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CCA Practice Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed A patient presents to your facility with burns to the right forearm. What is the proper way to assign a code for this condition, when the patient has varying degrees of burns on the forearm? A. Code for each of the degrees separately, but on the same note. B. Code for each of the degrees separately C. Code only the highest degree D. Code for only the lowest degree C. Code for only the highest degree A patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a progress note with the code N18.1. Because CKD is coded according to severity, what can be interpreted about this patient's code? A. The patient has Stage III CKD B. The patient has Stage IV CKD C. The patient has Stage II CKD D. The patient has Stage I CKD D. The patient has Stage I CKD You consult a reference material to gain clarification on special alphanumeric codes. What do you learn about these codes? A. Z-codes are used for patient encounters that are related to health status as opposed to disease or injury. B. Z-codes are used for patient encounters that are related to poisoning, injury, or other adverse reactions. c. Z-codes are used for patient encounters that are related to the pathology of a patient's laboratory results. d. Z-codes are used for patient encounters that are related to disease and injury, as opposed to health status A. Z-codes are used for patient encounters that are related to health status as opposed to disease or injury. A hospital needs to request reimbursement for the procedures and/or services a patient received. What claim form will be used? A. UB-04 form B. CMS form C. NCCI form D. Remittance form A. UB-04 form When it comes to using LCDs/NCDs, the coder needs to ensure that the LCDs/NCDs ________ A. do not list HCPCS codes that spell out the services being described in the documentation B. contain LMRPs that have benefit categories for the medical procedures being performed C. are based on individual MACs who perform medical services of an inpatient and/or outpatient nature D. specify the clinical circumstances for which the service is reasonable and necessary D. specify the clinical circumstances for which the service is reasonable and necessary A claim is to be submitted for a Medicare patient who received services form a provider that does not accept assignment. The non-PAR approved payment method amount is 230.00. What is the Medicare approved payment amount for this service, once the limiting charge is applied? A. $230.00 B. $320.00 C. $264.50 D. $34.50 C. $264.50 As a medical coder, when would you need to communicate with finan