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CPC Current Procedural Terminology Certification

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Lipo
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.
Against
Rectum
Fat

2. Cardio
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Two - twice
Two
Heart

3. Mono-
Single - one
Much -many
Breast
To sew up in position - fixation

4. -ostomy
Ileum (part of small intestine)
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Poison - infection
Surgical opening

5. Macro-
Kidney
Sleep
Large - long
Above

6. Oophor
Out
Ovary
Muscle
Production - origin

7. -uria - -uric
Straight
Condition of - presence in urine
Loosen - dissolve
Down - from

8. What OIG document should a provider reveiw for potential problem areas that will receive special scrutiny in the upcoming year?
Sugar - sweet
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Personal Health Information.
Falling

9. Cranio
Ovary
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Oviduct
Skull

10. -ectomy
Surgical removal
Muscle
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
Malleus.

11. peri-
Kill
Around - covering
Vomiting
Lens.

12. What is PHI?
Down - from
Abdomen
Poison - infection
Personal Health Information.

13. What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered?
Around
Stomach
LCD
Woman

14. -pexy
Supplies digestive enzymes.
White
Under
To sew up in position - fixation

15. -gram
Against
Record
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Tongue

16. -emesis
Colon
Two
Rectum
Vomiting

17. Orchi
Part D
Testicle
Cut
Against

18. Myocardium is thickest arount which chamber of the heart?
Around - covering
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Thyroid gland
Left ventricle.

19. Asthenia
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Weakness.
Vision
Nephrolithiasis.

20. Endo
Above
Within inner - on the inside
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Machine

21. What is Part C?

22. Pneum
Left ventricle.
Breast
Air - lungs
Liver

23. Renal calculus is?
Malleus.
Eye
Above
Nephrolithiasis.

24. Vaso
Oviduct
Blue
Blood vessel
Mucous membrane

25. Sub-
Translating medical documentation into codes.
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Sugar - sweet
Under

26. What is AMA?
American Medical Association.
To repair a defect - suture
Nerve
Woman

27. Semi-
Half
Behind - backward
Cartilage
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.

28. Auto-
Self
Rib
Uterus
Inflammation

29. pharyngo
To repair a defect - suture
Against
Throat
Heat

30. Myo
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Muscle

31. What is WHO?
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Inflammation
Straight
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.

32. Ortho-
Surgical removal
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Straight

33. Mal-
Blue
Bad - poor - disordered
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
Fever

34. Oto
Kidney
Connective tissue
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.
Ear

35. Cyano
Study of
Surgical removal
Blue
Sensation

36. -emia
Cartilage
Leg.
Joint
Blood

37. What is Part A?

38. Brady-
Testicle
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Slow

39. What is CPC?
Kidney
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
Nephrolithiasis.

40. -cise
Cut
Gall bladder
Puncture
Thyroid gland

41. a- -an-
Leg.
Painful - difficult - disordered
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Left ventricle.

42. Third Degree Burn
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Down - from
Gall bladder
Tumor

43. Ictero
Look into - see
Tooth
Jaundice
Fat

44. Path
Across
Disease
Insanity
Puncture

45. Hyster
Slow
$100 or 25% of cost.
Uterus
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.

46. Intentional billing of services not provided is considered?
Under
LCD
Fraud.
Nose

47. Mast
Breast
Treatment
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Nose

48. Dis-
Apart
Skin
American Medical Association.
Along side

49. -rrhage
Hemorrhage - flow
Ear
Around
Fever

50. Inter-
Between
Out
Air - lungs
Eye