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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. Cardio
Heart
Nephrolithiasis.
Disease
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.

2. What is AMA?
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Rupture
American Medical Association.
Condition of - presence in urine

3. Intra-
Within
Vein
Measure
Paralysis

4. Meso-
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Middle
Illium (bone)
Anus

5. Angio
Leg.
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Self
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair

6. -lepsy
Seizure - convulse
Mouth
Artery
Within

7. What is PHI?
Paralysis
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Personal Health Information.

8. Third Degree Burn
Incision - to cut into
Translating medical documentation into codes.
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.

9. peri-
Woman
Throat
Connective tissue
Around - covering

10. Late Effect
$100 or 25% of cost.
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Paralysis
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.

11. Chronic
Painful - difficult - disordered
Practice - process
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Red

12. Uro
Colon
Illium (bone)
Personal Health Information.
Urine

13. Encephalo
Straight
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Pus
Brain

14. Second Degree Burn
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Oviduct
Uterus
Malleus.

15. -otomy
Straight
Incision - to cut into
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Artery

16. -algia --algesia
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Pain
Tongue
Ileum (part of small intestine)

17. Histo
Blood vessel
Tissue
Abdomen
Pelvis of kidney

18. Cysto
Heat - temperature
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Urinary bladder
Sugar - sweet

19. Pyelo
Joint
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Weakness.
Pelvis of kidney

20. Ileo
Look into - see
Integumentary.
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Both

21. -penia
Pelvis of kidney
Incision - to cut into
Two few
Nerve

22. Vaso
Blood vessel
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Large
Mucous membrane

23. Entero
Bad - poor - disordered
Intestine
Kill
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.

24. V codes
Surgical removal
Sleep
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.

25. Volume 3 of ICD-9-VM contains what?
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Abdomen
Thyroid gland
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

26. -oma
Tumor
Nervous.
Look into - see
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

27. E Codes
Poison - infection
Malleus.
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Heart

28. What is Part D?

29. Hyster
Air - lungs
Uterus
Urine
Through - between - across - apart

30. Colo
Blood
Straight
Mucous membrane
Colon

31. Stomato
Through - between - across - apart
Breast
Mouth
Before

32. -graphy
Two - twice
Practice - process
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Joint

33. What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered?
Illium (bone)
Out
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
LCD

34. Colpo
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Tooth
Vagina
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

35. Salpingo
Sleep
Eye
Oviduct
Vision

36. Ano
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Weakness.
Anus
Record

37. Micro
Clot
Single - one
Small
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.

38. Gyne
Woman
Breast
Malleus.
Tumor

39. Denti
Tooth
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Death
Small

40. Cyano
Two
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Thyroid gland
Blue

41. Non-
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
No - not
After
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.

42. Mono-
Behind - backward
Above
Single - one
Water

43. Epi-
Above - over
Hemorrhage - flow
Fraud.
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

44. What is CMS?
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Treatment
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Throat

45. -graph
Rectum
Cut
In - inside
Machine

46. What is medical billing?
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Pelvis of kidney
Ovary
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.

47. Mal-
Bad - poor - disordered
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Vessle (blood or lymph)
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.

48. Inter-
Production - origin
Connective tissue
Between
Supplies digestive enzymes.

49. Sub-
Under
Study of
Skull
Inflammation

50. What causes refraction function in eye?
Cartilage
Incision - to cut into
Nose
Lens.