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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. Choledocho
Left ventricle.
Air - lungs
Common bile duct
Straight

2. Semi-
Two
Malleus.
Half
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.

3. -cele
Within
Malleus.
Tumor
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac

4. Pyo
Pus
Near - toward
Look into - see
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.

5. Mono-
Single - one
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Thyroid gland
Tissue

6. Where is the great saphenous vein located?
Machine
Around
Fat
Leg.

7. What is the result of a ureteral blockage?
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Muscle
Blood
Eye

8. Ophthalmo
Eye
Gall bladder
Seizure - convulse
Oviduct

9. Orchi
Breast
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Testicle
Connective tissue

10. -lysis
Loosen - dissolve
Down - from
Stomach
Personal Health Information.

11. Leuko
To sew up in position - fixation
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Muscle
White

12. Mast
Air - lungs
From - away
Breast
Urine

13. plegia
Machine
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Fraud.
Paralysis

14. V codes
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Kill
Fear - dread

15. Endo
Out
Breast
Heart
Within inner - on the inside

16. Third Degree Burn
Falling
Breathing
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Large - long

17. Ilio
Illium (bone)
Within inner - on the inside
Blood
Tumor

18. Volume 3 of ICD-9-VM contains what?
Above
Tissue
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

19. Gluco - glyco
Sugar - sweet
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Breathing
Ear

20. Acute
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Stomach
Half
Outer - or on the outside

21. Colo
Around - covering
Urine
Colon
Spinal cord - bone marrow

22. Arterio
Artery
Across
Near - toward
Between

23. -phobia
Half
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Condition of - presence in urine
Fear - dread

24. Neo-
Fear - dread
New
Before
One

25. Osteo
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Bone
Half
Death

26. Laparo
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Within
Month
Abdomen

27. Necro
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Death
Within
Bad - poor - disordered

28. Bi-
Machine
Uterus
Two - twice
Sensation

29. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
Blood vessel
To sew up in position - fixation
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
American Medical Association.

30. What is Part A?

31. pharyngo
Throat
Left ventricle.
New
Blood

32. Glosso
Head
Abdomen
Tongue
Water

33. -ptosis
Malleus.
Breast
Down - from
Falling

34. Oophor
Thyroid gland
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Cartilage
Ovary

35. Narco
Sleep
Mouth
Ear
Common bile duct

36. Erythro
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Cartilage
Small
Red

37. Histo
Rupture
Seizure - convulse
Ear
Tissue

38. Entero
Surgical opening
Intestine
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Hemorrhage - flow

39. -ology
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Study of
Tissue

40. Nephro
Under
Practice - process
Blood vessel
Kidney

41. Hyster
Slow
Vision
Uterus
Large

42. Anti-
Against
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Cartilage
Nose

43. Pneum
Breathing
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Liver
Air - lungs

44. Cephalo
Bone
Head
Disease
$100 or 25% of cost.

45. The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient?
$100 or 25% of cost.
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Self
Two

46. Men
Heart
Month
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
In - inside

47. Closed Fracture
Bad - poor - disordered
Tongue
Spinal cord - bone marrow
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.

48. Volume 1 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Condition of - presence in urine
Personal Health Information.

49. -ostomy
Ovary
Surgical opening
Out
Male reproductive.

50. An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard is considered what?
Slow
Between
Above - over
Clearinghouse.