CCA Mock Exam Timed Q&A 2022/2023

You are conducting an educational session on benchmarking. You tell your audience that the key to benchmarking is to use the comparison to - Answer- improve your department's processes. Your facility would like to improve physician documentation in order to allow improved coding. As coding supervisor, you have found it very effective to provide the physicians with - Answer- feedback on specific instances when improved documentation would improve coding. Which of the following procedures can be identified as "destruction" of lesions? - Answer- laser removal of condylomata The practice of using a code that results in a higher payment to the provider than the code that more accurately reflects the service provided is known as - Answer- upcoding A ________ is a collection of information or data that is organized in such a way that its contents can be queried and relationships created. - Answer- database The use of radioactive sources placed into a tumor-bearing area to generate high-intensity radiation is termed - Answer- brachytherapy. Which of the following procedures would NOT be coded to "resection" when using ICD-10-PCS? - Answer- partial resection of upper left lobe The definition of resection is "cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part." During these procedures, the entire body part is removed, such as a complete cholecystectomy or a complete appendectomy. During her hospitalization for her third delivery, Janet had a sterilization procedure performed. When the record is coded, the code for sterilization, Z30.2, is - Answer- used and sequenced as a secondary diagnosis. See ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines 2018, Section III. Reporting Additional Diagnoses. Some ICD-10-CM codes are exempt from POA reporting because they - Answer- are always present on admission and represent circumstances regarding the health care encounter or factors influencing health status that do not represent a current disease or injury. CMS delegates its daily operations of the Medicare and Medicaid programs to - Answer- Medicare administrative contractor (MAC). Which diagnosi