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CCA (CERTIFIED CODING ASSOCIATE) EXAM A, B, C
& PRACTICE TEST COMPLETE 500 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
CCA (CERTIFIED CODING ASSOCIATE) EXAM
QUESTION: Documentation of aides who assist a patient with activities of daily living, bathing,
laundry, and cleaning would be found in which type of specialty record?
a. Home health
b. Behavioral health
c. End-stage renal disease
d. Rehabilitative care - ANSWER-a. Home health
QUESTION: What is the correct CPT code assignment for destruction of internal hemorrhoids
with use of infrared coagulation?
a. 46255
b. 46930
c. 46260
d. 46945 - ANSWER-b. 46930
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QUESTION: Statements that define the performance expectations and structures or processes
that must be in place are:
a. Rules
b. Policies
c. Guidelines
d. Standards - ANSWER-d. Standards
QUESTION: What is the primary use of the case-mix index?
a. Benchmark of emergency room levels
b. Defines how a hospital compares to peers and whether the facility is at risk
c. Audit of APCS and the comparison to same-size hospitals
d. A tool for the coding manager to compare coder productivity - ANSWER-b. Defines how a
hospital compares to peers and whether the facility is at risk
QUESTION: Which classification system is in place to reimburse home health agencies?
a. MS-DRGs
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b. RUGs
c. HHRGs
d. APCs - ANSWER-c. HHRGs
This person designs, implements, and maintains a program that ensures conformity to all types
of regulatory and voluntary accreditation requirements governing the provision of healthcare
products or services:
a. General Counsel
b. Health Information Director
c. Privacy Officer
d. Compliance Officer - ANSWER-d. Compliance Officer
QUESTION: A seven-year-old patient was admitted to the emergency department for treatment
of shortness of breath. The patient is given epinephrine and nebulizer treatments. The
shortness of breath and wheezing are unabated following treatment. What diagnosis should be
suspected?
a. Acute bronchitis
b. Acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
c. Asthma with status asthmaticus
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d. Chronic obstructive asthma - ANSWER-c. Asthma with status asthmaticus
QUESTION: Identify the correct ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for a patient with an elevated
prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test result.
a. R68.89
b. R79.89
c. R89.8
d. R97.2 - ANSWER-d. R97.2
QUESTION: What is the name of the national program to detect and correct improper payments
in the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) program?
a. Medicare administrative contractors (MACs)
b. Recovery audit contractors (RACs)
c. Comprehensive error rate testing (CERT)
d. Fiscal intermediaries (FIs) - ANSWER-b. Recovery audit contractors (RACs)
QUESTION: What healthcare organizations collect UHDDS data?
CCA (CERTIFIED CODING ASSOCIATE) EXAM A, B, C
& PRACTICE TEST COMPLETE 500 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
CCA (CERTIFIED CODING ASSOCIATE) EXAM
QUESTION: Documentation of aides who assist a patient with activities of daily living, bathing,
laundry, and cleaning would be found in which type of specialty record?
a. Home health
b. Behavioral health
c. End-stage renal disease
d. Rehabilitative care - ANSWER-a. Home health
QUESTION: What is the correct CPT code assignment for destruction of internal hemorrhoids
with use of infrared coagulation?
a. 46255
b. 46930
c. 46260
d. 46945 - ANSWER-b. 46930
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QUESTION: Statements that define the performance expectations and structures or processes
that must be in place are:
a. Rules
b. Policies
c. Guidelines
d. Standards - ANSWER-d. Standards
QUESTION: What is the primary use of the case-mix index?
a. Benchmark of emergency room levels
b. Defines how a hospital compares to peers and whether the facility is at risk
c. Audit of APCS and the comparison to same-size hospitals
d. A tool for the coding manager to compare coder productivity - ANSWER-b. Defines how a
hospital compares to peers and whether the facility is at risk
QUESTION: Which classification system is in place to reimburse home health agencies?
a. MS-DRGs
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b. RUGs
c. HHRGs
d. APCs - ANSWER-c. HHRGs
This person designs, implements, and maintains a program that ensures conformity to all types
of regulatory and voluntary accreditation requirements governing the provision of healthcare
products or services:
a. General Counsel
b. Health Information Director
c. Privacy Officer
d. Compliance Officer - ANSWER-d. Compliance Officer
QUESTION: A seven-year-old patient was admitted to the emergency department for treatment
of shortness of breath. The patient is given epinephrine and nebulizer treatments. The
shortness of breath and wheezing are unabated following treatment. What diagnosis should be
suspected?
a. Acute bronchitis
b. Acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
c. Asthma with status asthmaticus
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d. Chronic obstructive asthma - ANSWER-c. Asthma with status asthmaticus
QUESTION: Identify the correct ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for a patient with an elevated
prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test result.
a. R68.89
b. R79.89
c. R89.8
d. R97.2 - ANSWER-d. R97.2
QUESTION: What is the name of the national program to detect and correct improper payments
in the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) program?
a. Medicare administrative contractors (MACs)
b. Recovery audit contractors (RACs)
c. Comprehensive error rate testing (CERT)
d. Fiscal intermediaries (FIs) - ANSWER-b. Recovery audit contractors (RACs)
QUESTION: What healthcare organizations collect UHDDS data?
