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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. Mal-
Single - one
Bad - poor - disordered
Gall bladder
Artery

2. -lepsy
Leg.
Tooth
Small
Seizure - convulse

3. -pexy
Common bile duct
To sew up in position - fixation
Outer - or on the outside
Kidney

4. What OIG document should a provider reveiw for potential problem areas that will receive special scrutiny in the upcoming year?
Vagina
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Single - one
After

5. Brady-
Slow
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Mouth
Rectum

6. Sebaceous glands are part of which anatomical system?
Fat
Integumentary.
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.

7. Ab- -abs-
Weakness.
Vision
New
From - away

8. Histo
Pus
Tissue
Woman
Two

9. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Head
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.

10. When should an ABN be signed?
Rib
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Nose
Weakness.

11. -mania
Puncture
Slow
Tongue
Insanity

12. Dia-
Through - between - across - apart
Leg.
Two few
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

13. Hema - hemato - hemo
No - not
White
Paralysis
Blood

14. Glosso
In - inside
Above - over
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Tongue

15. Ophthalmo
Surgical removal
Foot
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Eye

16. Septic
Both
Before
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Poison - infection

17. -centesis
Tumor
Machine
Puncture
Vision

18. Para-
Along side
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Skin
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.

19. What is Part B?

20. -emia
Blood
Through - between - across - apart
Seizure - convulse
Within

21. Pyo
Death
Intestine
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Pus

22. Myocardium is thickest arount which chamber of the heart?
Abdomen
Urine
In - inside
Left ventricle.

23. Severe Sepsis
Kidney
Ear
One
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

24. Naso
Blood
Nose
Clearinghouse.
Look into - see

25. phlebo
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Vein
Weakness.
Urine

26. Bi-
Two - twice
Vessle (blood or lymph)
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Sugar - sweet

27. Ilio
Illium (bone)
Connective tissue
Gall bladder
Spinal cord - bone marrow

28. Ad-
Fraud.
Near - toward
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Skull

29. What is WHO?
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Bronchus
Insanity
Breast

30. Second Degree Burn
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Kidney
Sleep
Measure

31. Ped (latin)
Malleus.
Foot
Sleep
Incision - to cut into

32. -uria - -uric
Outer - or on the outside
White
Condition of - presence in urine
Near - toward

33. Renal calculus is?
Between
Self
Insanity
Nephrolithiasis.

34. Auto-
Out
Vomiting
Two
Self

35. Retro-
To sew up in position - fixation
Behind - backward
Insanity
Month

36. V codes
Urine
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Around
Bad - poor - disordered

37. Contra
Practice - process
Against
Fever
Under

38. Choledocho
Common bile duct
Nervous.
After
Thyroid gland

39. Colpo
Vagina
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Vomiting
Incision - to cut into

40. Late Effect
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Bronchus

41. Hyster
Uterus
Condition of
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Personal Health Information.

42. Muco
Mucous membrane
Within
Out
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.

43. Chronic
Bone
Down - from
Under
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.

44. What is PHI?
Personal Health Information.
Small
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.
Falling

45. What is HIPAA?
Sensation
Skin
Abdomen
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.

46. Chole
Pain
Pus
Thyroid gland
Gall

47. Gyne
Across
Woman
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Brain

48. What is ICD-9-CM?
Bone
Hemorrhage - flow
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Stone - calculus

49. Leuko
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Seizure - convulse
Blue
White

50. Ictero
Jaundice
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Sensation
Paralysis