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CPC Current Procedural Terminology Certification

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Osteo
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Bone
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Stomach

2. Gastro
Breathing
Within inner - on the inside
Tongue
Stomach

3. Renal
Urine
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Child
Kidney

4. -itis
To sew up in position - fixation
Inflammation
Connective tissue
Clearinghouse.

5. Ortho-
Sugar - sweet
Straight
In - inside
Out

6. What is Part A?

7. Necro
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
To sew up in position - fixation
Poison - infection
Death

8. Hydro
Under
Water
Hemorrhage - flow
Integumentary.

9. Cyano
Stone - calculus
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Blue
Production - origin

10. Semi-
LCD
Half
Machine
From - away

11. Micro
Small
Head
Before
Sleep

12. Leuko
Mucous membrane
Record
White
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair

13. -graphy
Practice - process
Advance Beneficiary Notification
From - away
Fraud.

14. Intentional billing of services not provided is considered?
Fat
Inflammation
Fraud.
Ear

15. The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient?
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Foot
$100 or 25% of cost.
Large - long

16. -ectomy
Water
Surgical removal
Between
Month

17. Ilio
Illium (bone)
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Within inner - on the inside
Against

18. Ped (greek)
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Child
Two - twice
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.

19. Di-
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Red
Two
Single - one

20. Brady-
Production - origin
Slow
Around
Uterus

21. Myelo
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Skin
Jaundice
Middle

22. -lepsy
Mucous membrane
Seizure - convulse
Clot
After

23. When should an ABN be signed?
Skin
Lens.
Eye
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.

24. Retro-
Leg.
To repair a defect - suture
Behind - backward
Fraud.

25. Tunica vaginalis is part of which system?
Male reproductive.
Uterus
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Both

26. What is ABN?
Pain
Testicle
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Rib

27. -pnea
Skull
Look into - see
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Breathing

28. Chole
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Nerve
Liver
Gall

29. Angio
Liver
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Above
Vessle (blood or lymph)

30. What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered?
LCD
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Clot
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.

31. -iasis
Production - origin
Blood vessel
Condition of
Nervous.

32. -gram
Kill
Record
Air - lungs
Gall bladder

33. Sub-
Large - long
Under
Along side
Nephrolithiasis.

34. -esthesia
Sensation
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.
Supplies digestive enzymes.
To repair a defect - suture

35. -otomy
Male reproductive.
Incision - to cut into
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Oviduct

36. Men
Heart
Month
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Single - one

37. What is CMS?
Bone
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Mucous membrane
Blood vessel

38. Hemiplegia is a disorder caused by a defect in which anatomical system?
Around
Nervous.
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.

39. Oculo
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Eye
Pain
Cartilage

40. Mega-
To sew up in position - fixation
Large
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Gall

41. -cise
Large - long
Tumor
Study of
Cut

42. Chronic
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Surgical opening

43. Encephalo
Stone - calculus
Brain
Bone
Two

44. -therapy
Bad - poor - disordered
Vein
Treatment
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.

45. Epi-
Kidney
Cartilage
Above - over
Muscle

46. What is AMA?
Head
American Medical Association.
Throat
Thyroid gland

47. Pre-
Before
Connective tissue
Rupture
Heart

48. Meso-
Eye
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Red
Middle

49. -rrhaphy
Liver
One
Skull
To repair a defect - suture

50. Auto-
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Personal Health Information.
Self
Fraud.