AAPC CPC EXAM [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | A+
VERIFIED ANSWERS |
• Who is responsible for enforcing the HIPAA security rule -✓✓ANSWER: Office of
Civil Rights (OCR)
• ABN -✓✓ANSWER: Advance Beneficiary Notice
• According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by
what means? -✓✓ANSWER: Periodic audits
• What does the abbreviation MAC stand for? -✓✓ANSWER: Medicare
Administrative Contractor
• How many lobes make up the RIGHT lung? -✓✓ANSWER: the right has 3 lobes
the left has 2 lobes
• Condition in which the endometrial tissue is found outside of the uterus. -
✓✓ANSWER: Endometriosis
• A thin membrane lining the chambers of the heart and valves is called the: -
✓✓ANSWER: endocardium
• PHI -✓✓ANSWER: Protected Health Information
,• What is the TRUE statement in reporting pressure ulcers? -✓✓ANSWER: Two
codes are assigned when a patient is admitted with a pressure ulcer that evolves
to another stage during the admission.
• The acronym MMRV stands for what? -✓✓ANSWER: measles, mumps, rubella,
and varicella
• Which of the following is not part of the small intestine?
a. duodenum
b. ileum
c. jejunum
d. cecum -✓✓ANSWER: d. cecum
• Healthcare providers are responsible for developing ______________ policies
and procedures regarding privacy in their practices.
a. Patient hotline
b. Work around procedures
c. Fees
d. Notices of Privacy Practices -✓✓ANSWER: Notices of Privacy Practices
• A part of the male genital system sitting below the urinary bladder and
surrounding the urethra is called the:
a. testis
b. scrotum
c. prostate
d. epididymis -✓✓ANSWER: c. Prostate
,• What is the Rinne test?
a. Test using music as the focal point
b. test for hearing loss using a vibrating tuning fork placed at the center of the
head
c. test using a 2-syllable word with equal stress on each syllable
d. test measuring hearing using bone conduction and air conduction -
✓✓ANSWER: d. test measuring hearing using bone conduction and air conduction
• What is the difference between entropion and ectropion?
A. Entropion is the inward turning of the eyelid and ectropion is the outward
turning of the eyelid.
B. Entropion is facial droop and ectropion is a facial spasm.
C. Entropion is the outward turning of the hands and ectropion is the inward
turning of the hands.
D. Entropion inward turning of the feet and ectropion is the outward turning of
the feet due to muscle disorder. -✓✓ANSWER: a. entropion is the inward turning
of the eyelid and ectropion is the outward turning of the eyelid.
• An arteriovenous anastomosis is used to increase blood flow in hemodialysis.
Which one of the following describes a direct arteriovenous anastomosis?
A. Insertion of a cannula
B. A section of artery and a neighboring vein are joined
C. A donor's vein is used to connect an artery and a vein
D. Radical hysterectomy not otherwise specified
E. A synthetic vein is used to connect an artery and a vein -✓✓ANSWER: b. a
section of the artery and a neighboring vein are joined
, • Ventral, umbilical, spigelian and incisional are types of:
A. Surgical approaches
B. Hernias
C. Organs found in the digestive system
D. Cardiac catheterizations -✓✓ANSWER: b. hernias
• When a patient is having a tenotomy performed on the abductor hallucis
muscle, where is this muscle located?
A. Foot
B. Upper Arm
C. Upper Leg
D. Hand -✓✓ANSWER: a. foot
• Which statement is TRUE when reporting pregnancy codes (O00-O9A):
A. These codes can be used on the maternal and baby records.
B. These codes have sequencing priority over codes from other chapters.
C. Code Z33.1 should always be reported with these codes.
D. The seventh character assigned to these codes only indicate a complication
during the pregnancy. -✓✓ANSWER: B: These codes have sequencing priority over
codes from other chapters
• Which statement is TRUE about reporting codes for diabetes mellitus?
