CCA Exam Practice Test (All Domains 1-6) Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct| Latest 2025/2026 Update.

CCA Exam Practice Test (All Domains 1-6)
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Domaini,-1:i,-healthi,-recordsi,-andi,-datai,-contenti,-Domaini,-2:i,-healthi,-informationi,-
requirementsi,-andi,-standardsi,-Domaini,-3:i,-clinicali,-classificationi,-systemsi,-Domaini,-4:i,-
reimbursementi,-methodologiesi,-Domaini,-5:i,-informationi,-andi,-communicationi,-
technologiesi,-Domaini,-6:i,-privacy,i,-confidentiality,i,-legal,i,-andi,-ethicali,-issues




Who is responsible for writing and signing discharge summaries
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and discharge instructions?
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Although the HIPAA Rule allows patient access to personal health
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information about themselves, which of the following cannot be
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disclosed to patients? Psychotherapy notes
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Identify the punctuation mark that is used to supplement words
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or explanatory information that may or may not be present in the
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statement of diagnosis or procedure in ICD-9-CM coding. The
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punctuation does not affect the code number assigned to the
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case. The punctuation is considered a nonessential modifier, and
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all three volumes of ICD-9-CM use them.
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,What is the name of the organization that develops the billing
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form that hospitals are required to use?
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Which of the following ethical principles is being followed when
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an HIT professional ensures that patient information is only
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released to those who have a legal right to access it?
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Beneficence


A hospital currently includes the patient's social security number
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on the face sheet of the paper medical record and in the
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electronic version of the record. The hospital risk manager has
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identified this as a potential identity fraud risk and wants the
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information removed. The risk manager is not getting i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



cooperation from the physicians and others in the hospital who i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



say that they need the information for identification and other
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purposes. Given this situation, what should the HIM director
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suggest? Avoid displaying the number on any document,
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screen, or data collection field. i,- i,- i,- i,-




Both HEDIS and the Joint Commission's ORYX program are
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designed to collect data to be used for ______________.
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,Which of the following would be classified to an ICD-9-CM
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category for bacterial diseases? Staphylococcus aureous
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A patient with known COPD and hypertension under treatment
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was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of a lower
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abdominal pain. He undergoes a laparoscopic appendectomy and
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develops a fever. The patient was subsequently discharged from
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the hospital with a principal diagnosis of acute appendicitis and
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secondary diagnoses of post-operative infection, COPD, and
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hypertension. Which of the following diagnoses should not be i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-



tagged as POA? Postoperative infection
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CPT was developed and is maintained by:
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Which organization developed the first hospital standardization
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program? American College of Surgeon i,-i,- i,- i,- i,- i,-




On review of the audit trail for an EHR system, the HIM director
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discovers that a departmental employee who has authorized
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access to patient records is printing far more records than the
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average user. In this cases, what should the supervisor do?
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, What are possible "add-on" payments that a hospital could
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receive in addition to the basic Medicare DRG payment?
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Additional payments may be made to disproportionate share
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hospitals, for indirect medical education, for new technologies,
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and for cost outlier cases.
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The ___________ is a type of coding that is a natural outgrowth of
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the electronic heath record.
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Today, Janet Kim visited her new dentist for an appointment. She
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was not presented with a Notice of Privacy Practices. Is this
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acceptable? No, it is a violation of the HIPAA Privacy rule
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During an audit of health records, the HIM director finds that
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transcribed reports are being changed by the author up to a
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week after initial transcription. The director is concerned that
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changes occurring this long after transcription jeopardize the
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legal principle that documentation must occur near the time of
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the event. To remedy this situation, the HIM director should
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recommend which of the following? Develop a facility policy
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that defines the acceptable period of time allowed for a
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