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AAPC CIC - Chapter 1 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
AFC - Acute Care Facility - Answer✔✔-A health facility providing continuous professional medical care to
patients who are in an acute phase of illness.
Ambulatory Surgery - Answer✔✔-Surgical procedures performed on a patient who is admitted, treated
and released on the same day.
ASC - Answer✔✔-Ambulatory Surgical Center
ASC Surgical Procedures - Answer✔✔-Surgical procedures performed on an outpatient basis in an ASC.
Clinic - Answer✔✔-An outpatient facility that provides scheduled diagnostic, curative, rehabilitative, and
education services for walk-in (ambulatory) patients.
Consultation - Answer✔✔-Advice or option rendered the request of another qualified provider.
Cost Report (Medicare) - Answer✔✔-An annual report required of facility contractors participating in the
Medicare program. The report details the cost and charges the provider incurred in rendering services to
all patients and the Medicare payments received during a specific reporting period. Cost and reporting
procedures are defined by the Medicare program.
CAH - Critical Access Hospital - Answer✔✔-A hospital certified under a set of Medicare Conditions of
Participation (CoP), which are structured differently than the acute care hospital CoP.
DRG - Diagnosis Related Group - Answer✔✔-A patient classification scheme providing a means of
relating the type of patients hospital treats (ie, it's a case mix) to the cost incurred by the hospital.
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Diagnostic Laboratory Services - Answer✔✔-Laboratory services required in the diagnosis of a disease or
injury, regardless of where the services are rendered. For Medicare purposes, these services are paid
under a separate fee schedule. These services include clinical lab tests performed on automated
multichannel analyzers.
Diagnostic Services - Answer✔✔-An examination or procedure performed on a patient to obtain
information to assess the medical condition of the patient or to identify a disease and/or to determine
the nature and severity of a disease or injury.
Diagnostic X-ray Services - Answer✔✔-X-ray and other related imaging services performed for diagnostic
purposes, including portable X-ray services.
EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) - Answer✔✔-EMTALA requires any
Medicare-participating hospital that operates a hospital emergency department to provide an
appropriate medical screening examination to any patient that requests such an examination.
LTCH - Long-Term Care Hospital - Answer✔✔-These facilities are certified as acute care hospitals, but
LTCHs focus on patients who, on average, stay more than 25 days. LTCHs specialize in treating patients
who may have more than one serious condition, butwho may improve with time and care, and return
home.
Medical Documentation - Answer✔✔-Includes the following types of
patient care records: operative notes; physical, occupational,
and speech-language pathology notes; progress notes; physician
certification and recertification; emergency room records,
and the patient's medical record in its entirety
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AAPC CIC - Chapter 1 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
AFC - Acute Care Facility - Answer✔✔-A health facility providing continuous professional medical care to
patients who are in an acute phase of illness.
Ambulatory Surgery - Answer✔✔-Surgical procedures performed on a patient who is admitted, treated
and released on the same day.
ASC - Answer✔✔-Ambulatory Surgical Center
ASC Surgical Procedures - Answer✔✔-Surgical procedures performed on an outpatient basis in an ASC.
Clinic - Answer✔✔-An outpatient facility that provides scheduled diagnostic, curative, rehabilitative, and
education services for walk-in (ambulatory) patients.
Consultation - Answer✔✔-Advice or option rendered the request of another qualified provider.
Cost Report (Medicare) - Answer✔✔-An annual report required of facility contractors participating in the
Medicare program. The report details the cost and charges the provider incurred in rendering services to
all patients and the Medicare payments received during a specific reporting period. Cost and reporting
procedures are defined by the Medicare program.
CAH - Critical Access Hospital - Answer✔✔-A hospital certified under a set of Medicare Conditions of
Participation (CoP), which are structured differently than the acute care hospital CoP.
DRG - Diagnosis Related Group - Answer✔✔-A patient classification scheme providing a means of
relating the type of patients hospital treats (ie, it's a case mix) to the cost incurred by the hospital.
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Diagnostic Laboratory Services - Answer✔✔-Laboratory services required in the diagnosis of a disease or
injury, regardless of where the services are rendered. For Medicare purposes, these services are paid
under a separate fee schedule. These services include clinical lab tests performed on automated
multichannel analyzers.
Diagnostic Services - Answer✔✔-An examination or procedure performed on a patient to obtain
information to assess the medical condition of the patient or to identify a disease and/or to determine
the nature and severity of a disease or injury.
Diagnostic X-ray Services - Answer✔✔-X-ray and other related imaging services performed for diagnostic
purposes, including portable X-ray services.
EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) - Answer✔✔-EMTALA requires any
Medicare-participating hospital that operates a hospital emergency department to provide an
appropriate medical screening examination to any patient that requests such an examination.
LTCH - Long-Term Care Hospital - Answer✔✔-These facilities are certified as acute care hospitals, but
LTCHs focus on patients who, on average, stay more than 25 days. LTCHs specialize in treating patients
who may have more than one serious condition, butwho may improve with time and care, and return
home.
Medical Documentation - Answer✔✔-Includes the following types of
patient care records: operative notes; physical, occupational,
and speech-language pathology notes; progress notes; physician
certification and recertification; emergency room records,
and the patient's medical record in its entirety
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