AAPC CPC Exam Questions And
Answers 2025 Graded A+
What type of provider goes through approximately
26 1/2 months of education and is licensed to
practice medicine with the oversight of a physician?
- ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Physician Assistant (PA)
The ____ describes whether specific medical items,
services, treatment procedures, or technologies are
considered medically necessary under Medicare -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-National Coverage
Determinations
,LCD's only have jurisdiction in their ____ area. -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Regional
ABN stands for - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Advance
Beneficiary Notice
HIPPA was made into law in what year? -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-1996
What will the scope is a compliance program
depend on? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Size and resources
of the physician's practice
According to the OIG, internal monitoring and
auditing should be performed by what means? -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Periodic audits
, AAPC has what to determine current year's coder
salaries? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Salary survey
The ASPC offers over 440 local chapters across the
country and in the Bahamas for the purpose of -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Networking
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is significant because
- ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-It is a weakness in a large artery
and rupture could be deadly
What distinguishes a "sentinel" node from the
lymph nodes? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-A sentinel node is
the first lymph node in a group of nodes to be
reached by metastasizing cancer cells
The mediastinum contains all of the following
except - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Lungs
Answers 2025 Graded A+
What type of provider goes through approximately
26 1/2 months of education and is licensed to
practice medicine with the oversight of a physician?
- ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Physician Assistant (PA)
The ____ describes whether specific medical items,
services, treatment procedures, or technologies are
considered medically necessary under Medicare -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-National Coverage
Determinations
,LCD's only have jurisdiction in their ____ area. -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Regional
ABN stands for - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Advance
Beneficiary Notice
HIPPA was made into law in what year? -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-1996
What will the scope is a compliance program
depend on? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Size and resources
of the physician's practice
According to the OIG, internal monitoring and
auditing should be performed by what means? -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Periodic audits
, AAPC has what to determine current year's coder
salaries? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Salary survey
The ASPC offers over 440 local chapters across the
country and in the Bahamas for the purpose of -
✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Networking
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is significant because
- ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-It is a weakness in a large artery
and rupture could be deadly
What distinguishes a "sentinel" node from the
lymph nodes? - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-A sentinel node is
the first lymph node in a group of nodes to be
reached by metastasizing cancer cells
The mediastinum contains all of the following
except - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Lungs
