AAPC - Medical Coding Exam Complete
Questions with Correct Answers
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1. The AAPC offers over 440 local chapters across the country and in the
Bahamas for the purpose of - ANSWER ✓ Networking
2. What type of health insurance provides coverage for low-income families? -
ANSWER ✓ Medicaid
3. What is PHI? - ANSWER ✓ Protected health information
4. What form is used to send a provider's charge to the insurance carrier? -
ANSWER ✓ CMS-1500
5. Which option below is NOT a covered entity under HIPAA? - ANSWER ✓
Worker's Compensation
6. Which of the following is a BENEFIT of electronic transactions? -
ANSWER ✓ Timely submission of claims
7. What is the value of a remittance advice? - ANSWER ✓ It tells you what
you will be paid and why ay changes to charges were made.
8. The OIG recommends that the physician's practice enforcement and
disciplinary mechanisms be - ANSWER ✓ Consistent
9. Each October the OIC releases a __ outlining its priorities fo the fiscal year
ahead - ANSWER ✓ Work Plan
10.The 2012 OIG work Plan prioritizes which of the following topics for
review? - ANSWER ✓ E/M services during the global surgery periods
11.The AAPC was founded in what year? - ANSWER ✓ 1988
, 12.According to the 2012 AAPC ___, which it shows coders salaries rose 2
percent to an average of $47, 870 for credential coders. - ANSWER ✓
Salary survey
13.AAPC credentialed coders have NOT proven mastery of: - ANSWER ✓
Administrative regulations
14.Many coding professionals go on to find work as: - ANSWER ✓ Consultant
15.A medical record contains information on all but what areas? - ANSWER ✓
Financial records
16.Technicians who specialize in coding are called: - ANSWER ✓ Coding
specialists
17.EHR stands for: - ANSWER ✓ Electronic health record
18.What type of provider goes through approximately 26.5 months of education
and is licensed to practice medicine with the oversight of a physician? -
ANSWER ✓ Physician Assistant (PA)
19.The Medicare program is made up of several parts. Which part is most
significant to coders working in physician offices and covers physician fees
without the use of a private insurer? - ANSWER ✓ Part B
20.The Medicare program is made up of several parts. Which part is affected by
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' - hierarchal condition
categories (CMS-HCC)? - ANSWER ✓ Part C
21.What does CMS-HCC stand for? - ANSWER ✓ Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services - Hierarchal Condition Category
22.When coding an operative report, what action would NOT be
recommended? - ANSWER ✓ Coding from the header without reading the
body of the report
Questions with Correct Answers
Updated 2025/2026 Already
Graded!!!100% Guaranteed Pass!!
1. The AAPC offers over 440 local chapters across the country and in the
Bahamas for the purpose of - ANSWER ✓ Networking
2. What type of health insurance provides coverage for low-income families? -
ANSWER ✓ Medicaid
3. What is PHI? - ANSWER ✓ Protected health information
4. What form is used to send a provider's charge to the insurance carrier? -
ANSWER ✓ CMS-1500
5. Which option below is NOT a covered entity under HIPAA? - ANSWER ✓
Worker's Compensation
6. Which of the following is a BENEFIT of electronic transactions? -
ANSWER ✓ Timely submission of claims
7. What is the value of a remittance advice? - ANSWER ✓ It tells you what
you will be paid and why ay changes to charges were made.
8. The OIG recommends that the physician's practice enforcement and
disciplinary mechanisms be - ANSWER ✓ Consistent
9. Each October the OIC releases a __ outlining its priorities fo the fiscal year
ahead - ANSWER ✓ Work Plan
10.The 2012 OIG work Plan prioritizes which of the following topics for
review? - ANSWER ✓ E/M services during the global surgery periods
11.The AAPC was founded in what year? - ANSWER ✓ 1988
, 12.According to the 2012 AAPC ___, which it shows coders salaries rose 2
percent to an average of $47, 870 for credential coders. - ANSWER ✓
Salary survey
13.AAPC credentialed coders have NOT proven mastery of: - ANSWER ✓
Administrative regulations
14.Many coding professionals go on to find work as: - ANSWER ✓ Consultant
15.A medical record contains information on all but what areas? - ANSWER ✓
Financial records
16.Technicians who specialize in coding are called: - ANSWER ✓ Coding
specialists
17.EHR stands for: - ANSWER ✓ Electronic health record
18.What type of provider goes through approximately 26.5 months of education
and is licensed to practice medicine with the oversight of a physician? -
ANSWER ✓ Physician Assistant (PA)
19.The Medicare program is made up of several parts. Which part is most
significant to coders working in physician offices and covers physician fees
without the use of a private insurer? - ANSWER ✓ Part B
20.The Medicare program is made up of several parts. Which part is affected by
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' - hierarchal condition
categories (CMS-HCC)? - ANSWER ✓ Part C
21.What does CMS-HCC stand for? - ANSWER ✓ Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services - Hierarchal Condition Category
22.When coding an operative report, what action would NOT be
recommended? - ANSWER ✓ Coding from the header without reading the
body of the report
