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AAPC CPC Exam type of provider goes through approximately 26 1/2 months of education and is licensed to practice medicine with the oversight of a physician? - ANSWER>>Physician Assistant (PA) The ____ describes whether specific medical items, services, treatment procedures, or technologies are considered medically necessary under Medicare ANSWER>>National Coverage Determinations LCD's only have jurisdiction in their ____ area. - ANSWER>>Regional ABN stands for - ANSWER>>Advance Beneficiary Notice HIPPA was made into law in what year? - ANSWER>>1996 What will the scope is a compliance program depend on? - ANSWER>>Size and resources of the physician's practice According to the OIG, internal monitoring and auditing should be performed by what means? - ANSWER>>Periodic audits AAPC has what to determine current year's coder salaries? - ANSWER>>Salary survey The ASPC offers over 440 local chapters across the country and in the Bahamas for the purpose of - ANSWER>>Networking An abdominal aortic aneurysm is significant because - ANSWER>>It is a weakness in a large artery and rupture could be deadly What distinguishes a "sentinel" node from the lymph nodes? - ANSWER>>A sentinel node is the first lymph node in a group of nodes to be reached by metastasizing cancer cells The mediastinum contains all of the following except - ANSWER>>Lungs The term "pneumomediastinum" describes what condition? - ANSWER>>The presence of air in the mediastinum The structure of the male anatomy carrying Purchase document to see full attachment