AAPC CPC Practice Exam F
What is the patient's right when it involves making changes in the personal medical record?
A. Patient must work through an attorney to revise any portion of the personal medical information.
B. They should be able to obtain copies of the medical record and request c...
AAPC CPC Practice Exam F What is the patient's right when it involves making changes in the personal medical record? A. Patient must work through an attorney to revise any portion of the personal medical information. B. They should be able to obtain copies of the medical record a nd request corrections of errors and mistakes. C. It is a violation of federal health care law to revise a patient medical record. D. Revision of the patient medical record depends solely on the facility's compliance program policy. - B. They should be abl e to obtain copies of the medical record and request corrections of errors and mistakes. Under HIPAA regulations, patients have the right to receive a copy of their medical record and request that errors are corrected. https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for -indivi duals/medical -records/index.html Which modifier is appended to a CPT®, for which the provider had a patient sign an Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) form because there is a possibility the service may be denied because the patient's diagnosis might not me et medical necessity for the covered service? A. GJ B. GA C. GB D. GY - B. GA An Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) is a waiver of liability. When a patient has been informed a service that is otherwise covered by Medicare but might not be covered in a par ticular instance an ABN is signed by the patient prior to receiving the service. To inform Medicare the ABN has been signed, append modifier GA. If an ABN is signed, the claim is the patient's responsibility if the claim is denied. This modifier is listed in the HCPCS Level II codebook. Which statement regarding an ICD -10-CM coding conventions is TRUE? A. If the same condition is described as both acute and chronic and separate subentries exist in the Alphabetic Index at the same indentation level, code o nly the acute condition. B. Sequela (Late effect) codes are reported for a current acute phase of the injury or illness C. An ICD -10-CM code is still valid even if it has not been coded to the full number of characters required for that code. D. Signs and symptoms that are integral to the disease process should not be assigned as additional codes, unless otherwise instructe d. - D. Signs and symptoms that are integral to the disease process should not be assigned as additional codes, unless otherwise instructed. Multiple choice D is the correct answer, according to the ICD -10-CM Official Coding Guidelines, I.B.5. indicates n ot to report signs and symptoms that are integral to a definitive
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