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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. Vaso
Above
Foot
Blood vessel
Vomiting

2. -gram
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Middle
Record
Vision

3. Ecto-
Outer - or on the outside
Muscle
Seizure - convulse
$100 or 25% of cost.

4. Ad-
Tissue
Air - lungs
Pus
Near - toward

5. Volume 1 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Poison - infection
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Through - between - across - apart

6. -osis
Condition of
Self
Around - covering
Out

7. Non-
No - not
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Out
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.

8. -rrhage
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Connective tissue
Hemorrhage - flow
Behind - backward

9. -uria - -uric
White
Death
Condition of - presence in urine
Vein

10. Necro
Death
Ileum (part of small intestine)
One
Sugar - sweet

11. Ped (latin)
Foot
Blood vessel
Stomach
Pelvis of kidney

12. Third Degree Burn
Vagina
Nose
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.

13. Asthenia
Intestine
Blood
Abdomen
Weakness.

14. Glosso
Machine
Near - toward
Gall
Tongue

15. Ortho-
Around
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Straight
Nephrolithiasis.

16. Myocardium is thickest arount which chamber of the heart?
Part D
Surgical opening
Left ventricle.
Down - from

17. Stomato
Mouth
Two few
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Lens.

18. Angio
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Breast
Kidney

19. Thrombo
Clot
Fever
Study of
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.

20. Myo
Blood vessel
Muscle
Against
Fever

21. Dermo - dermato
Skin
Practice - process
Ear
Water

22. -penia
Two few
Practice - process
Painful - difficult - disordered
Poison - infection

23. What is ABN?
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Large - long
Before
Kidney

24. Erythro
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Red
Tooth
Heart

25. Bi-
Lens.
Liver
Two - twice
Around

26. What is ICD-9-CM?
Throat
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Vomiting
Record

27. Ophthalmo
Month
Two few
Nephrolithiasis.
Eye

28. Where is the great saphenous vein located?
Hemorrhage - flow
Leg.
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Disease

29. pharyngo
Two few
Look into - see
Throat
Weakness.

30. -meter
Tooth
Measure
Much -many
Urinary bladder

31. plegia
Left ventricle.
Vision
Paralysis
Urinary bladder

32. -cide
Ovary
Kill
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Ear

33. Pyro
Fever
Uterus
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Heat - temperature

34. Macro-
New
Against
Large - long
From - away

35. Meso-
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Middle
Tooth
Joint

36. Salpingo
Under
Oviduct
Part D
Seizure - convulse

37. What is CMS?
Seizure - convulse
Middle
Nervous.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.

38. -opia
Middle
Water
Vision
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.

39. Endo
Treatment
Breathing
Within inner - on the inside
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.

40. The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient?
Gall bladder
Half
From - away
$100 or 25% of cost.

41. Ileo
Half
Small
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.

42. Metro
White
Uterus
Tissue
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

43. -therapy
Treatment
Kidney
Fraud.
Weakness.

44. a- -an-
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Tooth
To sew up in position - fixation
Against

45. Histo
Sugar - sweet
Tissue
Joint
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.

46. Colpo
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Skin
Vagina

47. E Codes
Production - origin
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Within inner - on the inside
Stomach

48. Ped (greek)
Breathing
Child
Measure
Eye

49. -oscopy
Supplies digestive enzymes.
To repair a defect - suture
Look into - see
Male reproductive.

50. Thoraco
Throat
Chest
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Malleus.