Free Certified Coding Associate Clinical Questions and Answers

Question 1

The following are the names of the most recent Medicare claims processing payment contract entities:

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Medicare administrative contractors (MACs)

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Assignment of benefits

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Fiscal intermediaries (fis)

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Comprehensive error rate testing (cert)

Question 2

Determine the punctuation mark that is used to augment any additional words or explanatory information that may or may not be included in the ICD-9-CM coding statement of diagnosis or procedure. The case's code number is unaffected by the punctuation. The punctuation is used in all three volumes of ICD-9-CM and is regarded as a nonessential modifer.

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Parentheses ( )

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Brackets [ ]

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Subtraction -

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Subjective

Question 3

The following entities have established messaging standards for electronic data interchange in healthcare:

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HL7

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Adt

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Cpt

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Hl6

Question 4

The Joint Commission's ORYX program and HEDIS are both made to gather data for .

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Performance improvement programs

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The infusion procedure

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Uniform hospital discharge data set

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Centers of medicare and medicaid services.

Question 5

Written or oral authorization to move forward with caution is categorized as:

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Informed consent

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Expressed consen

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Refusal of consent

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Implied consent

Question 6

What's the most procedure codes that can be included on a paper UB-04 claim form for a hospital inpatient?

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six (6)

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eight (8)

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four (4)

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two (2)

Question 7

what standard language is used to code medical procedures and services?

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cpt

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ama

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hcpcs

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rvus

Question 8

what are the names of the five-digit icd9cm diagnostic codes

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subclassification codes

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section codes

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subcategory codes

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e codes

Question 9

The coder records that the patient is taking Haldol as directed. The ultimate diagnoses listed on the progress notes are acute pharyngitis, malnutrition, and diabetes mellitus. What illness would the coder be suspicious the patient has and should ask the doctor about?

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Schizophrenia

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Bipolar Disorde

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Depression

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Psychosis

Question 10

The "newborn period" according to ICD-9-CM is the time period from birth to the ___ day after birth.

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28th

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30th

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34th

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26th