoverageAforAanAoutpatientA
procedureAbyAfirstAusingAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAprocesses?A-AcorrectAanswersPrecertification
**PrecertificationAisAtheAfirstAstep.APreauthorizationAisAaAdecisionAfromAtheApayerAtoAapproveAt
heAservice.AItAisAnotAtheAfirstAstepAtoAdetermineAinsuranceAreimbursement.
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAconsideredAfraud?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAunbundlesAaAcodeAtoAreceiveAhigherAreimbur
sement
TheAauthorizationAnumberAforAaAserviceAthatAwasAapprovedAbeforeAtheAserviceAwasArenderedAi
sAindicatedAinAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAblocksAonAtheACMS-1500AclaimAform?A-
AcorrectAanswersBlockA23
AApatientAisApreauthorizedAtoAreceiveAvitaminAB12AinjectionsAfromAJanA1AtoAMayA31.AOnAJuneA2
,AtheAproviderAordersAanAadditionalA6AmonthsAofAinjections.AInAorderAforAtheApatientAtoAcontinu
eAwithAcoverageAofAcare,AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAshouldAoccur?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheAproviderAshouldAcontactAtheApatient'sAinsuranceAcarrierAtoAobtainAaAnewA
authorization
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAsymbolsAindicatesAaArevisedAcode?A-AcorrectAanswersTriangle
IfAbothAparentsAhaveAfullAcoverageAforAaAdependentAchild,AwhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAconsidere
dAtoAbeAtheAprimaryAinsuranceAholder?A-
AcorrectAanswersTheAparentAwhoseAbirthdateAcomesAfirstAinAtheAcalendarAyearAisAtheAprimaryAi
nsuranceAholder
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAentitiesAdefinesAtheAessentialAelementsAofAaAcomprehensiveAcomplian
ceAprogram?A-AcorrectAanswersOfficeAofAInspectorAGeneralA(OIG)
TheA><AsymbolAisAusedAtoAindicateAnewAandArevisedAtextAotherAthanAwhichAofAtheAfollowing?A-
AcorrectAanswersProcedureAdescriptors
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAdescribesAtheAorganizationAofAanAagingAreport?A-
AcorrectAanswersByAdate
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAtheApurposeAofAcoordinationAofAbenefits?A-
AcorrectAanswersPreventAmultipleAinsurersAfromApayingAbenefitsAcoveredAbyAotherApolicies
AAbillingAandAcodingAspecialistAsubmittedAaAclaimAtoAMedicareAelectronically.ANoAerrorsAwereAf
oundAbyAtheAbillingAsoftwareAorAclearinghouse.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAdescribesAthisAclaim?A-
AcorrectAanswersCleanAclaim