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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. Cyano
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Clearinghouse.
Blue
Personal Health Information.

2. Costo
White
Urine
Rib
Vagina

3. Men
Common bile duct
Month
Foot
Much -many

4. Cholecysto
Measure
American Medical Association.
Gall bladder
Without - lack of - absent - deficient

5. Ileo
Under
Measure
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Study of

6. Muco
Behind - backward
Mucous membrane
Small
Fraud.

7. Pyro
Uterus
Heat - temperature
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Above

8. -gene --genic
Testicle
Production - origin
Gall
Around - covering

9. What is ABN?
Eye
Abdomen
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Sleep

10. What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered?
Study of
LCD
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Throat

11. Febr
In - inside
Fever
Kill
Along side

12. Volume 1 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Integumentary.
Incision - to cut into
Bone

13. peri-
Artery
Around - covering
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Head

14. -lysis
Pus
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Loosen - dissolve
Record

15. -rrhage
Hemorrhage - flow
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Half
Through - between - across - apart

16. Denti
Large
Jaundice
Tooth
Between

17. Where is the great saphenous vein located?
Vomiting
Clearinghouse.
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Leg.

18. Pre-
Before
Stomach
Blood
Vagina

19. What causes refraction function in eye?
Study of
Liver
Lens.
Vomiting

20. Tunica vaginalis is part of which system?
Urine
Within inner - on the inside
Before
Male reproductive.

21. -cide
Gall
Kill
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Nose

22. -plasty
Anus
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Behind - backward
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.

23. What is OIG?
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Illium (bone)
Half
Half

24. Thoraco
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Poison - infection
Chest
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair

25. -centesis
Part D
Foot
Half
Puncture

26. Ex-
Rib
Under
Bone
Out

27. When should an ABN be signed?
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Urine
Apart
Ileum (part of small intestine)

28. Hema - hemato - hemo
Blood
Across
Malleus.
Before

29. Mast
Breast
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
Foot
Blood

30. Choledocho
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Intestine
Much -many
Common bile duct

31. Chronic
Insanity
Mucous membrane
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Breathing

32. Myelo
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Above - over
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Heat - temperature

33. Non-
Woman
Puncture
Ovary
No - not

34. Specticemia
Vomiting
Breast
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.

35. What is the function of the pancreas?
Blood
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Supplies digestive enzymes.
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.

36. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
Kidney
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Oviduct
Sensation

37. Oculo
Practice - process
Eye
Pain
Cartilage

38. Hemi-
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Half
Heat

39. pharyngo
Look into - see
One
Throat
Weakness.

40. Neuro
Nerve
Leg.
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Treatment

41. Anti-
Against
Seizure - convulse
Gall bladder
Eye

42. Second Degree Burn
Condition of - presence in urine
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Apart
Large

43. Leuko
Kidney
White
Surgical removal
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

44. What is AMA?
Death
Along side
American Medical Association.
To sew up in position - fixation

45. phlebo
Rectum
Against
Vein
Stomach

46. What is WHO?
Clearinghouse.
White
Leg.
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.

47. -mania
Urinary bladder
Lens.
Eye
Insanity

48. What is the result of a ureteral blockage?
Ovary
Head
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Paralysis

49. Gluco - glyco
Blood vessel
Machine
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Sugar - sweet

50. -emesis
Abdomen
LCD
Gall
Vomiting