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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. Severe Sepsis
Practice - process
Above
To sew up in position - fixation
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

2. When should an ABN be signed?
Incision - to cut into
Mucous membrane
Single - one
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.

3. -plasty
Abdomen
Foot
Mucous membrane
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair

4. Arthro
Joint
Fraud.
Nephrolithiasis.
Nerve

5. What causes refraction function in eye?
Paralysis
Lens.
American Medical Association.
Tumor

6. Ped (greek)
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.
Child
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Mouth

7. -gram
Clot
Record
From - away
Without - lack of - absent - deficient

8. Auto-
Nerve
Condition of
Self
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

9. -esthesia
Cartilage
Tongue
Vision
Sensation

10. Gyne
Urine
Woman
Record
Eye

11. -gene --genic
Production - origin
Child
Sensation
Male reproductive.

12. Uro
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
From - away
Above
Urine

13. First Degree Burn
Look into - see
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.
Integumentary.
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.

14. Chole
Rib
Gall
Skin
Two few

15. Endo
Testicle
Falling
Within inner - on the inside
Loosen - dissolve

16. Intentional billing of services not provided is considered?
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Record
Fraud.
Tumor

17. Nephro
Vagina
Clot
Left ventricle.
Kidney

18. Oculo
Eye
Malleus.
Across
Rectum

19. What is CPC?
Both
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Foot
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.

20. Volume 2 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Poison - infection
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Thyroid gland
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.

21. -ectomy
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Surgical removal
Mucous membrane
Within inner - on the inside

22. Cranio
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Skull
Artery
Kidney

23. Erythro
Machine
Red
Two - twice
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.

24. -emesis
Vomiting
Month
Outer - or on the outside
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

25. Gastro
Nerve
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Lens.
Stomach

26. Chronic
$100 or 25% of cost.
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Falling
One

27. Lith
Both
Connective tissue
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Stone - calculus

28. What is OIG?
Apart
Cartilage
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Near - toward

29. Pneum
Muscle
Surgical opening
Air - lungs
Joint

30. Entero
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Intestine
Look into - see
Insanity

31. Neuro
To repair a defect - suture
Nerve
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Artery

32. Oto
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Uterus
Clearinghouse.
Ear

33. Ecto-
Outer - or on the outside
Ileum (part of small intestine)
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.

34. Osteo
Clot
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Bone
Child

35. E Codes
Kidney
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Blue
Machine

36. -uria - -uric
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Condition of - presence in urine

37. Super-
Above
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Surgical removal
Tissue

38. -lepsy
Child
Seizure - convulse
Pus
Around - covering

39. Orchi
Measure
Testicle
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Large

40. Ad-
Pus
Half
Near - toward
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.

41. pharyngo
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Kill
Throat
Head

42. -meter
Skull
Common bile duct
Half
Measure

43. Fibro
Personal Health Information.
Vagina
Connective tissue
Water

44. Path
Much -many
Down - from
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Disease

45. -otomy
Incision - to cut into
Month
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

46. Compete this series: Incus - stapes - ?
Malleus.
Left ventricle.
Foot
Above

47. Cephalo
Small
Head
Large
Tissue

48. Where is the great saphenous vein located?
Leg.
Red
Small
Machine

49. Herni
Gall bladder
Rupture
Bronchus
Nerve

50. Metro
Two
Small
Uterus
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.