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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. Fibro
Connective tissue
Common bile duct
Small
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.

2. -ology
Study of
Around - covering
Illium (bone)
Behind - backward

3. Ambi-
Loosen - dissolve
Both
White
Paralysis

4. Macro-
Oviduct
Poison - infection
Large - long
Condition of

5. Hepa - hepato
Liver
Record
Urine
Chest

6. What is Part D?

7. Asthenia
Weakness.
Vomiting
Gall
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac

8. Colpo
Machine
Vagina
Fat
Weakness.

9. -gram
Tumor
Record
Practice - process
Incision - to cut into

10. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
Male reproductive.
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Kidney

11. Entero
Pus
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Intestine
From - away

12. Gluco - glyco
Sugar - sweet
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Testicle
Anus

13. The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient?
American Medical Association.
$100 or 25% of cost.
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Rupture

14. Leuko
Treatment
Disease
White
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.

15. Thrombo
Clot
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Sensation

16. Chole
Vision
Gall
Kill
Around - covering

17. a- -an-
Red
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Surgical removal

18. Epi-
Nervous.
Male reproductive.
Above - over
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.

19. Narco
Two few
Vision
Sleep
Insanity

20. -graph
Clot
Inflammation
Along side
Machine

21. Nephro
Production - origin
Self
Kidney
Condition of

22. Path
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Pelvis of kidney
Disease
Skin

23. -centesis
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Heart
Puncture
Large - long

24. phlebo
Apart
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Clearinghouse.
Vein

25. Where is the great saphenous vein located?
Heat - temperature
Leg.
Before
Sensation

26. Myelo
Cut
Ovary
Spinal cord - bone marrow
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.

27. Dermo - dermato
Skin
Brain
Painful - difficult - disordered
Clearinghouse.

28. Cardio
Heart
Half
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Middle

29. -cide
Colon
Thyroid gland
To sew up in position - fixation
Kill

30. Intentional billing of services not provided is considered?
Behind - backward
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Fraud.
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

31. What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered?
Under
Liver
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
LCD

32. Non-
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Single - one
Middle
No - not

33. Ortho-
Straight
Foot
Under
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.

34. What is CPC?
Nervous.
Around - covering
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
LCD

35. Volume 3 of ICD-9-VM contains what?
Poison - infection
Heart
Vagina
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

36. Febr
Fever
Straight
Above - over
Rupture

37. Men
Across
Month
Joint
Insanity

38. Acute
Along side
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Nephrolithiasis.
Breathing

39. -therapy
Treatment
Foot
Fear - dread
No - not

40. First Degree Burn
Tumor
Muscle
American Medical Association.
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.

41. What is medical billing?
Translating medical documentation into codes.
$100 or 25% of cost.
Above
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.

42. -plasty
Both
Pain
Fever
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair

43. Lipo
Kill
Leg.
Fat
Vision

44. Mega-
Production - origin
Colon
Large
Blue

45. Bi-
Single - one
Tissue
Two - twice
White

46. Hema - hemato - hemo
Blood
Half
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Muscle

47. Cyano
Large - long
Middle
Blue
Red

48. Volume 2 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Fat
Breast
Much -many

49. Colo
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
No - not
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Colon

50. Trans-
Across
Before
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Heat