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AHIMA CCA EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
1.
Data security policies and procedures should be reviewed at
least:
a. Semi-annually
b. Annually
c. Every two years
d. Quarterly - CORRECT ANSWER-Correct Answer: B
Rationale; All data security policies and procedures should be
reviewed and evaluated at least every year to make sure they are
up-to-date and still relevant to the organization (Johns 2011,
995).
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2.
Identify the correct ICD-9-CM diagnosis code(s) for a patient
with near-syncope event and nausea.
a. 780.2
b. 780.2, 787.02
c. 780.2, 787.01
d. 780.4, 787.02 - CORRECT ANSWER-Correct Answer: B
Rationale; Near-syncope and nausea are both signs and
symptoms and therefore not integral to the other. Both
conditions should be coded (Hazelwood and Venable 2012, 71).
3.
The codes in the musculoskeletal section of CPT may be used
by:
a. Orthopedic surgeons only
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b. Orthopedic surgeons and emergency department physicians
c. Any physician
d. Orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons - CORRECT
ANSWER-Correct Answer: C
Rationale; Any physician may use the codes in any section of
CPT (AHIMA 2012a, 587).
4.
In an EHR, what is the risk of copying and pasting?
a. Reduction in the time required to document
b. The system not recording who entered the data
c. Quicker overall system response time
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d. System thinking that the original documenter recorded the
note - CORRECT ANSWER-Correct Answer: B
Rationale; The system not recording who entered the data
(Johns 2011, 433).
5.
Mr. Smith is seen in his primary care physician's office for his
annual physical examination. He has a digital rectal examination
and is given three small cards to take home and return with fecal
samples to screen for colorectal cancer. Assign the appropriate
CPT code to report this occult blood sampling.
a. 82270
b. 82271
c. 82272
d. 82274 - CORRECT ANSWER-Correct Answer: A
AHIMA CCA EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
1.
Data security policies and procedures should be reviewed at
least:
a. Semi-annually
b. Annually
c. Every two years
d. Quarterly - CORRECT ANSWER-Correct Answer: B
Rationale; All data security policies and procedures should be
reviewed and evaluated at least every year to make sure they are
up-to-date and still relevant to the organization (Johns 2011,
995).
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2.
Identify the correct ICD-9-CM diagnosis code(s) for a patient
with near-syncope event and nausea.
a. 780.2
b. 780.2, 787.02
c. 780.2, 787.01
d. 780.4, 787.02 - CORRECT ANSWER-Correct Answer: B
Rationale; Near-syncope and nausea are both signs and
symptoms and therefore not integral to the other. Both
conditions should be coded (Hazelwood and Venable 2012, 71).
3.
The codes in the musculoskeletal section of CPT may be used
by:
a. Orthopedic surgeons only
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b. Orthopedic surgeons and emergency department physicians
c. Any physician
d. Orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons - CORRECT
ANSWER-Correct Answer: C
Rationale; Any physician may use the codes in any section of
CPT (AHIMA 2012a, 587).
4.
In an EHR, what is the risk of copying and pasting?
a. Reduction in the time required to document
b. The system not recording who entered the data
c. Quicker overall system response time
, 4|Page
d. System thinking that the original documenter recorded the
note - CORRECT ANSWER-Correct Answer: B
Rationale; The system not recording who entered the data
(Johns 2011, 433).
5.
Mr. Smith is seen in his primary care physician's office for his
annual physical examination. He has a digital rectal examination
and is given three small cards to take home and return with fecal
samples to screen for colorectal cancer. Assign the appropriate
CPT code to report this occult blood sampling.
a. 82270
b. 82271
c. 82272
d. 82274 - CORRECT ANSWER-Correct Answer: A
