AAPC CPC Final Exam Study Guide Questions

AAPC CPC Final Exam Study Guide Questions with Correct Answers The minimum necessary rule is based on sound current practice that protected health information should NOT be used or disclosed when it is not necessary to satisfy a particular purpose or carry out a function. What does this mean?

• Staff members are allowed to access any medical record without restriction
• Providers should develop safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to protected health information.
• Practices should only provide minimum necessary information to patients.
• All of the above. - Correct Answer b. Providers should develop safeguards to prevent unauthorized

access to protected health information.

EHR stands for:

• Electronic health record
• Extended health record
• Electronic health response
• Established health record - Correct Answer a. Electronic health record

The AAPC offers over 500 local chapters across the country for the purpose of

• Continuing education and networking
• Membership dues
• Regulations and bylaws
• Financial management - Correct Answer a. Continuing education and networking

What does the abbreviation MAC stand for?

• Medicaid Alert Contractor
• Medicare Advisory Contractor 1 / 4

• Medicare Administrative Contractor
• Medicaid Administrative Contractor - Correct Answer c. Medicare Administrative Contractor

The OIG recommends that provider practices enforce disciplinary actions through well publicized compliance guidelines to ensure actions that are ______.

• Permanent
• Consistent and appropriate
• Frequent
• Swift and enforceable - Correct Answer b. Consistent and appropriate

Through which vessel is oxygenated blood returned to the heart from the lungs?

• Pulmonary vein
• Bronchial vein
• Pulmonary artery
• Bronchial artery - Correct Answer a. Pulmonary vein

Muscle is attached to bone by what method?

• Tendons, ligaments, and directly to bone
• Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
• Ligaments, aponeurosis, and directly to bone
• Tendons and cartilage - Correct Answer b. Tendons, aponeurosis, and directly to bone

Lacrimal glands are responsible for which of the following?

• Production of tears
• Production of vitreous 2 / 4

• Production of mydriatic agents
• Production of zonules - Correct Answer a. Production of tears

Melasma is defined as:

• Lines where the skin has been stretched
• A discharge of mucus and blood
• A dark vertical line appearing on the abdomen
• Brownish pigmentation appearing on the face - Correct Answer d. Brownish pigmentation appearing

on the face

A gonioscopy is an examination of what part of the eye:

• Anterior chamber of the eye
• Lacrimal duct
• Interior surface of the eye
• Posterior segment - Correct Answer a. Anterior chamber of the eye

What type of code is assigned when the provider documents the reason for a patient seeking healthcare services that is not for an injury or disease?

• Non-specific code
• External cause code (V00-Y99)
• Z code (Z00-Z99)
• ICD-10-PCS - Correct Answer c. Z code (Z00-Z99)

What is the ICD-10-CM code for hay fever? - Correct Answer J30.1 What is the ICD-10-CM code for swine flu? 3 / 4

• J10.1
• A08.4
• J11.1
• J09.X2 - Correct Answer d. J09.X2

What ICD-10-CM code(s) is/are reported for enlargement of the prostate with a symptom of urinary retention?

• N40.1
• N40.3, R33.8
• N40.0
• N40.1, R33.8 - Correct Answer d. N40.1, R33.8

What diagnosis code(s) is/are reported for behavioral disturbances in a patient with early onset Alzheimer's?

• G30.8, F02.81
• F02.81
• F02.81, G30.0
• G30.0, F02.81 - Correct Answer d. G30.0, F02.81

What is the ICD-10-CM code for a patient with postoperative anemia due to acute blood loss during the surgery who needs a blood transfusion?

• D64.9
• D53.0
• D50.0
• D62 - Correct Answer d. D62
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