1 Exam (elaborations) AAPC CPC Coding Guidelines 2 Exam (elaborations) AAPC Chapter 6 Questions & Answers 3 Exam (elaborations) AAPC - Chapter 3 Practical Application 4 Exam (elaborations) AAPC - CPC Chapter 1: The Business of Medicine - Final 5 Exam

A. $25 or 10 percent B. $100 or 10 percent C. $100 or 25 percent D. An exact amount - answer-*Answer: C. $100 or 25 percent* Rationale: CMS instructions stipulate, "Notifiers must make a good faith effort to insert a reasonable estimate...the estimate should be within $100 or 25 percent of th...

In what year was HITECH enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act? - answer-2009; The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was signed into law on February 17, 2009, to p...

What type of health insurance provides coverage for low-income families? - answer-Medicaid Rationale: Medicaid is a health insurance assistance program for some low-income people (especially children and pregnant women) sponsored by federal and state governments. The minimum necessary rule app...

Medical coding - answer-process of translating a healthcare provider's documentation of a patient encounter into a series of numeric or alphanumeric codes Health information coders, medical record coders, coder/abstractors, coding specialists - answer-coders who specialize in coding inpatient ...

gastr/o - answer-stomach duoden - answer-duodenum (first part of small intestine) -ostomy - answer-surgically create an opening root - answer-the fundamental unit of a word suffix - answer-A word or letter placed after the root. prefix - answer-A word or letter placed before the root....

Abuse - answer-An action that results in unnecessary costs to a federal healthcare program, either directly or indirectly Anti-Kickback - answer-Knowingly & willfully offering or accepting rewards or remuneration for services that are billable to a federal healthcare plan Beneficiary - answer-...

In ICD-10-CM what condition is reported as the default code when the provider documents urosepsis? - answer-The provider must be queried before an ICD-10-CM code can be applied. According to the ICD-10-CM guidelines, how is bilateral glaucoma of the same type and stage reported? - answer-A bilate...

Which of the following is NOT a function of skin? - answer-Acts as a gland by synthesizing vitamin A Which layer is NOT considered part of the skin? - answer-Hypodermis Which of the following is true of the stratum germinativum? - answer-It lies on top of the dermis and has access to a rich su...

The provider documents CKD stage 5 and ESRD. What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported? - answer-N18.6 What does the abbreviation CKD stand for? - answer-Chronic Kidney Disease What would be considered an adverse effect? - answer-Rash developing when taking penicillin. What does the 7th charac...

Which bone(s) have trochanters? - answer-Femur What is endometriosis? - answer-When the endometrial tissue grows outside of the uterus The mediastinum contains all of the following except: - answer-Lungs Through which vessel is oxygenated blood returned to the heart from the lungs? - answer...

Under HIPAA, what would be a policy requirement for minimum necessary? - answer-Only individuals whose job requires it may have access to protected health information Which Act was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 and affected privacy and security? - an...

Using the ICD-10-CM codebook locate the diagnosis codes for the following condition: Fever - answer-R50.9 Using the ICD-10-CM codebook, locate the diagnosis codes for the following condition: Chronic non-intractable common migraine headache with status migrainosus - answer-G43.701 Using ...

Select the TRUE statement regarding modifier 51 in the CPT code book. - answer-Codes exempt from modifier 51 are identified with universal forbidden symbol. (circle with slash through it) The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) file contains a Correct Coding Modifier (CCM) indicator. What ...

Finding main dx term--try reading dx right to left - answer-EX: COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) can be found under "disease" as well as "obstruction" Ex2: URI (upper respiratory infection) can be found under "infection" Always code to the highest degree of specific...