AHIMA CCS EXAM 2023 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS/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 - Correct Answer-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 - Correct Answer-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. - Correct
Answer-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 - Correct
Answer-B. Reportable and non reportable procedures
AHIMA CCS EXAM 2023 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS/A+ SCORE
ASSURED
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 - Correct Answer-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 - Correct Answer-A. Assign a diagnostic code for mitral
regurgitation
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