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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. What is the result of a ureteral blockage?
Through - between - across - apart
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Production - origin
Tongue

2. What is ICD-9-CM?
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Before
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac

3. Hydro
Water
Within inner - on the inside
In - inside
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

4. Ad-
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Near - toward
Kidney
Woman

5. Leuko
White
Abdomen
Connective tissue
Tumor

6. Volume 2 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Two few
Cartilage
Bronchus

7. Ileo
Common bile duct
Muscle
Rib
Ileum (part of small intestine)

8. -ostomy
Down - from
Surgical opening
Fraud.
Urinary bladder

9. Neo-
Tooth
Much -many
New
Within inner - on the inside

10. Metro
Stone - calculus
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Uterus
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.

11. Gastro
Before
Both
Stomach
Child

12. Super-
Above
Tooth
Stomach
Without - lack of - absent - deficient

13. What is OIG?
Bone
Small
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Much -many

14. Vaso
Blood vessel
Two - twice
Paralysis
Surgical opening

15. Late Effect
Rectum
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Inflammation
Rib

16. Sepsis
Abdomen
Pelvis of kidney
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Testicle

17. -rrhage
Pelvis of kidney
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Hemorrhage - flow

18. Asthenia
Through - between - across - apart
Oviduct
Weakness.
Bone

19. Dys-
To sew up in position - fixation
Painful - difficult - disordered
Water
Fraud.

20. Mal-
Lens.
Bad - poor - disordered
Eye
White

21. -graphy
Practice - process
Vision
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.

22. Lipo
Vein
Fat
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Hemorrhage - flow

23. plegia
Chest
Paralysis
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.

24. An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard is considered what?
Fat
Surgical opening
Clearinghouse.
Surgical removal

25. Where is the great saphenous vein located?
Leg.
Breast
Child
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair

26. -osis
Condition of
From - away
Tissue
Straight

27. What is ABN?
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.
Thyroid gland

28. Mega-
Large
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Muscle
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

29. Ano
Anus
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Within

30. Ecto-
Child
Fever
Sensation
Outer - or on the outside

31. Ab- -abs-
Disease
From - away
Before
Eye

32. -itis
Inflammation
Medicare's prescription drug program.
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.

33. Intra-
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
American Medical Association.
Inflammation
Within

34. First Degree Burn
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Liver
Nervous.
Woman

35. Sub-
$100 or 25% of cost.
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Under
Look into - see

36. Bi-
Half
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Two - twice
Ovary

37. Cranio
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Skull
Ovary
Behind - backward

38. What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered?
Kidney
Joint
LCD
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.

39. Pyro
Across
New
Heat - temperature
Chest

40. Brady-
Cartilage
Slow
Self
Ear

41. -gene --genic
Water
Disease
Production - origin
Artery

42. What part of Medicare should be billed for the pain medication by the pharmacy?
Nephrolithiasis.
Mouth
Eye
Part D

43. -graph
Machine
Blue
Above
Down - from

44. What is HIPAA?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Incision - to cut into
Before
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.

45. -rrhaphy
To repair a defect - suture
Chest
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.

46. Men
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Vessle (blood or lymph)
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Month

47. Semi-
After
Half
Before
Rupture

48. -penia
Two few
Measure
From - away
Against

49. Orchi
Testicle
Tissue
Mucous membrane
Surgical opening

50. Closed Fracture
Along side
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Two
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.