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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. -ectomy
Surgical removal
Disease
Sleep
Large

2. Ilio
Nerve
Illium (bone)
Machine
Record

3. -centesis
Puncture
Half
Tumor
Ear

4. -penia
No - not
Lens.
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Two few

5. Trans-
Jaundice
Across
Two - twice
After

6. Gluco - glyco
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Throat
Puncture
Sugar - sweet

7. Arthro
Colon
$100 or 25% of cost.
Joint
Insanity

8. Renal
Urinary bladder
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Kidney
Nose

9. Inter-
Across
Between
Eye
Half

10. Chondro
Along side
Pelvis of kidney
Cartilage
Inflammation

11. What is AMA?
Fever
American Medical Association.
Hemorrhage - flow
No - not

12. Mega-
Large
Stone - calculus
Along side
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.

13. Circum
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Sensation
Around

14. Macro-
Pus
Large - long
Vomiting
Testicle

15. -ology
Breast
Before
Clearinghouse.
Study of

16. -lepsy
Around
Seizure - convulse
Air - lungs
New

17. What is Part C?

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18. Compete this series: Incus - stapes - ?
Loosen - dissolve
Behind - backward
Malleus.
Breast

19. Uni
Vein
One
Blue
Apart

20. What is the function of the pancreas?
Supplies digestive enzymes.
In - inside
Along side
After

21. First Degree Burn
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Personal Health Information.
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.
Middle

22. Semi-
Fraud.
Breast
Clearinghouse.
Half

23. Ano
Anus
Breathing
Chest
To sew up in position - fixation

24. Third Degree Burn
Jaundice
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.
Nervous.

25. Mal-
Bad - poor - disordered
Vision
Large - long
Within

26. -rrhaphy
To repair a defect - suture
Eye
Two - twice
Apart

27. Volume 1 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Month
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Heat
From - away

28. Renal calculus is?
Fever
Nephrolithiasis.
Along side
Down - from

29. Meso-
Joint
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Middle
Outer - or on the outside

30. Intra-
Within
Gall bladder
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Half

31. When should an ABN be signed?
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Mouth
Colon

32. -esthesia
LCD
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Part D
Sensation

33. What is medical billing?
Puncture
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Liver
Poison - infection

34. Oto
Heat
Condition of
Ear
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.

35. Cysto
Leg.
Insanity
Urinary bladder
Loosen - dissolve

36. Pre-
Down - from
Air - lungs
Before
Ear

37. Lipo
Fat
Against
Eye
Blood

38. -thermy
Heat
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Against
Spinal cord - bone marrow

39. Asthenia
Weakness.
Two
Skin
Tooth

40. Retro-
Muscle
Kill
Near - toward
Behind - backward

41. Myo
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Poison - infection
Tissue
Muscle

42. Late Effect
Skin
Straight
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Vomiting

43. Mast
Breast
Nerve
Incision - to cut into
From - away

44. An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard is considered what?
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Surgical opening
Fear - dread
Clearinghouse.

45. Stomato
Single - one
From - away
Mouth
To repair a defect - suture

46. Sepsis
Colon
Out
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Within

47. Angio
Spinal cord - bone marrow
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Leg.

48. -graph
After
Heat
Machine
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.

49. What causes refraction function in eye?
Blood vessel
Lens.
Against
Large

50. -gene --genic
Apart
Kidney
Production - origin
Bronchus