AMCA CERTIFICATION EXAMINERS 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Medicare Pays - ✔✔Covered services (80%)
✔✔CPT Part 1 - ✔✔Main text
✔✔CPT Part 2 - ✔✔Section of codes
✔✔CPT Part 3 - ✔✔Appendices and an index
✔✔CPT Category I Codes - ✔✔Have 5 digits; each code has a descriptor
✔✔Descriptor - ✔✔A brief explanation of the procedure
✔✔CPT Category II Codes - ✔✔Used to track performance measures for a goal such
as weight loss
✔✔CPT Category III Codes - ✔✔Temporary codes for emerging technology, services,
and procedures
✔✔CPT Chapter 1 - ✔✔Evaluation and Management; 99201-99499
✔✔CPT Chapter 2 - ✔✔Anesthesia; 00100-01999
✔✔CPT Chapter 3 - ✔✔Surgery; 10021-69990
✔✔CPT Chapter 4 - ✔✔Radiology; 70010-79999
✔✔CPT Chapter 5 - ✔✔Pathology and Laboratory; 80047-89398
, ✔✔CPT Chapter 6 - ✔✔Medicine; 90281-99607
✔✔· (Solid Circle) - ✔✔A bullet indicates a new procedure code
✔✔>< (2 triangles facing each other) - ✔✔Facing triangles enclose new or revised text
other than a codes descriptor
✔✔^ (Triangle) - ✔✔Indicates that the codes descriptor has changed
✔✔+ (Plus Sign) - ✔✔Indicates an add-on code
✔✔© (a bullet with a circle - ✔✔Indicates that moderate dream is part of the procedure
✔✔~ (a lightning bolt) - ✔✔Used when vaccine chord that have been submitted to the
FDA for approval and are awaiting approval
✔✔History of Present Illness - ✔✔Description of its development from the first sign or
symptom that the patient experienced to the present time
✔✔Past Medical History - ✔✔Explains the patients experiences with illness, injuries,
treatments, hospitalizations, operations, medications, allergies, immunization status,
and diet
✔✔Family History - ✔✔Reviews the medical history of the patients family
✔✔Social History - ✔✔Patients age, marital status, employment
✔✔Health Information Exchange (HIE) - ✔✔Allows providers to share information
through organized networks
✔✔Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) - ✔✔A
private sector organization that certifies electronic health record products
✔✔Simple Fracture - ✔✔Bone does not rupture the skin
✔✔Compound Fracture - ✔✔
✔✔4 Elements of a History - ✔✔Chief complaint, history levels, examination levels,
medical decision making complexity levels
✔✔Straightforward - ✔✔Minimal diagnosis, minimal risk, minimum complexity of data
✔✔Low - ✔✔Limited diagnosis, limited/low risk to patient, limited data
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Medicare Pays - ✔✔Covered services (80%)
✔✔CPT Part 1 - ✔✔Main text
✔✔CPT Part 2 - ✔✔Section of codes
✔✔CPT Part 3 - ✔✔Appendices and an index
✔✔CPT Category I Codes - ✔✔Have 5 digits; each code has a descriptor
✔✔Descriptor - ✔✔A brief explanation of the procedure
✔✔CPT Category II Codes - ✔✔Used to track performance measures for a goal such
as weight loss
✔✔CPT Category III Codes - ✔✔Temporary codes for emerging technology, services,
and procedures
✔✔CPT Chapter 1 - ✔✔Evaluation and Management; 99201-99499
✔✔CPT Chapter 2 - ✔✔Anesthesia; 00100-01999
✔✔CPT Chapter 3 - ✔✔Surgery; 10021-69990
✔✔CPT Chapter 4 - ✔✔Radiology; 70010-79999
✔✔CPT Chapter 5 - ✔✔Pathology and Laboratory; 80047-89398
, ✔✔CPT Chapter 6 - ✔✔Medicine; 90281-99607
✔✔· (Solid Circle) - ✔✔A bullet indicates a new procedure code
✔✔>< (2 triangles facing each other) - ✔✔Facing triangles enclose new or revised text
other than a codes descriptor
✔✔^ (Triangle) - ✔✔Indicates that the codes descriptor has changed
✔✔+ (Plus Sign) - ✔✔Indicates an add-on code
✔✔© (a bullet with a circle - ✔✔Indicates that moderate dream is part of the procedure
✔✔~ (a lightning bolt) - ✔✔Used when vaccine chord that have been submitted to the
FDA for approval and are awaiting approval
✔✔History of Present Illness - ✔✔Description of its development from the first sign or
symptom that the patient experienced to the present time
✔✔Past Medical History - ✔✔Explains the patients experiences with illness, injuries,
treatments, hospitalizations, operations, medications, allergies, immunization status,
and diet
✔✔Family History - ✔✔Reviews the medical history of the patients family
✔✔Social History - ✔✔Patients age, marital status, employment
✔✔Health Information Exchange (HIE) - ✔✔Allows providers to share information
through organized networks
✔✔Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) - ✔✔A
private sector organization that certifies electronic health record products
✔✔Simple Fracture - ✔✔Bone does not rupture the skin
✔✔Compound Fracture - ✔✔
✔✔4 Elements of a History - ✔✔Chief complaint, history levels, examination levels,
medical decision making complexity levels
✔✔Straightforward - ✔✔Minimal diagnosis, minimal risk, minimum complexity of data
✔✔Low - ✔✔Limited diagnosis, limited/low risk to patient, limited data
