2025 AAPC CPC EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

2025 AAPC CPC EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What type of provider goes through approximately 26 1/2 months of education and is licensed to practi ce
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medicine with the oversight of a physician? - CORRECT ANSWER -Physician Assistant (PA)
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The describes whether specific medical items, services, treatment procedures, or technologies are
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considered medically necessary under Medicare - CORRECT ANSWER -National Coverage Determinations
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LCD's only have jurisdiction in their
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ABN stands for - CORRECT ANSWER -Advance Beneficiary Notice
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HIPPA was made into law in what year? - CORRECT ANSWER -1996
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What will the scope is a compliance program depend on? - CORRECT ANSWER - Size
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and resources of the physician's practice
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AccordingRto the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by what means? -
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CORRECT ANSWER -Periodic audits
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AAPCRhas what to determine current year's coder salaries? - CORRECT ANSWER -Salary survey
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The ASPCRoffers over 440 local chapters across the country and in the Bahamas for the purpose of - CORRECT
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ANSWER -Networking
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An abdominal aortic aneurysm is significant because - CORRECT ANSWER - It is
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a weakness in a large artery and rupture could be deadly
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What distinguishes a "sentinel" node from the lymph nodes? - CORRECT ANSWER -
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A sentinel node is the first lymph node in a group of nodes to be reached by metastasizing cancer cells
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, The mediastinum contains all of the following except - CORRECT ANSWER -Lungs
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The term "pneumomediastinum" describes what condition? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
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presence of air in the mediastinum
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The structure of the male anatomy carrying sperm out of the epididymis is called: - CORRECT ANSWER - Vas
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deferens
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The term "episiotomy" best describes a procedure of what type? - CORRECT ANSWER - An
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incision made in the perineum to enlarge the passage for the fetus duringRdelivery
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Which gland is located on the superior surface of the kidney? - CORRECT ANSWER -Adrenal gland
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What is the function of the thyroid gland? - CORRECT ANSWER -
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It secretes hormones regulating body metabolism and blood calcium
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Which of the following is true about the tympanic membrane? - CORRECT ANSWER - It
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separates the external ear from the middle ear
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Bone marrow harvesting is a procedure to obtain bone marrow from a donor. Bone marrow collected fr om a
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close relative is: - CORRECT ANSWER -Allogenic
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Removal of waste products from the blood is: - CORRECT ANSWER -Hemodialysis
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ARconditionwhere the thyroid is overactive is called: -RCORRECT ANSWER -Thyrotoxicosis
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Who are the parties responsible for overseeing changes and modifications to ICD - 9? - CORRECT
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ANSWER -NCHS and CMS
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What is the meaning of "provider "in the ICD - nine guidelines refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER - The
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physician
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