AAPC CPC Chapter 7 Test Review QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2022/2023| GRADED A

Chapter 7 Test Review  Question 1_4 out of 4 points What term best describes a mass of hyperplastic scar tissue? Selected Answer: b. Keloid Correct Answer: b. Keloid Response Feedback: Rationale: A keloid scar is excess growth of connective tissue during the healing process.  Question 2_4 out of 4 points What is commonly known as a boil of the skin? Selected Answer: d. Furuncle Correct Answer: d. Furuncle Response Feedback: Rationale: Carbuncles and furuncles (boils) typically are caused by a staphylococcal infection. Several furuncles together make up a carbuncle and often involve a group of hair follicles.  Question 3 _4 out of 4 points A patient presents to the office with a suspicious lesion of the nose. The physician takes a biopsy of the lesion and pathology determines the lesion to be uncertain. What is the correct diagnosis code to report? Selected Answer: c. D48.5 Correct Answer: c. D48.5 Response Feedback: Rationale: The pathology report indicates the lesion is uncertain, which is classified in the ICD10-CM Table of Neoplasms under Neoplasm/nose, nasal /external (skin) (see also Neoplasm, nose, skin)/Uncertain Behavior (column) referring you to code D48.5.  Question 4_4 out of 4 points A patient is taken to surgery for removal of a squamous cell carcinoma of the right thigh. What is the correct diagnosis code for today’s procedure? Selected Answer: c. C44.722 Correct Answer: c. C44.722 Response Feedback: Rationale: In the ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index look for Carcinoma — see also Neoplasm by site, malignant. Go to the Table of Neoplasms and look for Neoplasm, neoplastic/skin NOS/limb NEC/lower/squamous cell carcinoma/Malignant Primary column refers you to subcategory code C44.72-. In the Tabular List the 6th character 2 indicates the right lower limb (thigh).  Question 5_4 out of 4 points What is used for a placeholder when a code that does not have six characters to keep the 7th character extender in the 7th position? Selected Answer: b. The letter X Correct Answer: b. The letter X Response Feedback: Rationale: If a code that requires a 7th character does not have 6 characters; a placeholder X must be used to fill in th