AAPC CPC Chapter 5 Exam
with verified answers
1. What type of fracture is considered traumatic?
ANS: Compound fracture
2. Can Z codes be listed as a primary code!?
ANS: Yes, Z codes can be sequenced as primary is secondary codes.
3. Where kid you find the table of drugs and chemicals?
ANS: Alphabetic index of the ICD 10 CM codebook
4. A 45-year-old mother of three children is going into surgery to correct an anterior vaginal
wall prolapse with an complete uterine prolapse. What is the ICD 10 CM code that should
be reported!?
ANS: N81.2
5. If a physician documents a patient has CKD stage IV and ESRD, what ICD 10 CM code
should be reported?
ANS: N18.6
6. A patient had a complete spontaneous abortion two days ago and is returning to the ED
for continued hemorrhaging. When examined there was still products of conception that
were not completely expelled. She was admitted to perform a D&C. What ICD 10 CM code
should be reported?
ANS: O03.1
7. The patient is in for initial replacement of a leaking dialysis catheter. What
ICD 10 CM code is reported?
ANS: T82.43XA
8. A patient is prescribed anti-convulsant medication for her seizures. She returns to her
doctor three days later with nausea and rash due to taking the anti-convulsant
medication. The physician notes that this is a drug reaction to the Cerebyx and changes
the medication. What ICD 10 code's are reported?
ANS: L27.0 R11.0 T42.75XA
9. At 39 weeks gestation a 26-year-old woman is admitted for precipitous labor and vaginally
delivers a healthy baby girl. What ICD 10 codes reported on the maternal record?
with verified answers
1. What type of fracture is considered traumatic?
ANS: Compound fracture
2. Can Z codes be listed as a primary code!?
ANS: Yes, Z codes can be sequenced as primary is secondary codes.
3. Where kid you find the table of drugs and chemicals?
ANS: Alphabetic index of the ICD 10 CM codebook
4. A 45-year-old mother of three children is going into surgery to correct an anterior vaginal
wall prolapse with an complete uterine prolapse. What is the ICD 10 CM code that should
be reported!?
ANS: N81.2
5. If a physician documents a patient has CKD stage IV and ESRD, what ICD 10 CM code
should be reported?
ANS: N18.6
6. A patient had a complete spontaneous abortion two days ago and is returning to the ED
for continued hemorrhaging. When examined there was still products of conception that
were not completely expelled. She was admitted to perform a D&C. What ICD 10 CM code
should be reported?
ANS: O03.1
7. The patient is in for initial replacement of a leaking dialysis catheter. What
ICD 10 CM code is reported?
ANS: T82.43XA
8. A patient is prescribed anti-convulsant medication for her seizures. She returns to her
doctor three days later with nausea and rash due to taking the anti-convulsant
medication. The physician notes that this is a drug reaction to the Cerebyx and changes
the medication. What ICD 10 code's are reported?
ANS: L27.0 R11.0 T42.75XA
9. At 39 weeks gestation a 26-year-old woman is admitted for precipitous labor and vaginally
delivers a healthy baby girl. What ICD 10 codes reported on the maternal record?
