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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. Myo
Head
Pelvis of kidney
Pus
Muscle

2. Myocardium is thickest arount which chamber of the heart?
Left ventricle.
Stomach
Thyroid gland
Through - between - across - apart

3. Circum
Breast
Around
Anus
Study of

4. Where is the great saphenous vein located?
Vagina
Leg.
Bronchus
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.

5. What is Part B?

6. What is OIG?
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Nephrolithiasis.
Behind - backward
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

7. -pnea
Nervous.
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Breathing
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.

8. Hema - hemato - hemo
Colon
Heart
Blood
Foot

9. -osis
Condition of
Vein
Before
Personal Health Information.

10. Ortho-
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Straight
Sugar - sweet
Large

11. Intra-
Within
Blood
Outer - or on the outside
Clot

12. What OIG document should a provider reveiw for potential problem areas that will receive special scrutiny in the upcoming year?
In - inside
Under
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Urinary bladder

13. Severe Sepsis
Muscle
Large - long
Pain
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

14. Arterio
LCD
Between
Falling
Artery

15. Dis-
Heart
Before
To sew up in position - fixation
Apart

16. Anti-
Against
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Study of

17. Angio
Joint
Jaundice
American Medical Association.
Vessle (blood or lymph)

18. Contra
Across
Against
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Heat - temperature

19. -graph
Liver
Clearinghouse.
Machine
Fever

20. Arthro
Before
Puncture
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Joint

21. Thoraco
Chest
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Around - covering
Half

22. Pneum
Disease
Vein
Against
Air - lungs

23. -penia
Surgical removal
Two few
Inflammation
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

24. -esthesia
Jaundice
Between
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Sensation

25. -rrhaphy
Single - one
To repair a defect - suture
Before
Medicare's prescription drug program.

26. Mal-
Bad - poor - disordered
Kill
In - inside
Within inner - on the inside

27. -ptosis
Colon
Nerve
Falling
Supplies digestive enzymes.

28. Post-
New
Sugar - sweet
Insanity
After

29. Neo-
New
Disease
Uterus
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

30. What is ABN?
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Leg.
Vein
Two

31. What is the result of a ureteral blockage?
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Before
Incision - to cut into
Tongue

32. Narco
Foot
Fraud.
Pain
Sleep

33. When should an ABN be signed?
Vision
Tooth
Two - twice
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.

34. What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered?
Vision
LCD
Personal Health Information.
Under

35. -cise
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Cut
Bronchus
To sew up in position - fixation

36. Non-
Gall bladder
Stone - calculus
No - not
Pelvis of kidney

37. Tunica vaginalis is part of which system?
Blood
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Skull
Male reproductive.

38. Chronic
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Urinary bladder
After
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.

39. Oto
Ear
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Along side
Male reproductive.

40. Epi-
Blood
Out
Above - over
Surgical opening

41. Para-
Along side
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Kidney
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.

42. Second Degree Burn
Above - over
Weakness.
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Vagina

43. Ped (latin)
From - away
Foot
Within
Sensation

44. Thrombo
Loosen - dissolve
Clot
Poison - infection
Around

45. Cardio
Integumentary.
Weakness.
Heart
Study of

46. -ology
Against
Study of
Heat - temperature
Bad - poor - disordered

47. Gyne
Woman
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Urine
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.

48. Micro
Small
Near - toward
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Tissue

49. Procto
Ovary
Across
Rectum
To repair a defect - suture

50. Nephro
Kidney
Mouth
Pain
Study of