AAPC CPC FINAL TEST BANK Questions with Correct Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1: EHR stands for:
A. Electronic health record
B. Extended health record
C. Electronic health response
D. Established health record.
Answer: a. Electronic health record
Question 2: The AAPC offers over 500 local chapters across the country for the purpose of
A. Continuing education and networking
B. Membership dues
C. Regulations and bylaws
D. Financial management.
Answer: a. Continuing education and networking
Question 3: What does the abbreviation MAC stand for?
A. Medicaid Alert Contractor
B. Medicare Advisory Contractor
C. Medicare Administrative Contractor
D. Medicaid Administrative Contractor.
Answer: c. Medicare Administrative Contractor
Question 4: The OIG recommends that provider practices enforce disciplinary actions through well
publicized compliance guidelines to ensure actions that are ______.
A. Permanent
B. Consistent and appropriate
C. Frequent
D. Swift and enforceable.
Answer: b. Consistent and appropriate
Question 5: Through which vessel is oxygenated blood returned to the heart from the lungs?
A. Pulmonary vein
B. Bronchial vein
C. Pulmonary artery
D. Bronchial artery.
Answer: a. Pulmonary vein
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,Question 6: Muscle is attached to bone by what method?
A. Tendons, ligaments, and directly to bone
B. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
C. Ligaments, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
D. Tendons and cartilage.
Answer: b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
Question 7: Lacrimal glands are responsible for which of the following?
A. Production of tears
B. Production of vitreous
C. Production of mydriatic agents
D. Production of zonules.
Answer: a. Production of tears
Question 8: Melasma is defined as:
A. Lines where the skin has been stretched
B. A discharge of mucus and blood
C. A dark vertical line appearing on the abdomen
D. Brownish pigmentation appearing on the face.
Answer: d. Brownish pigmentation appearing on the face
Question 9: A gonioscopy is an examination of what part of the eye:
A. Anterior chamber of the eye
B. Lacrimal duct
C. Interior surface of the eye
D. Posterior segment.
Answer: a. Anterior chamber of the eye
Question 10: What type of code is assigned when the provider documents the reason for a patient
seeking healthcare services that is not for an injury or disease?
A. Non-specific code
B. External cause code (V00-Y99)
C. Z code (Z00-Z99)
D. ICD-10-PCS.
Answer: c. Z code (Z00-Z99)
Question 11: What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever?
Answer: J30.1
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,Question 12: What is the ICD-10-CM code for swine flu?
A. J10.1
B. A08.4
C. J11.1
D. J09.X2.
Answer: d. J09.X2
Question 13: What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported for enlargement of the prostate with a symptom
of urinary retention?
A. N40.1
B. N40.3, R33.8
C. N40.0
D. N40.1, R33.8.
Answer: d. N40.1, R33.8
Question 14: What diagnosis code(s) is/are reported for behavioral disturbances in a patient with early
onset Alzheimer's?
A. G30.8, F02.81
B. F02.81
C. F02.81, G30.0
D. G30.0, F02.81.
Answer: d. G30.0, F02.81
Question 15: What is the ICD-10-CM code for a patient with postoperative anemia due to acute blood
loss during the surgery who needs a blood transfusion?
A. D64.9
B. D53.0
C. D50.0
D. D62.
Answer: d. D62
Question 16: A 54-year-old male goes to his primary care provider with dizziness. On physical exam his
blood pressure is 200/130. After a complete work- up, including laboratory tests, the provider makes a
diagnosis of end stage renal disease and hypertension. What are the appropriate diagnosis codes for
this encounter?
A. I12.0, N18.6
B. I10, N18.6
C. I10, N18.9
D. I12.0.
Answer: a. I12.0, N18.6
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, Question 17: A 32-year-old male was seen in the ambulatory surgery center ASC for removal of two
lipomas. One was located on his back and the other was located on the right forearm. Both involved
subcutaneous tissue. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
A. D17.30
B. D17.39
C. D17.1, D17.23
D. D17.21, D17.1.
Answer: d. D17.21, D17.1
Question 18: A 33-year-old patient visits his primary care provider to discuss a lap band procedure for
his morbid obesity. His caloric intake is in excess of 4,000 calories per day and his BMI is currently 45.
What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
A. E66.01, Z68.42
B. E66.3, Z68.45
C. E66.01
D. E66.01, Z68.45.
Answer: a. E66.01, Z68.42
Question 19: A 58-year-old patient sees the provider for confusion and loss of memory. The provider
diagnoses the patient with early onset stages of Alzheimer's disease with dementia. What ICD-10-CM
codes are reported?
A. F02.80, G30.0, F29, F41.3
B. G30.0, F02.80
C. F02.80, G30.0
D. G30.0, F02.80, F29, R41.3.
Answer: b. G30.0, F02.80
Question 20: What would be considered an adverse effect?
