AAPC CPC

Chapter 7 Test Review  Question 1_4 out of 4 points What term best describes a mass of hyperplastic scar tissue? Selected Answer: b. Keloid Correct Answer: b. Keloid Response Feedback: Rationale: A keloid scar is excess growth of connective tissue during the healing process.  Question 2_4 out of 4 points What is commonly known as a boil of the skin? Selected Answer: d. Furuncle Correct Answer: d. Furuncle Response Feedback: Rationale: Carbuncles and furuncles (boils) typ...

Chapter 6 Test Review  Question 1_4 out of 4 points What hernia repair codes can be reported with add-on code 49568? Selected Answer: a. Correct Answer: a. Response Feedback: Rationale: Look in your CPT® codebook for 49568. The parenthetical note under add-on code 49568 states to Use 49568 in conjunction with , .  Question 2_4 out of 4 points Services provided in the home by an agency are considered Selected Answer: c. Facility services Correct Answer: c. Facility servic...

Chapter 7 Test Review  Question 1_4 out of 4 points What term best describes a mass of hyperplastic scar tissue? Selected Answer: b. Keloid Correct Answer: b. Keloid Response Feedback: Rationale: A keloid scar is excess growth of connective tissue during the healing process.  Question 2_4 out of 4 points What is commonly known as a boil of the skin? Selected Answer: d. Furuncle Correct Answer: d. Furuncle Response Feedback: Rationale: Carbuncles and furuncles (boils) typ...

Question 7_1 out of 1 points Which of the following is true about the function of the cochlea Selected Answer: d. It transmits sound only. Correct Answer: d. It transmits sound only. Response Feedback: Rationale: As the stapes footplate moves the oval window, and creates waves in the perilymph of the scala vestibuli of the cochlea, the round window membrane moves, which causes movement of the endolymph inside the cochlear duct. This causes the basilar membrane to vibrate, which in turn ...

(The correct answer has been verified, selected and highlighted in yellow for all of the questions below.) 1 What form is used to submit a provider’s charge to the insurance carrier? a. ABN b. UB-04 c. CMS-1500 d. Provider reimbursement form 2 AAPC credentialed coders have proven mastery of what information? a. Code sets b. Evaluation and management principles c. Documentation guidelines d. All of the above 3 When coding an operative report, what action would NOT be recommended? a....

Chapter 13 Test Review  Question 1_4 out of 4 points The patient presents with a recurrent infection of the Bartholin’s gland which has previously been treated with antibiotics and I&D. At this visit her gynecologist incises the cyst, draining the material from it and tacks the edges of the cyst open creating an open pouch to prevent recurrence. How is this procedure coded? Selected Answer: d. 56440 Correct Answer: d. 56440 Response Feedback: Rationale: Marsupialization is a proc...

AAPC CPC CHAPTER 4 (ICD-10-CM CODING CHAPTERS 1-11)

Master Test Review Chapter 1 Test Review  Question 1_4 out of 4 points What is the value of a remittance advice? Selected Answer: c. It states what will be paid and why any changes to charges were made. Correct Answer: c. It states what will be paid and why any changes to charges were made. Response Feedback: Rationale: The determination of the payer is sent to the provider in the form of a remittance advice. The remittance advice explains the outcome of the insurance adjudication ...

Chapter 14 Test Review  Question 1_4 out of 4 points Looking in the CPT® manual the Nervous System is divided into what subheadings? Selected Answer: a. Skull, Meninges, and Brain; Spine and Spinal Cord; Extracranial Nerves, Peripheral Nerves, and Autonomic Nervous System. Correct Answer: a. Skull, Meninges, and Brain; Spine and Spinal Cord; Extracranial Nerves, Peripheral Nerves, and Autonomic Nervous System. Response Feedback: Rationale: CPT® divides the nervous system into...