AAPC CPC Exam Practice Questions and Correct Answers

What type of provider goes through approximately 26 1/2 months of education and is licensed to practice medicine with the oversight of a physician? Physician Assistant (PA) The ____ describes whether specific medical items, services, treatment procedures, or technologies are considered medically necessary under Medicare National Coverage Determinations LCD's only have jurisdiction in their ____ area. Regional ABN stands for Advance Beneficiary Notice HIPPA was made into law in what year? 1996 What will the scope is a compliance program depend on? Size and resources of the physician's practice According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by what means? Periodic audits AAPC has what to determine current year's coder salaries? Salary survey The ASPC offers over 440 local chapters across the country and in the Bahamas for the purpose of Networking An abdominal aortic aneurysm is significant because It is a weakness in a large artery and rupture could be deadly What distinguishes a "sentinel" node from the lymph nodes? A sentinel node is the first lymph node in a group of nodes to be reached by metastasizing cancer cells The mediastinum contains all of the following except Lungs The term "pneumomediastinum" describes what condition? The presence of air in the mediastinum The structure of the male anatomy carrying sperm out of the epididymis is called: Vas deferens