Certified Medical Coding and Billing
Specialist Exam Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026)
UB04 form is used for -
correct answer ✅Hospice, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Home
Health Care
patient confidentiality -
correct answer ✅treating patient's medical information as private
and not for publication
signing an Acknowledgement of Notice of Privacy Practice is
accepting what -
correct answer ✅HIPAA
form to authorize sharing of medical information -
correct answer ✅medical release form
standard form used for medical billing -
correct answer ✅CMS-1500
must appear on CMS 1500 form prior to submission -
correct answer ✅birth date in 8 digit format, all caps
, Certified Medical Coding and Billing
Specialist Exam Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026)
encounter form -
correct answer ✅financial record source document to record
treated diagnosis and services rendered to the patient during the
current encounter. also called the superbill
where non allowed charges are recorded -
correct answer ✅adjustment column
10 digit numeric identifier required in box 33A of CMS 1500 -
correct answer ✅National Provider Identifier (NPI)
CLIA - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act -
correct answer ✅quality standards for lab tests
most common reason for claim rejection -
correct answer ✅incorrect or incomplete information
PICA pitch 10 -
correct answer ✅written CMS 1500 form
Specialist Exam Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026)
UB04 form is used for -
correct answer ✅Hospice, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Home
Health Care
patient confidentiality -
correct answer ✅treating patient's medical information as private
and not for publication
signing an Acknowledgement of Notice of Privacy Practice is
accepting what -
correct answer ✅HIPAA
form to authorize sharing of medical information -
correct answer ✅medical release form
standard form used for medical billing -
correct answer ✅CMS-1500
must appear on CMS 1500 form prior to submission -
correct answer ✅birth date in 8 digit format, all caps
, Certified Medical Coding and Billing
Specialist Exam Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026)
encounter form -
correct answer ✅financial record source document to record
treated diagnosis and services rendered to the patient during the
current encounter. also called the superbill
where non allowed charges are recorded -
correct answer ✅adjustment column
10 digit numeric identifier required in box 33A of CMS 1500 -
correct answer ✅National Provider Identifier (NPI)
CLIA - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act -
correct answer ✅quality standards for lab tests
most common reason for claim rejection -
correct answer ✅incorrect or incomplete information
PICA pitch 10 -
correct answer ✅written CMS 1500 form
