AAPC CPC FINAL EXAM 2024 EXAM LATEST VERSION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(GRADED A+)LATEST
UPDATE
Local Coverage Determinations are administered by whom?
a. State Law
b. NCDs
c. Each regional MAC
d. LMRPs - (correct answer) c. Each regional MAC
ABN stands for _____.
a. Advanced Benefits Notification
b. Advisory Beneficial Notice
c. Admitting Beneficiary Notice
d. Advance Beneficiary Notice - (correct answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) a. Oxygen exchange
Cytopathology is the study of:
a. Tissue
b. Cells
c. Blood
d. Organs - (correct answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) 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 answer) b. E85.4, N08
A 45 year-old-male patient has developed an ulcer on his upper back. He has had diabetes for several
years and is on insulin. The provider determines that the ulcer is due to his diabetes. What ICD-10-CM
codes are reported?
a. E11.622, Z79.4
b. E11.9, L98.429, Z79.4
c. E11.622, L98.429, Z79.4
d. E11.622, L98.429 - (correct answer) c. E11.622, L98.429, Z79.4
In which circumstances would an external cause code be reported?
a. Delivery of a newborn.
b. Causes of injury or health condition.
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