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AHIMA CCS EXAM PREP (FULL TEST) || 2025
ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADE A+|| LATEST AND
COMPLETE UPDATED VERSION 2025||
GUARANTEED PASS!!!
CPT defines a separate procedure as ANSWER- Procedure considered an integral
part of a more major service
No combination code available ANSWER- Use separate codes for hypertension
and acute renal failure
Documentation from the nursing staff or other allied health professionals' notes can
be used to provide specificity for code assignment for which of the following
diagnoses? ANSWER- Body Mass Index (BMI)
Under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), what can be used to
measure the cost of care for inpatients? ANSWER- Case-mix index
The abstracting of this data element has an impact on the DRG reimbursement
ANSWER- Discharge disposition
Which of the following is a data element that coders typically are tasked with
abstracting? ANSWER- Date of surgery
,2|P age
When a patient goes home with an order for home health to start one week after an
inpatient admission, this is categorized as a ANSWER- discharge
Major complications & comorbidities (MCCs) are determined to require the
greatest degree of resources with a payment group and also reflect the greatest
ANSWER- SOI - Severity of Illness
Major complications & comorbidities (MCCs) ANSWER- Type 2 Myocardial
Infarction
Asthma with status asthmaticus ANSWER- An acute asthmatic attack in which
the degree of bronchial obstruction is not relieved by the usual treatment, such as
epinephrine and aminophylline
Patient discharged with Dx acute pulmonary edema due to congestive heart failure
ANSWER- Code: Congestive Heart Failure
Diagnosis listed as "possible" or "rule out" ANSWER- Outpatient coding does
not permit the use of "possible" or "rule out" diagnoses.
, 3|P age
The most challenging type of provider query is issued for ANSWER-
Establishing clinical validation
When creating a compliant query to clarify conflicting information from the
surgeon and the attending physician, to whom should the query be directed
ANSWER- attending physician
Verbal queries ANSWER- Must have a written response in the record for coding
purposes
Most hospitals require a medical record to be completed within ANSWER- 30
days
A completed and signed operative report needs clarification of the size of the skin
lesions that were removed. What process is used for that clarification? ANSWER-
Amendment
Conditions on the hospital-acquired condition list: ANSWER- Stage 3 & 4
pressure ulcers are on the HAC list
What is the term used for applying the HIPAA privacy rule over state rule(s) which
are less strict? ANSWER- Preemption
AHIMA CCS EXAM PREP (FULL TEST) || 2025
ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADE A+|| LATEST AND
COMPLETE UPDATED VERSION 2025||
GUARANTEED PASS!!!
CPT defines a separate procedure as ANSWER- Procedure considered an integral
part of a more major service
No combination code available ANSWER- Use separate codes for hypertension
and acute renal failure
Documentation from the nursing staff or other allied health professionals' notes can
be used to provide specificity for code assignment for which of the following
diagnoses? ANSWER- Body Mass Index (BMI)
Under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), what can be used to
measure the cost of care for inpatients? ANSWER- Case-mix index
The abstracting of this data element has an impact on the DRG reimbursement
ANSWER- Discharge disposition
Which of the following is a data element that coders typically are tasked with
abstracting? ANSWER- Date of surgery
,2|P age
When a patient goes home with an order for home health to start one week after an
inpatient admission, this is categorized as a ANSWER- discharge
Major complications & comorbidities (MCCs) are determined to require the
greatest degree of resources with a payment group and also reflect the greatest
ANSWER- SOI - Severity of Illness
Major complications & comorbidities (MCCs) ANSWER- Type 2 Myocardial
Infarction
Asthma with status asthmaticus ANSWER- An acute asthmatic attack in which
the degree of bronchial obstruction is not relieved by the usual treatment, such as
epinephrine and aminophylline
Patient discharged with Dx acute pulmonary edema due to congestive heart failure
ANSWER- Code: Congestive Heart Failure
Diagnosis listed as "possible" or "rule out" ANSWER- Outpatient coding does
not permit the use of "possible" or "rule out" diagnoses.
, 3|P age
The most challenging type of provider query is issued for ANSWER-
Establishing clinical validation
When creating a compliant query to clarify conflicting information from the
surgeon and the attending physician, to whom should the query be directed
ANSWER- attending physician
Verbal queries ANSWER- Must have a written response in the record for coding
purposes
Most hospitals require a medical record to be completed within ANSWER- 30
days
A completed and signed operative report needs clarification of the size of the skin
lesions that were removed. What process is used for that clarification? ANSWER-
Amendment
Conditions on the hospital-acquired condition list: ANSWER- Stage 3 & 4
pressure ulcers are on the HAC list
What is the term used for applying the HIPAA privacy rule over state rule(s) which
are less strict? ANSWER- Preemption
