RMA EXAMS SET FEATURING SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURACY CHECKED
ANSWERS
●● An ICD-10-CM code may contain up to how many digits?
Answer: seven
●● A patient should be advised to bring an insurance card to each
appointment for which of the following reasons?
Answer: To identify changes in the insurance coverage
●● A written authorization by the patient giving the insurance company
the right to pay the physician directly for billed services is known as the
Answer: assignment of benefits
●● The notice from the office sent to the patient showing the amount
owed to the physician is called the
Answer: itemized statement
●● Two insurance plans working together for coverage of the same
person is called
Answer: coordination of benefits
, ●● using diagnostic codes to show medical necessity for procedures
performed is called
Answer: code linkage
●● This type of benefit covers catastrophic or prolonged illness or
injury. This insurance takes over when basic medical, hospitalization,
and surgical benefits end
Answer: major medical
●● A letter or statement from the insurance carrier describing what was
paid, denied, or reduced in payment. It also contains information about
amounts applied to the deductible, the patient's co-insurance, and the
allowed amounts
Answer: Explanation of benefits
●● Drug and prescription benefits were added allowing Medicare
recipients the option of choosing, at a reduced cost, a plan that pays for
prescription drugs with just a small co-payment from the patient.
Beneficiaries choose the drug plan and pay a monthly premium. This
option is
Answer: Medicare Part D
●● An example of a Medicare HCPCS code number is
Answer: J0540.
QUESTIONS AND ACCURACY CHECKED
ANSWERS
●● An ICD-10-CM code may contain up to how many digits?
Answer: seven
●● A patient should be advised to bring an insurance card to each
appointment for which of the following reasons?
Answer: To identify changes in the insurance coverage
●● A written authorization by the patient giving the insurance company
the right to pay the physician directly for billed services is known as the
Answer: assignment of benefits
●● The notice from the office sent to the patient showing the amount
owed to the physician is called the
Answer: itemized statement
●● Two insurance plans working together for coverage of the same
person is called
Answer: coordination of benefits
, ●● using diagnostic codes to show medical necessity for procedures
performed is called
Answer: code linkage
●● This type of benefit covers catastrophic or prolonged illness or
injury. This insurance takes over when basic medical, hospitalization,
and surgical benefits end
Answer: major medical
●● A letter or statement from the insurance carrier describing what was
paid, denied, or reduced in payment. It also contains information about
amounts applied to the deductible, the patient's co-insurance, and the
allowed amounts
Answer: Explanation of benefits
●● Drug and prescription benefits were added allowing Medicare
recipients the option of choosing, at a reduced cost, a plan that pays for
prescription drugs with just a small co-payment from the patient.
Beneficiaries choose the drug plan and pay a monthly premium. This
option is
Answer: Medicare Part D
●● An example of a Medicare HCPCS code number is
Answer: J0540.
