AAPC - Final Exam!!
According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by what means?
a. Focused audits on problems brought to the attention of the compliance officer.
b. Baseline audits.
c. Periodic audits.
d. Audits on all denied claims. - ✔✔c. Periodic audits.
Urine is transported from the kidneys to the urinary bladder by which structure?
a. Ureter
b. Urethra
c. Kidney pelvis
d. Urinary vein - ✔✔a. Ureter
Which of the following does NOT circulate fluids throughout the body?
a. Venous system
b. Endocrine system
c. Arterial system
d. Lymphatic system - ✔✔b. Endocrine system
What is a function of the alveoli in the lungs?
a. Oxygen exchange
b. Nicotine is destroyed
,c. Fluid in the lungs absorbed
d. Providing an airway to breathe - ✔✔a. Oxygen exchange
Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - ✔✔b. Cells
The meaning of heteropsia (or anisometropia) is:
a. Blindness in half the visual field
b. Double vision
c. Unequal vision in the two eyes
d. Blindness in both eyes - ✔✔c. Unequal vision in the two eyes
What is the meaning of provider in the ICD-10-CM guidelines?
a. Insurance company
b. The hospital
c. The physician
d. The patient - ✔✔c. The physician
What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever?
a. J30.1
,b. J30.89
c. J30.81
d. J45.909 - ✔✔a. J30.1
What is the ICD-10-CM code for eyestrain?
a. H53.10, H53.10
b. H57.8
c. H57.8, H57.8
d. H53.10 - ✔✔d. H53.10
What diagnosis codes should be reported for spastic cerebral palsy due to previous illness of
meningitis?
a. G03.9, G80.1
b. G80.1, G43.909, G03.9
c. G09, G80.1
d. G80.1, G09 - ✔✔d. G80.1, G09
The patient is a 12 month-old with a history of muscle weakness. Unfortunately, his etiology is
unknown and to help delineate the diagnosis, Neurology has consulted us to obtain a right
bicep muscle biopsy. What diagnosis code is reported?
a. R29.898
b. M62.81
c. R53.1
d. G58.9 - ✔✔b. M62.81
, A 50 year-old patient has been diagnosed with elevated blood pressure. The patient does not
have a history of hypertension. What is the correct ICD-10-CM code to report?
a. I15.0
b. I13.0
c. R03.0
d. I10 - ✔✔c. R03.0
A 32 year-old male was seen in the ASC for removal of two lipomas. One was located on his
back and the other was located on the right forearm. Both involved subcutaneous tissue. What
ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
a. D17.1, D17.23
b. D17.21, D17.1
c. D17.30
d. D17.39 - ✔✔b. D17.21, D17.1
What is the time frame defining when pain becomes chronic?
a. After the global period
b. One year
c. The 30th day
d. No time frame - ✔✔d. No time frame
A patient with amyloidosis being treated for glomerulonephritis. What ICD-10-CM codes are
reported?
a. E85.3, N08
According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by what means?
a. Focused audits on problems brought to the attention of the compliance officer.
b. Baseline audits.
c. Periodic audits.
d. Audits on all denied claims. - ✔✔c. Periodic audits.
Urine is transported from the kidneys to the urinary bladder by which structure?
a. Ureter
b. Urethra
c. Kidney pelvis
d. Urinary vein - ✔✔a. Ureter
Which of the following does NOT circulate fluids throughout the body?
a. Venous system
b. Endocrine system
c. Arterial system
d. Lymphatic system - ✔✔b. Endocrine system
What is a function of the alveoli in the lungs?
a. Oxygen exchange
b. Nicotine is destroyed
,c. Fluid in the lungs absorbed
d. Providing an airway to breathe - ✔✔a. Oxygen exchange
Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - ✔✔b. Cells
The meaning of heteropsia (or anisometropia) is:
a. Blindness in half the visual field
b. Double vision
c. Unequal vision in the two eyes
d. Blindness in both eyes - ✔✔c. Unequal vision in the two eyes
What is the meaning of provider in the ICD-10-CM guidelines?
a. Insurance company
b. The hospital
c. The physician
d. The patient - ✔✔c. The physician
What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever?
a. J30.1
,b. J30.89
c. J30.81
d. J45.909 - ✔✔a. J30.1
What is the ICD-10-CM code for eyestrain?
a. H53.10, H53.10
b. H57.8
c. H57.8, H57.8
d. H53.10 - ✔✔d. H53.10
What diagnosis codes should be reported for spastic cerebral palsy due to previous illness of
meningitis?
a. G03.9, G80.1
b. G80.1, G43.909, G03.9
c. G09, G80.1
d. G80.1, G09 - ✔✔d. G80.1, G09
The patient is a 12 month-old with a history of muscle weakness. Unfortunately, his etiology is
unknown and to help delineate the diagnosis, Neurology has consulted us to obtain a right
bicep muscle biopsy. What diagnosis code is reported?
a. R29.898
b. M62.81
c. R53.1
d. G58.9 - ✔✔b. M62.81
, A 50 year-old patient has been diagnosed with elevated blood pressure. The patient does not
have a history of hypertension. What is the correct ICD-10-CM code to report?
a. I15.0
b. I13.0
c. R03.0
d. I10 - ✔✔c. R03.0
A 32 year-old male was seen in the ASC for removal of two lipomas. One was located on his
back and the other was located on the right forearm. Both involved subcutaneous tissue. What
ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported?
a. D17.1, D17.23
b. D17.21, D17.1
c. D17.30
d. D17.39 - ✔✔b. D17.21, D17.1
What is the time frame defining when pain becomes chronic?
a. After the global period
b. One year
c. The 30th day
d. No time frame - ✔✔d. No time frame
A patient with amyloidosis being treated for glomerulonephritis. What ICD-10-CM codes are
reported?
a. E85.3, N08
