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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. -ptosis
Record
Falling
To repair a defect - suture
Nervous.

2. Gluco - glyco
Sugar - sweet
Integumentary.
Woman
Puncture

3. -pexy
To sew up in position - fixation
Fat
Machine
Foot

4. Chondro
Tooth
Before
Around - covering
Cartilage

5. Meso-
Child
In - inside
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Middle

6. Epi-
Above - over
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.
Within inner - on the inside

7. -emesis
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Month
Vomiting
Rupture

8. Brady-
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Artery
Slow
Anus

9. -cise
Urine
Hemorrhage - flow
Cut
Apart

10. Anti-
Tissue
Along side
Against
Cut

11. Procto
Gall
Rectum
Thyroid gland
After

12. Closed Fracture
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Ear
Kidney
Connective tissue

13. What is the result of a ureteral blockage?
White
In - inside
Uterus
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.

14. Ped (greek)
$100 or 25% of cost.
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.
Child
Bronchus

15. a- -an-
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Blood
Red
Malleus.

16. Cranio
Seizure - convulse
Skull
Poison - infection
Fever

17. Herni
Rupture
Heat
Intestine
Across

18. Broncho
Bronchus
Insanity
Nerve
Painful - difficult - disordered

19. Hemiplegia is a disorder caused by a defect in which anatomical system?
Nervous.
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Tumor
Supplies digestive enzymes.

20. -gram
Record
Heat
In - inside
Above

21. -opia
Breast
Month
Large
Vision

22. Hema - hemato - hemo
Woman
Heart
Blood
Slow

23. Oto
Practice - process
Chest
Through - between - across - apart
Ear

24. Pyro
Inflammation
Heat - temperature
Brain
Hemorrhage - flow

25. Metro
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Integumentary.
Tongue
Uterus

26. Poly-
Between
Skin
Rectum
Much -many

27. -oma
Tumor
Ovary
Rib
Urine

28. Compete this series: Incus - stapes - ?
Two few
Malleus.
Male reproductive.
Fraud.

29. Hemi-
Artery
Male reproductive.
Condition of
Half

30. -pnea
Vagina
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
Part D
Breathing

31. -algia --algesia
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Pain
Much -many
Personal Health Information.

32. Renal calculus is?
Bronchus
Nephrolithiasis.
White
Personal Health Information.

33. Arterio
Lens.
Head
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Artery

34. What part of Medicare should be billed for the pain medication by the pharmacy?
Mouth
Part D
Tongue
Fever

35. Pyelo
Jaundice
Clot
Against
Pelvis of kidney

36. Third Degree Burn
Illium (bone)
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Above
Head

37. -therapy
Water
Condition of
Treatment
Air - lungs

38. The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient?
From - away
$100 or 25% of cost.
Inflammation
Look into - see

39. Auto-
Large
Self
Straight
Sleep

40. Tunica vaginalis is part of which system?
Male reproductive.
Half
Fever
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

41. peri-
Vagina
Blood
Around - covering
Jaundice

42. Gastro
Painful - difficult - disordered
Nervous.
To repair a defect - suture
Stomach

43. -rrhaphy
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Common bile duct
Advance Beneficiary Notification
To repair a defect - suture

44. Neuro
Joint
Nerve
Nose
Practice - process

45. What is ICD-9-CM?
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Two - twice
Behind - backward
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

46. Myocardium is thickest arount which chamber of the heart?
Between
Left ventricle.
Along side
Half

47. -otomy
Two
Incision - to cut into
Heart
Poison - infection

48. When should an ABN be signed?
Urinary bladder
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Foot
Nephrolithiasis.

49. -meter
Measure
Blue
Stomach
Pelvis of kidney

50. -cele
Fever
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.