Aapc cpc 2017 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AAPC Medical Coding (CPC) Final Exam 2017 (Test #1) (The correct answer has been verified, selected and highlighted in yellow for all of the questions below.) 1 What form is used to submit a provider’s charge to the insurance carrier? a. ABN b. UB-04 c. CMS-1500 d. Provider reimbursement form 2 AAPC credentialed coders have proven mastery of what information? a. Code sets b. Evaluation and management principles c. Documentation guidelines d. All of the above 3 When coding an operat...

 Question 1_4 out of 4 points What hernia repair codes can be reported with add-on code 49568? Selected Answer: a. Correct Answer: a. Response Feedback: Rationale: Look in your CPT® codebook for 49568. The parenthetical note under add-on code 49568 states to Use 49568 in conjunction with , .  Question 2_4 out of 4 points Services provided in the home by an agency are considered Selected Answer: c. Facility services Correct Answer: c. Facility services Response Feedback:...

Question 1_4 out of 4 points What term best describes a mass of hyperplastic scar tissue? Selected Answer: b. Keloid Correct Answer: b. Keloid Response Feedback: Rationale: A keloid scar is excess growth of connective tissue during the healing process.  Question 2_4 out of 4 points What is commonly known as a boil of the skin? Selected Answer: d. Furuncle Correct Answer: d. Furuncle Response Feedback: Rationale: Carbuncles and furuncles (boils) typically are caused by a stap...

Question 1_4 out of 4 points What term best describes a mass of hyperplastic scar tissue? Selected Answer: b. Keloid Correct Answer: b. Keloid Response Feedback: Rationale: A keloid scar is excess growth of connective tissue during the healing process.  Question 2_4 out of 4 points What is commonly known as a boil of the skin? Selected Answer: d. Furuncle Correct Answer: d. Furuncle Response Feedback: Rationale: Carbuncles and furuncles (boils) typically are caused by a stap...

Question 1_4 out of 4 points A patient with cardiac arrhythmia has a pacemaker system with electrodes in the atrium and ventricle. The patient visits his cardiologist for evaluation of the battery, leads, capture and sensing function, heart rhythm and programmed parameters of the system. What CPT® code is reported? Selected Answer: d. 93288 Correct Answer: d. 93288 Response Feedback: Rationale: In the CPT® Index look for Pacemaker, Heart/Evaluation and Programming/In Person and you ...

 Question 1_4 out of 4 points A patient is seen by Dr. B who is covering on call services for Dr. A. The patient is an established patient with Dr. A. but she has not been seen by Dr. B. before. Which E/M subcategory is appropriate to report the services provided by Dr. B? Selected Answer: a. Established patient office visit Correct Answer: a. Established patient office visit Response Feedback: Rationale: According to the E/M Guideline for New and Established Patient, when a provide...

 Question 1_4 out of 4 points An axillary view might be included in an X-ray of what part of the skeleton? Selected Answer: c. Shoulder Correct Answer: c. Shoulder Response Feedback: Rationale: The axillary view is an X-ray view taken of the shoulder.  Question 2_4 out of 4 points Which anatomic position has the patient lying at an angle instead of lying flat or directly on their side? Selected Answer: b. Oblique Correct Answer: b. Oblique Response Feedback: Rationale: The o...

 Question 1_4 out of 4 points The patient presents with a recurrent infection of the Bartholin’s gland which has previously been treated with antibiotics and I&D. At this visit her gynecologist incises the cyst, draining the material from it and tacks the edges of the cyst open creating an open pouch to prevent recurrence. How is this procedure coded? Selected Answer: d. 56440 Correct Answer: d. 56440 Response Feedback: Rationale: Marsupialization is a procedure where a scalpel is...

Question 1_4 out of 4 points An axillary view might be included in an X-ray of what part of the skeleton? Selected Answer: c. Shoulder Correct Answer: c. Shoulder Response Feedback: Rationale: The axillary view is an X-ray view taken of the shoulder.  Question 2_4 out of 4 points Which anatomic position has the patient lying at an angle instead of lying flat or directly on their side? Selected Answer: b. Oblique Correct Answer: b. Oblique Response Feedback: Rationale: The obliq...