CCA Exam
What are two partitions that each major diagnostic category is divided into based on the patient's
treatment. - Answer-Medical and Surgical
Medicare-Severity Diagnosis-Related groups (ms-DRGs) are defined as - Answer-A reimbursement
system that categorizes patients with related diagnoses treatment, and length of stay.
code assignment for stage three decubitus ulcers of the hip and heel require how many codes - Answer-
2
The basic fomula for the calculation of an inpatient PPS payment is the multiplcation of the - Answer-
Hospital base payjment rate and the relative weight for the DRG
A Medicare beneficiary who is treated during an outpatien encounter at a hospital jay have a
combination of payments paid to the facility including ambulatory payment classification (APC) system
and - Answer-Payments based on various fee schedules, such as laboratory fee schedule
A Revenue code is - Answer-a four digit number used for Medicare billing
Which service would not be packaged into the ambulatory payment classification (APC) for a patient
who had an outpatient day surgery at the hospital. - Answer-Pathology services
What are two partitions that each major diagnostic category is divided into based on the patient's
treatment. - Answer-Medical and Surgical
Medicare-Severity Diagnosis-Related groups (ms-DRGs) are defined as - Answer-A reimbursement
system that categorizes patients with related diagnoses treatment, and length of stay.
code assignment for stage three decubitus ulcers of the hip and heel require how many codes - Answer-
2
The basic fomula for the calculation of an inpatient PPS payment is the multiplcation of the - Answer-
Hospital base payjment rate and the relative weight for the DRG
A Medicare beneficiary who is treated during an outpatien encounter at a hospital jay have a
combination of payments paid to the facility including ambulatory payment classification (APC) system
and - Answer-Payments based on various fee schedules, such as laboratory fee schedule
A Revenue code is - Answer-a four digit number used for Medicare billing
Which service would not be packaged into the ambulatory payment classification (APC) for a patient
who had an outpatient day surgery at the hospital. - Answer-Pathology services
