AAPC CHAPTER 14 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: What information is needed to file a Worker's Compensation claim? I. Patient name,
address, and phone number II. Patient Social Security number III. Employer's name, address, and
phone number IV. Patient's employment position V. Injury details VI. Workers' Compensation carrier
address and phone number VII. Workers' Compensation claim number VIII. Patient's insurance
carrier and subscriber ID
A. I, II, III, V, VI, VII
B. I, III, IV, V, VI, VII
C. I, II, III, V
D. I, III, V, VI.
Answer:
1. a. I
2. II
3. III
4. V
5. VI
6. VII
Question 2: Why must a provider keep a separate chart for documentation of the work-related injury
for workers' compensation cases?
A. To prevent documentation of the patient's non work-related issues from being disclosed to the workers'
compensation insurance
B. To prevent duplicate payment for similar services
C. To protect the patient's commercial insurance from knowing what injuries were sustained in a work-related
incident
D. To protect the patient's privacy.
Answer: a. To prevent documentation of the patient's non work-related issues from being disclosed to the
workers' compensation insurance
Question 3: OSHA is an agency of _______________?
A. Department of Veterans Affairs
B. Department of Health and Human Services
C. Department of Labor
D. Department of Inspector General.
Answer: c. Department of Labor
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, Question 4: What is essential to ensure the non-work related issues are not sent to workers'
compensation?
A. Maintain separate charts
B. Have a provider that only sees workers' compensation patients
C. Have release of information form signed
D. None of the above.
Answer: a. Maintain separate charts
Question 5: Which of the following allows employers in some states to choose coverage options (state,
commercial, or self) to comply with the workers' compensation coverage requirements?
A. Combination Programs
B. Federal Employees' Compensation Program
C. State Insurance Fund
D. There is no type of coverage that allows this.
Answer: a. Combination Programs
Question 6: Which scenario would apply for a Workers' Compensation case?
A. A file clerk is hit by a filing cabinet at work when it fell over.
B. An employee is injured in an auto accident on the way to work.
C. An employee develops food poisoning from the lunch he brought from home.
D. An independent contractor is injured when he falls off a ladder in the office building.
Answer: a. A file clerk is hit by a filing cabinet at work when it fell over.
Question 7: Which federal program provides coverage to three million federal and postal workers
around the world for employment-related injuries and occupational diseases?
A. Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
B. Federal Black Lung Program
C. Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program
D. Federal Employees' Compensation Program.
Answer: d. Federal Employees' Compensation Program
Question 8: Who is NOT entitled to Workers' Compensation Benefits?
A. Full-time employee
B. Independent contractor with the company
C. The President of a company
D. Part-time employee.
Answer: b. Independent contractor with the company
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Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: What information is needed to file a Worker's Compensation claim? I. Patient name,
address, and phone number II. Patient Social Security number III. Employer's name, address, and
phone number IV. Patient's employment position V. Injury details VI. Workers' Compensation carrier
address and phone number VII. Workers' Compensation claim number VIII. Patient's insurance
carrier and subscriber ID
A. I, II, III, V, VI, VII
B. I, III, IV, V, VI, VII
C. I, II, III, V
D. I, III, V, VI.
Answer:
1. a. I
2. II
3. III
4. V
5. VI
6. VII
Question 2: Why must a provider keep a separate chart for documentation of the work-related injury
for workers' compensation cases?
A. To prevent documentation of the patient's non work-related issues from being disclosed to the workers'
compensation insurance
B. To prevent duplicate payment for similar services
C. To protect the patient's commercial insurance from knowing what injuries were sustained in a work-related
incident
D. To protect the patient's privacy.
Answer: a. To prevent documentation of the patient's non work-related issues from being disclosed to the
workers' compensation insurance
Question 3: OSHA is an agency of _______________?
A. Department of Veterans Affairs
B. Department of Health and Human Services
C. Department of Labor
D. Department of Inspector General.
Answer: c. Department of Labor
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, Question 4: What is essential to ensure the non-work related issues are not sent to workers'
compensation?
A. Maintain separate charts
B. Have a provider that only sees workers' compensation patients
C. Have release of information form signed
D. None of the above.
Answer: a. Maintain separate charts
Question 5: Which of the following allows employers in some states to choose coverage options (state,
commercial, or self) to comply with the workers' compensation coverage requirements?
A. Combination Programs
B. Federal Employees' Compensation Program
C. State Insurance Fund
D. There is no type of coverage that allows this.
Answer: a. Combination Programs
Question 6: Which scenario would apply for a Workers' Compensation case?
A. A file clerk is hit by a filing cabinet at work when it fell over.
B. An employee is injured in an auto accident on the way to work.
C. An employee develops food poisoning from the lunch he brought from home.
D. An independent contractor is injured when he falls off a ladder in the office building.
Answer: a. A file clerk is hit by a filing cabinet at work when it fell over.
Question 7: Which federal program provides coverage to three million federal and postal workers
around the world for employment-related injuries and occupational diseases?
A. Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
B. Federal Black Lung Program
C. Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program
D. Federal Employees' Compensation Program.
Answer: d. Federal Employees' Compensation Program
Question 8: Who is NOT entitled to Workers' Compensation Benefits?
A. Full-time employee
B. Independent contractor with the company
C. The President of a company
D. Part-time employee.
Answer: b. Independent contractor with the company
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