A. If the type of diabetes mellitus is not documented in the medical record the
default type is E11.- Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | A+
VERIFIED ANSWERS |
• Who is responsible for enforcing the HIPAA security rule -✓✓ANSWER: Office of
Civil Rights (OCR)
• ABN -✓✓ANSWER: Advance Beneficiary Notice
• According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by
what means? -✓✓ANSWER: Periodic audits
• What does the abbreviation MAC stand for? -✓✓ANSWER: Medicare
Administrative Contractor
• How many lobes make up the RIGHT lung? -✓✓ANSWER: the right has 3 lobes
the left has 2 lobes
• Condition in which the endometrial tissue is found outside of the uterus. -
✓✓ANSWER: Endometriosis
• A thin membrane lining the chambers of the heart and valves is called the: -
✓✓ANSWER: endocardium
• PHI -✓✓ANSWER: Protected Health Information
,• What is the TRUE statement in reporting pressure ulcers? -✓✓ANSWER: Two
codes are assigned when a patient is admitted with a pressure ulcer that evolves
to another stage during the admission.
• The acronym MMRV stands for what? -✓✓ANSWER: measles, mumps, rubella,
and varicella
• Which of the following is not part of the small intestine?
a. duodenum
b. ileum
c. jejunum
d. cecum -✓✓ANSWER: d. cecum
• Healthcare providers are responsible for developing ______________ policies
and procedures regarding privacy in their practices.
a. Patient hotline
b. Work around procedures
c. Fees
d. Notices of Privacy Practices -✓✓ANSWER: Notices of Privacy Practices
• A part of the male genital system sitting below the urinary bladder and
surrounding the urethra is called the:
a. testis
b. scrotum
c. prostate
d. epididymis -✓✓ANSWER: c. Prostate
,• What is the Rinne test?
a. Test using music as the focal point
b. test for hearing loss using a vibrating tuning fork placed at the center of the
head
c. test using a 2-syllable word with equal stress on each syllable
d. test measuring hearing using bone conduction and air conduction -
✓✓ANSWER: d. test measuring hearing using bone conduction and air conduction
• What is the difference between entropion and ectropion?
A. Entropion is the inward turning of the eyelid and ectropion is the outward
turning of the eyelid.
B. Entropion is facial droop and ectropion is a facial spasm.
C. Entropion is the outward turning of the hands and ectropion is the inward
turning of the hands.
D. Entropion inward turning of the feet and ectropion is the outward turning of
the feet due to muscle disorder. -✓✓ANSWER: a. entropion is the inward turning
of the eyelid and ectropion is the outward turning of the eyelid.
• An arteriovenous anastomosis is used to increase blood flow in hemodialysis.
Which one of the following describes a direct arteriovenous anastomosis?
A. Insertion of a cannula
B. A section of artery and a neighboring vein are joined
C. A donor's vein is used to connect an artery and a vein
D. Radical hysterectomy not otherwise specified
E. A synthetic vein is used to connect an artery and a vein -✓✓ANSWER: b. a
section of the artery and a neighboring vein are joined
, • Ventral, umbilical, spigelian and incisional are types of:
A. Surgical approaches
B. Hernias
C. Organs found in the digestive system
D. Cardiac catheterizations -✓✓ANSWER: b. hernias
• When a patient is having a tenotomy performed on the abductor hallucis
muscle, where is this muscle located?
A. Foot
B. Upper Arm
C. Upper Leg
D. Hand -✓✓ANSWER: a. foot
• Which statement is TRUE when reporting pregnancy codes (O00-O9A):
A. These codes can be used on the maternal and baby records.
B. These codes have sequencing priority over codes from other chapters.
C. Code Z33.1 should always be reported with these codes.
D. The seventh character assigned to these codes only indicate a complication
during the pregnancy. -✓✓ANSWER: B: These codes have sequencing priority over
codes from other chapters
• Which statement is TRUE about reporting codes for diabetes mellitus?
A. If the type of diabetes mellitus is not documented in the medical record the
default type is E11.- Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
