AHIMA CCA COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK FINAL EXAM
CURRENT FOR 2026/2027 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE ACCURATE EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
(RELIABLE SOLUTIONS) A NEW UPDATED VERSION 2026
EDITION ||JUST RELEASED
Ensuring the continuity of future care by providing information to the
patient's attending physician, referring physician, and any consulting
physicians is a function of the:
a. Discharge summary
b. Autopsy report
c. Incident report
d. Consent to treatment
Correct Answer: A
The discharge summary is a concise account of the patient's illness,
course of treatment, response to treatment, and condition at the time the
patient is discharged (Johns 2011, 78).
,This document includes a microscopic description of tissue excised
during surgery:
a. Recovery room record
b. Pathology report
c. Operative report
d. Discharge summary
Correct Answer: B
The pathology report describes specimens examined by the pathologist
(Johns 2011, 77).
,CMS developed medically unlikely edits (MUEs) to prevent providers
from billing units of services greater than the norm would indicate. These
MUEs were implemented on January 1, 2007, and are applied to which
code set?
a. Diagnosis-related groups
b. HCPCS/CPT codes
c. ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes
d. Resource utilization groups
Correct Answer: B
CMS developed MUEs to prevent providers from billing units in excess
and receiving inappropriate payments. This new editing was the result of
the outpatient prospective payment system which pays providers passed
on the HCPCS/CPT code and units. Payment is directly related to units for
specified HCPCS/CPT codes assigned to an ambulatory payment
classification (CMS 2012b).
, Identify the ICD-9-CM diagnostic code for other specified aplastic
anemia secondary to chemotherapy.
a. 284.9
b. 284.89
c. 285.9
d. 285.22
Correct Answer: B
Index Anemia, aplastic, due to, antineoplastic chemotherapy. A coder
should always assign the most specific type of anemia. Anemia due to
chemotherapy is often aplastic (Schraffenberger 2012, 133-135 ).
When the physician does not specify the method used to remove a lesion
during an endoscopy, what is the appropriate procedure?
a. Assign the removal by snare technique code.
b. Assign the removal by hot biopsy forceps code.
c. Assign the ablation code.
d. Query the physician as to the method used.
Correct Answer: D
It is not appropriate for the coder to assume the removal was done by
either snare or hot biopsy forceps. The ablation code is only assigned
when a lesion is completely destroyed and no specimen is retrieved. The
coding professional must query the physician to assign the appropriate
code (AHIMA 2012a, 607).
CURRENT FOR 2026/2027 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE ACCURATE EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
(RELIABLE SOLUTIONS) A NEW UPDATED VERSION 2026
EDITION ||JUST RELEASED
Ensuring the continuity of future care by providing information to the
patient's attending physician, referring physician, and any consulting
physicians is a function of the:
a. Discharge summary
b. Autopsy report
c. Incident report
d. Consent to treatment
Correct Answer: A
The discharge summary is a concise account of the patient's illness,
course of treatment, response to treatment, and condition at the time the
patient is discharged (Johns 2011, 78).
,This document includes a microscopic description of tissue excised
during surgery:
a. Recovery room record
b. Pathology report
c. Operative report
d. Discharge summary
Correct Answer: B
The pathology report describes specimens examined by the pathologist
(Johns 2011, 77).
,CMS developed medically unlikely edits (MUEs) to prevent providers
from billing units of services greater than the norm would indicate. These
MUEs were implemented on January 1, 2007, and are applied to which
code set?
a. Diagnosis-related groups
b. HCPCS/CPT codes
c. ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes
d. Resource utilization groups
Correct Answer: B
CMS developed MUEs to prevent providers from billing units in excess
and receiving inappropriate payments. This new editing was the result of
the outpatient prospective payment system which pays providers passed
on the HCPCS/CPT code and units. Payment is directly related to units for
specified HCPCS/CPT codes assigned to an ambulatory payment
classification (CMS 2012b).
, Identify the ICD-9-CM diagnostic code for other specified aplastic
anemia secondary to chemotherapy.
a. 284.9
b. 284.89
c. 285.9
d. 285.22
Correct Answer: B
Index Anemia, aplastic, due to, antineoplastic chemotherapy. A coder
should always assign the most specific type of anemia. Anemia due to
chemotherapy is often aplastic (Schraffenberger 2012, 133-135 ).
When the physician does not specify the method used to remove a lesion
during an endoscopy, what is the appropriate procedure?
a. Assign the removal by snare technique code.
b. Assign the removal by hot biopsy forceps code.
c. Assign the ablation code.
d. Query the physician as to the method used.
Correct Answer: D
It is not appropriate for the coder to assume the removal was done by
either snare or hot biopsy forceps. The ablation code is only assigned
when a lesion is completely destroyed and no specimen is retrieved. The
coding professional must query the physician to assign the appropriate
code (AHIMA 2012a, 607).