A. Shortness of breath when running
B. Rash developing when taking penicillin
C. Hemorrhaging after a vaginal delivery
D. Wound infection after surgery.
Answer: b. Rash developing when taking penicillin
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(Grade A+)
Question 1: EHR stands for:
A. Electronic health record
B. Extended health record
C. Electronic health response
D. Established health record.
Answer: a. Electronic health record
Question 2: The AAPC offers over 500 local chapters across the country for the purpose of
A. Continuing education and networking
B. Membership dues
C. Regulations and bylaws
D. Financial management.
Answer: a. Continuing education and networking
Question 3: What does the abbreviation MAC stand for?
A. Medicaid Alert Contractor
B. Medicare Advisory Contractor
C. Medicare Administrative Contractor
D. Medicaid Administrative Contractor.
Answer: c. Medicare Administrative Contractor
Question 4: The OIG recommends that provider practices enforce disciplinary actions through well
publicized compliance guidelines to ensure actions that are ______.
A. Permanent
B. Consistent and appropriate
C. Frequent
D. Swift and enforceable.
Answer: b. Consistent and appropriate
Question 5: Through which vessel is oxygenated blood returned to the heart from the lungs?
A. Pulmonary vein
B. Bronchial vein
C. Pulmonary artery
D. Bronchial artery.
Answer: a. Pulmonary vein
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,Question 6: Muscle is attached to bone by what method?
A. Tendons, ligaments, and directly to bone
B. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
C. Ligaments, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
D. Tendons and cartilage.
Answer: b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
Question 7: Lacrimal glands are responsible for which of the following?
A. Production of tears
B. Production of vitreous
C. Production of mydriatic agents
D. Production of zonules.
Answer: a. Production of tears
Question 8: Melasma is defined as:
A. Lines where the skin has been stretched
B. A discharge of mucus and blood
C. A dark vertical line appearing on the abdomen
D. Brownish pigmentation appearing on the face.
Answer: d. Brownish pigmentation appearing on the face
Question 9: A gonioscopy is an examination of what part of the eye:
A. Anterior chamber of the eye
B. Lacrimal duct
C. Interior surface of the eye
D. Posterior segment.
Answer: a. Anterior chamber of the eye
Question 10: What type of code is assigned when the provider documents the reason for a patient
seeking healthcare services that is not for an injury or disease?
A. Non-specific code
B. External cause code (V00-Y99)
C. Z code (Z00-Z99)
D. ICD-10-PCS.
Answer: c. Z code (Z00-Z99)
Question 11: What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever?
Answer: J30.1
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,Question 12: What is the ICD-10-CM code for swine flu?
A. J10.1
B. A08.4
C. J11.1
D. J09.X2.
Answer: d. J09.X2
Question 13: What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported for enlargement of the prostate with a symptom
of urinary retention?
A. N40.1
B. N40.3, R33.8
C. N40.0
D. N40.1, R33.8.
Answer: d. N40.1, R33.8
Question 14: What diagnosis code(s) is/are reported for behavioral disturbances in a patient with early
onset Alzheimer's?
A. G30.8, F02.81
B. F02.81
C. F02.81, G30.0
D. G30.0, F02.81.
Answer: d. G30.0, F02.81
Question 15: What is the ICD-10-CM code for a patient with postoperative anemia due to acute blood
loss during the surgery who needs a blood transfusion?
A. D64.9
B. D53.0
C. D50.0
D. D62.
Answer: d. D62
Question 16: A 54-year-old male goes to his primary care provider with dizziness. On physical exam his
blood pressure is 200/130. After a complete work- up, including laboratory tests, the provider makes a
diagnosis of end stage renal disease and hypertension. What are the appropriate diagnosis codes for
this encounter?
A. I12.0, N18.6
B. I10, N18.6
C. I10, N18.9
D. I12.0.
Answer: a. I12.0, N18.6
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, Question 17: A 32-year-old male was seen in the ambulatory surgery center ASC for removal of two
lipomas. One was located on his back and the other was located on the right forearm. Both involved
subcutaneous tissue. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
A. D17.30
B. D17.39
C. D17.1, D17.23
D. D17.21, D17.1.
Answer: d. D17.21, D17.1
Question 18: A 33-year-old patient visits his primary care provider to discuss a lap band procedure for
his morbid obesity. His caloric intake is in excess of 4,000 calories per day and his BMI is currently 45.
What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
A. E66.01, Z68.42
B. E66.3, Z68.45
C. E66.01
D. E66.01, Z68.45.
Answer: a. E66.01, Z68.42
Question 19: A 58-year-old patient sees the provider for confusion and loss of memory. The provider
diagnoses the patient with early onset stages of Alzheimer's disease with dementia. What ICD-10-CM
codes are reported?
A. F02.80, G30.0, F29, F41.3
B. G30.0, F02.80
C. F02.80, G30.0
D. G30.0, F02.80, F29, R41.3.
Answer: b. G30.0, F02.80
Question 20: What would be considered an adverse effect?
A. Shortness of breath when running
B. Rash developing when taking penicillin
C. Hemorrhaging after a vaginal delivery
D. Wound infection after surgery.
Answer: b. Rash developing when taking penicillin
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