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CPC Current Procedural Terminology Certification

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. -meter
Study of
Measure
Mouth
Malleus.

2. Colpo
Bone
Uterus
Vagina
Slow

3. Gyne
Rectum
Head
Chest
Woman

4. Thyro
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Measure
Condition of
Thyroid gland

5. Narco
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Production - origin
Straight
Sleep

6. Costo
To repair a defect - suture
New
Rib
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.

7. Necro
Foot
Kidney
Mucous membrane
Death

8. Gluco - glyco
Mouth
Sugar - sweet
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Heart

9. -ectomy
Surgical removal
Weakness.
Vagina
Machine

10. Laparo
Abdomen
Much -many
Incision - to cut into
Mucous membrane

11. Pyelo
Slow
Pelvis of kidney
Condition of
Self

12. Myelo
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Small
Within inner - on the inside

13. When should an ABN be signed?
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.

14. Ileo
Death
Two few
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.

15. -otomy
Incision - to cut into
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Fraud.
Abdomen

16. Pneum
Air - lungs
Under
White
One

17. phlebo
Uterus
Self
Uterus
Vein

18. What causes refraction function in eye?
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Lens.
Middle
Ileum (part of small intestine)

19. Mega-
Uterus
Mucous membrane
Large
Testicle

20. Gastro
Incision - to cut into
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Tooth
Stomach

21. Ictero
Bone
Child
To repair a defect - suture
Jaundice

22. What is AMA?
Loosen - dissolve
Breast
American Medical Association.
Kidney

23. Colo
Colon
Skull
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Nephrolithiasis.

24. Ilio
Red
Falling
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Illium (bone)

25. Vaso
Hemorrhage - flow
Weakness.
Two
Blood vessel

26. Men
Month
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Blood
Gall

27. plegia
Slow
Pelvis of kidney
Paralysis
Incision - to cut into

28. Pyo
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Pus
Pelvis of kidney
No - not

29. Choledocho
Common bile duct
Fever
To sew up in position - fixation
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.

30. peri-
Incision - to cut into
Within
Around - covering
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.

31. Ped (latin)
Mouth
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Foot
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.

32. Ambi-
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Behind - backward
Both
Heat

33. -rrhaphy
To repair a defect - suture
Weakness.
Joint
New

34. -cise
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Cut
$100 or 25% of cost.
Medicare's prescription drug program.

35. -gene --genic
Surgical opening
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Production - origin
Study of

36. Arthro
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Joint
Study of
Around - covering

37. Intra-
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Within
Eye
Brain

38. Uro
Urine
Treatment
Uterus
Heat - temperature

39. -centesis
Month
Both
One
Puncture

40. Brady-
Slow
Near - toward
Red
From - away

41. Hemiplegia is a disorder caused by a defect in which anatomical system?
Fever
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Nervous.
Falling

42. Semi-
Two
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Fraud.
Half

43. Volume 3 of ICD-9-VM contains what?
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.
Stomach
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Nose

44. Super-
Surgical opening
Above
Kidney
After

45. Cardio
Above - over
Part D
Heart
No - not

46. Renal
Nervous.
Sleep
Much -many
Kidney

47. Lipo
Fat
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Water
Surgical opening

48. Sepsis
Within
Slow
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Paralysis

49. Where is the great saphenous vein located?
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Leg.

50. En-
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Part D
In - inside
Blood