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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. Ad-
Red
Near - toward
Incision - to cut into
Nervous.

2. -graphy
Mucous membrane
Sleep
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Practice - process

3. Colo
Rectum
Colon
Blood
Pelvis of kidney

4. -mania
Ear
Insanity
Between
Puncture

5. -pexy
To sew up in position - fixation
Clot
Muscle
Condition of

6. Cephalo
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Heat
Head
Water

7. Arthro
Condition of
Joint
Surgical removal
Poison - infection

8. Inter-
Between
Rupture
Stomach
Testicle

9. Cranio
Colon
Skull
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

10. Oculo
Mouth
Eye
Liver
To repair a defect - suture

11. Herni
Half
Rupture
Half
Machine

12. -therapy
Half
Inflammation
Practice - process
Treatment

13. Choledocho
Cartilage
Tissue
Integumentary.
Common bile duct

14. -meter
Straight
Measure
Translating medical documentation into codes.
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.

15. Nephro
Kidney
Tongue
Through - between - across - apart
Much -many

16. What is OIG?
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Breast
Loosen - dissolve
Month

17. Necro
Abdomen
Rupture
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
Death

18. Intra-
One
Blood
Within
Bad - poor - disordered

19. What is HIPAA?
Mouth
New
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.

20. Hydro
Common bile duct
Water
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Rectum

21. -esthesia
Brain
Sensation
Condition of - presence in urine
Advance Beneficiary Notification

22. Mal-
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Nervous.
Bad - poor - disordered
Slow

23. Third Degree Burn
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Small
Insanity
Red

24. Ano
Anus
Water
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
To sew up in position - fixation

25. What is Part A?

26. Thoraco
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Chest
Under

27. What is CMS?
Above
American Medical Association.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

28. The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient?
$100 or 25% of cost.
New
Blue
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.

29. What is ABN?
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Muscle
Colon
Water

30. Hema - hemato - hemo
Blood
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Connective tissue
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.

31. Denti
Bad - poor - disordered
Rib
Tooth
Through - between - across - apart

32. -cise
Tongue
Cut
Stomach
No - not

33. Macro-
Large - long
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.
Nose
Without - lack of - absent - deficient

34. Meso-
Middle
Both
Vein
Around

35. Ictero
Nerve
Jaundice
To sew up in position - fixation
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

36. En-
Both
Heat
In - inside
Slow

37. Renal
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Tissue
Kidney
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.

38. -plasty
Rectum
Fat
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Self

39. Sebaceous glands are part of which anatomical system?
Gall
Integumentary.
Left ventricle.
Puncture

40. Entero
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Intestine
Under

41. peri-
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Pain
Around - covering
Air - lungs

42. Post-
Within
Part D
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
After

43. Pre-
Weakness.
Fat
Small
Before

44. Histo
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Look into - see
Muscle
Tissue

45. Erythro
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Tongue
Eye
Red

46. Thrombo
Clot
Liver
Nose
Large

47. V codes
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Part D
Blood vessel

48. Semi-
Half
Disease
Air - lungs
Heat - temperature

49. Myelo
Practice - process
Part D
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Spinal cord - bone marrow

50. Muco
Mucous membrane
Before
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Kill