AAPC CPC FINAL REVIEW SHEET Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Which coding manuals do outpatient coders focus on learning?
A. CPT, HCPCS Level II and ICD-10-CM
B. CPT and ICD-10-CM
C. ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
D. CPT, HCPCS Level II, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS.
Answer: a. CPT, HCPCS Level II and ICD-10-CM
Question 2: In what year was HITECH enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act?
A. 2010
B. 2009
C. 2000
D. 2007.
Answer: b. 2009
Question 3: Voluntary compliance programs also provide benefits by not only helping to prevent
erroneous or ____, but also by showing that the provider practice is making additional good faith
efforts to submit claims appropriately.
Answer: c. Fraudulent claims
Question 4: Which CMS product describes whether specific medical items, services, treatment
procedures or technologies are considered medically necessary under Medicare?
Answer: b. National Coverage Determinations Manual
Question 5: Which condition results from an injury to the head? The symptoms include headache,
dizziness and vomiting.
Answer: b. Concussion
Question 6: In order, starting with the innermost layer, what are the four walls of the digestive tract?
Answer: a. Mucosa, submucosa, muscle, serosa
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, Question 7: Which one of the following best describes psoriasis?
A. A chronic condition characterized by red, dry, elevated lesions, covered by silvery scales
B. An inflammatory condition characterized by redness pustular and vesicular lesions, crusts, and scales
C. An allergic reaction characterized by wheals and generally accompanied by pruritus
D. A contagious infection of skin generally caused by staphylococcus bacterium.
Answer: a. A chronic condition characterized by red, dry, elevated lesions, covered by silvery scales
Question 8: A form of milk produced the first few days after giving birth is:.
Answer: b. Colostrum
Question 9: A condition where the thyroid is overactive is called:.
Answer: a. Thyrotoxicosis
Question 10: What do the instructions and conventions of the classification take precedence over?
Answer: c. Official Coding Guidelines
Question 11: What is the sequencing order when coding a sequela (late effect)?
A. They symptom is coded first followed by the residual condition and the late effect code
B. The cause of the late effect is coded first and the residual condition is coded second
C. The cause of the late effect is coded first; the residual condition is second followed by the symptoms
D. The residual condition is coded first, and the code(s)for the cause of the late effect are coded as secondary.
Answer: d. The residual condition is coded first, and the code(s)for the cause of the late effect are coded as
secondary
Question 12: Using the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index, which main term below has an instructional note
indicating another main term may also be referenced that may provide additional Alphabetic Index
entries that may be useful?
Answer: b. Fibrosarcoma
Question 13: According to ICD-10-CM guidelines, when a patient is seen for management of anemia
due to malignancy, how is it reported?
A. Anemia is reported first, followed by the code for the malignancy
B. The malignancy is the only condition reported
C. Anemia is the only condition reported
D. The malignancy is reported first, followed by the code for the anemia.
Answer: d. The malignancy is reported first, followed by the code for the anemia
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Which coding manuals do outpatient coders focus on learning?
A. CPT, HCPCS Level II and ICD-10-CM
B. CPT and ICD-10-CM
C. ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
D. CPT, HCPCS Level II, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS.
Answer: a. CPT, HCPCS Level II and ICD-10-CM
Question 2: In what year was HITECH enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act?
A. 2010
B. 2009
C. 2000
D. 2007.
Answer: b. 2009
Question 3: Voluntary compliance programs also provide benefits by not only helping to prevent
erroneous or ____, but also by showing that the provider practice is making additional good faith
efforts to submit claims appropriately.
Answer: c. Fraudulent claims
Question 4: Which CMS product describes whether specific medical items, services, treatment
procedures or technologies are considered medically necessary under Medicare?
Answer: b. National Coverage Determinations Manual
Question 5: Which condition results from an injury to the head? The symptoms include headache,
dizziness and vomiting.
Answer: b. Concussion
Question 6: In order, starting with the innermost layer, what are the four walls of the digestive tract?
Answer: a. Mucosa, submucosa, muscle, serosa
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, Question 7: Which one of the following best describes psoriasis?
A. A chronic condition characterized by red, dry, elevated lesions, covered by silvery scales
B. An inflammatory condition characterized by redness pustular and vesicular lesions, crusts, and scales
C. An allergic reaction characterized by wheals and generally accompanied by pruritus
D. A contagious infection of skin generally caused by staphylococcus bacterium.
Answer: a. A chronic condition characterized by red, dry, elevated lesions, covered by silvery scales
Question 8: A form of milk produced the first few days after giving birth is:.
Answer: b. Colostrum
Question 9: A condition where the thyroid is overactive is called:.
Answer: a. Thyrotoxicosis
Question 10: What do the instructions and conventions of the classification take precedence over?
Answer: c. Official Coding Guidelines
Question 11: What is the sequencing order when coding a sequela (late effect)?
A. They symptom is coded first followed by the residual condition and the late effect code
B. The cause of the late effect is coded first and the residual condition is coded second
C. The cause of the late effect is coded first; the residual condition is second followed by the symptoms
D. The residual condition is coded first, and the code(s)for the cause of the late effect are coded as secondary.
Answer: d. The residual condition is coded first, and the code(s)for the cause of the late effect are coded as
secondary
Question 12: Using the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index, which main term below has an instructional note
indicating another main term may also be referenced that may provide additional Alphabetic Index
entries that may be useful?
Answer: b. Fibrosarcoma
Question 13: According to ICD-10-CM guidelines, when a patient is seen for management of anemia
due to malignancy, how is it reported?
A. Anemia is reported first, followed by the code for the malignancy
B. The malignancy is the only condition reported
C. Anemia is the only condition reported
D. The malignancy is reported first, followed by the code for the anemia.
Answer: d. The malignancy is reported first, followed by the code for the anemia
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