AHIMA CCS Exam Prep Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
CPT defines a separate procedure as - Correct Answer
✅Procedure considered an integral part of a more major
service
No combination code available - Correct Answer ✅Use
separate codes for hypertension and acute renal failure
Documentation from the nursing staff or other allied health
professionals' notes can be used to provide specificity for
code assignment for which of the following diagnoses? -
Correct Answer ✅Body Mass Index (BMI)
POA Indicator - Y - Correct Answer ✅Y-Yes, present at the
time of inpatient admission
POA Indicator - N - Correct Answer ✅N-No, not present at
the time of inpatient admission
POA Indicator - U - Correct Answer ✅U-Unknown,
documentation is insufficient to determine if condition is
,AHIMA CCS Exam Prep Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
present on admission and you cannot speak to the physician
to figure it out
POA Indicator - W - Correct Answer ✅W-Clinically
undetermined, provider is unable to clinically determine
whether condition was present on admission or not
POA Indicator - E - Correct Answer ✅E-Exempt,
unreported/not used, some facilities will leave these blank,
others will use the letter "E"
Present on Admission Indicator (POA) - Correct Answer ✅A
Present On Admission (POA) indicator is required on all
diagnosis codes for the inpatient setting except for
admission. The indicator should be reported for principal
diagnosis codes, secondary diagnosis codes, Z-codes, and
External cause injury codes.
The use of the outpatient code editor (OCE) is designed to: -
Correct Answer ✅Identify incomplete and incorrect claims
, AHIMA CCS Exam Prep Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2025)
Medicare's identification of medically necessary services is
outlined in: - Correct Answer ✅Local Coverage
Determinations (LCDs)
Medically unlikely edits are used to identify: - Correct
Answer ✅Maximum units of service for a HCPCS code
National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Edits are released
how often? - Correct Answer ✅Quarterly
In 2000, CMS issued the final rule on the outpatient
prospective payment system (OPPS). The final rule: - Correct
Answer ✅Divided outpatient services into fixed payment
groups
Diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) and ambulatory patient
classifications (APCs) are similar in that they are both: -
Correct Answer ✅Prospective payment systems
What are APCs? - Correct Answer ✅APCs or "Ambulatory
Payment Classifications" are the government's method of
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