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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. -cide
Against
Kill
Tooth
Inflammation

2. -graphy
Vagina
Integumentary.
Practice - process
Tooth

3. What is medical billing?
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Uterus
Within
Translating medical documentation into codes.

4. What is PHI?
Lens.
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Personal Health Information.
Stomach

5. Renal calculus is?
Chest
Blood vessel
Nephrolithiasis.
Against

6. Renal
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Fraud.
Kidney
Disease

7. When should an ABN be signed?
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Both
Fraud.
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac

8. -gram
Nervous.
Ear
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.
Record

9. -ology
Study of
Single - one
New
In - inside

10. -penia
Two few
Malleus.
Inflammation
Pus

11. Para-
Blood
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Along side
Stone - calculus

12. Contra
Against
Tissue
Integumentary.
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.

13. Cranio
Skull
Fever
Paralysis
Inflammation

14. Auto-
Translating medical documentation into codes.
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Self

15. Salpingo
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Oviduct
Bone
Common bile duct

16. Chronic
White
Measure
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Around - covering

17. Cardio
Half
Heart
Condition of
Ear

18. Ophthalmo
To sew up in position - fixation
Eye
Within inner - on the inside
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.

19. Cephalo
Head
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Insanity

20. Men
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.
Woman
Month
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.

21. Oophor
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Ovary
Much -many
Above - over

22. Bi-
Inflammation
Cartilage
Two - twice
Illium (bone)

23. Leuko
Jaundice
Child
White
Water

24. -mania
Insanity
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Translating medical documentation into codes.

25. Ped (greek)
Male reproductive.
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
Child
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.

26. -centesis
Stomach
Surgical opening
Disease
Puncture

27. Chole
Air - lungs
Vomiting
Single - one
Gall

28. Semi-
Half
Stomach
Cartilage
Two

29. Hepa - hepato
Liver
To sew up in position - fixation
Cartilage
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.

30. Encephalo
Production - origin
Brain
Puncture
Blood vessel

31. -opia
Vision
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Stomach
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

32. Gluco - glyco
Production - origin
Fever
Bronchus
Sugar - sweet

33. En-
Common bile duct
Apart
Oviduct
In - inside

34. -cise
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Cut
Stomach
Tumor

35. -otomy
Jaundice
White
Incision - to cut into
Two - twice

36. Ped (latin)
In - inside
Kidney
Insanity
Foot

37. Severe Sepsis
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.
Fever
Pus
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.

38. Angio
To repair a defect - suture
Two few
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Through - between - across - apart

39. Endo
Part D
Artery
Condition of - presence in urine
Within inner - on the inside

40. Gastro
Paralysis
Rupture
Nose
Stomach

41. -ostomy
Kill
White
Surgical opening
Muscle

42. Third Degree Burn
Child
Personal Health Information.
Large - long
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.

43. -iasis
Condition of
Vomiting
To repair a defect - suture
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.

44. Volume 2 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Two - twice
Clot
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Skull

45. Lipo
Two - twice
Fat
Urinary bladder
Vision

46. Pneum
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Air - lungs
Machine
Intestine

47. Meso-
Look into - see
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Middle
Near - toward

48. Glosso
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Heat - temperature
Kill
Tongue

49. -esthesia
Urinary bladder
Sensation
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Kidney

50. Intentional billing of services not provided is considered?
Production - origin
Male reproductive.
Fraud.
Leg.