| 1 | 26. AAPC | | _____ | Eliminate multiple-choice answers by determining what are wrong codes and then elimination them. |
| 2 | 27. AHIMA | | _____ | Certified Professional Coder, issued by AAPC. |
| 3 | 28. CPC | | _____ | Current Procedural Terminology as produced by American Medical Assoc. |
| 4 | 29. CMS | | _____ | Identification.. You cannot take the test without it. Must have a picture. |
| 5 | 30. CPT | | _____ | Something not done. This is deadly on the national exams. |
| 6 | 31. HCPCS | | _____ | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. |
| 7 | 32. ICD-9-CM | | _____ | Purposeful intent to gain funds in an illegal manner. |
| 8 | 33. Abuse | | _____ | Acting in accordance with rules and regulations of billing agencies. |
| 9 | 34. CCI | | _____ | Failure to perform fair and reasonable billing practices. |
| 10 | 35. Fraud | | _____ | What you must learn to do well, to deduct from the wide variety of information that exists within the medical office field. |
| 11 | 36. Compliance | | _____ | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinicall Modification. |
| 12 | 37. HIPAA | | _____ | American Health Information Management Association. |
| 13 | 38. Assumptions | | _____ | Type of questions that comprise the entire AAPC exam. |
| 14 | 39. Educated guesses | | _____ | Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. |
| 15 | 40. ID | | _____ | Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System. |
| 16 | 41. Process of elimination | | _____ | American Academy of Professional Coders. |
| 17 | 42. Appeals | | _____ | Continuing education units, which must be earned to maintain your cerification. |
| 18 | 43. CEUs | | _____ | Correct Coding Initiative. |
| 19 | 44. Certification | | _____ | The process in taking of the national test by which a coder can earn their national cerification and must be maintained by earning CEUs. |
| 20 | 45. Multiple choice | | _____ | This is a process by which problems experienced during the testing can be rectified by the national organization. |