AHIMA CCS EXAM 2023/2024 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS /A+ SCORE ASSURED.
The root operation of resection applies to which of the
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a. Removal of the entire body part and removal of an entire lobe of the liver
b. Partial incidental appendectomy and the closure portion of a procedure
c. Blunt, digital, manual, or mechanical lysis of adhesions
d. Partial cholecystectomy
A. Removal of the entire body part and removal of an entire lobe of the liver.
When coding benign neoplasm of the skin, the section noted above directs the coder to:
D23- Other benign neoplasms of skinIncludes:
Benign neoplasm of hair follicles
Benign neoplasm of sebaceous glands
Benign neoplasm of sweat glands
Excludes 1: benign lipomatous neoplasms of skin (D17.0-D17.3)
melanocytic nevi (D22.-)
a. Use category D23 for benign neoplasm of sweat glands
b. Use category D23 for melanocytic nevi
c. Use category D23 for benign lipomatous neoplasms of skin
d. Use category D23 for malignant neoplasm of the skin
A. Use category D23 for benign neoplasm of sweat glands
A 64-year-old female was discharged with the final diagnosis of acute renal failure and hypertension.
What coding rule applies?
a. Use combination code of hypertension and renal failure.
b. Use separate codes for hypertension and chronic renal failure.
c. Use separate codes for hypertension and acute renal failure.
d. Use separate codes for elevated blood pressure and chronic renal failure.
C Use separate codes for hypertension and acute renal failure
Coding professionals need to have surgical references in order to discriminate between:
a. Correct and incorrect documentation based on Joint Commission requirements
b. Reportable and nonreportable procedures
c. Chemotherapeutic drugs
d. A comorbid condition and a complication that prolongs the length of stay
B. Reportable and non reportable procedures
A patient is admitted with an acute inferior myocardial infarction and discharged alive. Which condition
would increase the MS-DRG weight?
a. Respiratory failure
b. Atrial fibrillation
c. Hypertension
d. History of myocardial infarction
A. Respiratory failure
If a patient has undergone an outpatient echocardiogram and the cardiologist concludes in the report that
the patient has mitral regurgitation, the coder should:
a. Assign a diagnostic code for mitral regurgitation
b. Query the physician about the diagnosis
c. Code an abnormal finding of the echocardiogram
d. No code can be assigned
A. Assign a diagnostic code for mitral regurgitation
A patient was treated in the emergency department with lacerations of the neck and underwent a repair of
two (2) wounds of the neck (2.0 cm and 1.4 cm) with layered closure. What are the diagnosis (excluding
external cause codes) and procedure codes assigned?
S11.91XA Laceration without foreign body of unspecified part of neck, initial encounter
S11.92XA Laceration with foreign body of unspecified part of neck, initial encounter
0HQ4XZZ Repair neck skin, external approach
12041 Repair, intermediate, wounds of neck, hands, feet and/or external genitalia; 2.5 cm or less
12042 Repair, intermediate, wounds of neck, hands, feet, and/or external genitalia; 2.6 cm to 7.5 cm
a. S11.91XA, 0HQ4XZZ
b. S11.92XA, 0HQ4XZZ
c. S11.92XA, 12041, 12041
d. S11.91XA, 12042
D. S11.91XA, 12042
A patient is admitted to an acute care facility for detoxification from alcohol and barbiturate intoxication
with chronic alcoholism and barbiturate abuse. The patient also has cirrhosis of the liver due to
alcoholism. What codes should be assigned?
a. F10.229, F13.129, K70.30, HZ2ZZZZ
b. F10.129, F13.229, K70.30, HZ2ZZZZ
c. F10.29, F13.129, K70.10, HZ2ZZXZ
d. F10.229, F13.129, K70.9, HZ2ZZZZ
A. F10.229, F13.129, K70.30, HZ2ZZZZ
Patient with renal tumors received percutaneous cryotherapy ablation of three tumors on the right kidney
in the same operative episode at Memorial Hospital. Assign a CPT code for this procedure.
50250 Ablation, open, 1 or more renal mass lesion(s), cryosurgical, including intraoperative ultrasound
guidance and monitoring, if performed
50590 Lithotripsy, extracorporeal shock wave
50592 Ablation, 1 or more renal tumor(s), percutaneous, unilateral, radiofrequency
50593 Ablation, renal tumor(s), unilateral, percutaneous, cryotherapy
a. 50250
b. 50590
c. 50592
d. 50593
D. 50593
When coding a documented ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), what codes should be assigned first
for ICD-10-CM and then supported by CPT?
a. The pneumonia is coded first; the CPT will be from code range 94010 to 94799
b. The complication of surgery diagnosis is coded first, then the VAP, with the CPT will be from code
range 99500 to 99602
c. The specific code for ventilator-associated pneumonia is coded first and the organism is coded as a
secondary code if known; the CPT will be from code range 94002 to 94005
d. An additional code for the type of pneumonia, that is, lobar or pneumonia NOS, is coded; the CPT will
be from code range 33946 to 33989
c. The specific code for ventilator-associated pneumonia is coded first and the organism is coded as a
secondary code if known; the CPT will be from code range 94002 to 94005
A nurse inadvertently recorded an incorrect vital sign in a patient electronic health record. The next day, a
correction was made in the electronic health record. This resulted in the corrected vital sign being. [Show Less]