AAPC - CPC Final Exam Questions with
Revised Rationalized Answers, (A+
Guarantee)
Local Coverage Determinations are administered by whom?
a. State Law
b. NCDs
c. Each regional MAC
d. LMRPs - CORRECT ANSWERS c. Each regional MAC
ABN stands for _____.
a. Advanced Benefits Notification
b. Advisory Beneficial Notice
c. Admitting Beneficiary Notice
d. Advance Beneficiary Notice - CORRECT ANSWERS d. Advance Beneficiary Notice
What type of health insurance provides coverage for low-income families?
a. Commercial HMO
b. Medicaid
c. Medicare
d. Commercial PPO - CORRECT ANSWERS b. Medicaid
Which type of information is NOT maintained in a medical record?
a. Treatment outcomes
b. Financial records
c. Medical or surgical interventions
d. Observations - CORRECT ANSWERS b. Financial records
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. - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS a. Oxygen exchange
Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS d. No time frame
A patient with amyloidosis being treated for glomerulonephritis. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
a. E85.3, N08
b. E85.4, N08
c. N08, E85.3
d. N08, E85.4 - CORRECT ANSWERS b. E85.4, N08
Revised Rationalized Answers, (A+
Guarantee)
Local Coverage Determinations are administered by whom?
a. State Law
b. NCDs
c. Each regional MAC
d. LMRPs - CORRECT ANSWERS c. Each regional MAC
ABN stands for _____.
a. Advanced Benefits Notification
b. Advisory Beneficial Notice
c. Admitting Beneficiary Notice
d. Advance Beneficiary Notice - CORRECT ANSWERS d. Advance Beneficiary Notice
What type of health insurance provides coverage for low-income families?
a. Commercial HMO
b. Medicaid
c. Medicare
d. Commercial PPO - CORRECT ANSWERS b. Medicaid
Which type of information is NOT maintained in a medical record?
a. Treatment outcomes
b. Financial records
c. Medical or surgical interventions
d. Observations - CORRECT ANSWERS b. Financial records
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. - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS a. Oxygen exchange
Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS 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 - CORRECT ANSWERS d. No time frame
A patient with amyloidosis being treated for glomerulonephritis. What ICD-10-CM codes are reported?
a. E85.3, N08
b. E85.4, N08
c. N08, E85.3
d. N08, E85.4 - CORRECT ANSWERS b. E85.4, N08
