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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. Renal
Kidney
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Tissue
Urinary bladder

2. Choledocho
Throat
Small
Large
Common bile duct

3. Oculo
Eye
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Kidney

4. Ano
Anus
Within inner - on the inside
Colon
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.

5. What part of Medicare should be billed for the pain medication by the pharmacy?
Part D
Uterus
Water
Vessle (blood or lymph)

6. Third Degree Burn
From - away
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Condition of - presence in urine
Pain

7. Lith
Brain
White
Stone - calculus
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.

8. -phobia
Fear - dread
Left ventricle.
Chest
After

9. De-
Down - from
Practice - process
Poison - infection
Pus

10. E Codes
Tongue
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Two - twice

11. Mono-
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Single - one
Across
Kill

12. -ectomy
Skull
Behind - backward
Throat
Surgical removal

13. Di-
Cartilage
Two
Ovary
Nervous.

14. Late Effect
Male reproductive.
Seizure - convulse
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Testicle

15. What is OIG?
Skull
Month
Common bile duct
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

16. -gram
Out
Apart
Record
Surgical removal

17. plegia
Blood
Paralysis
Vagina
Pelvis of kidney

18. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Down - from
Around - covering
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.

19. Ex-
Out
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Fraud.
Thyroid gland

20. Tunica vaginalis is part of which system?
Male reproductive.
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Straight
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.

21. Bi-
Kill
Two - twice
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.

22. Muco
Nervous.
Urinary bladder
Tongue
Mucous membrane

23. Path
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Bad - poor - disordered
Large
Disease

24. Mal-
Machine
Outer - or on the outside
Surgical removal
Bad - poor - disordered

25. Circum
Connective tissue
Down - from
Gall
Around

26. -otomy
Large - long
Practice - process
Incision - to cut into
Nose

27. What is WHO?
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Integumentary.
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.

28. What is the function of the pancreas?
Personal Health Information.
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Leg.
Testicle

29. Pyo
Pus
Child
Surgical removal
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac

30. Volume 2 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Condition of
Against
Chest

31. Orchi
Insanity
Red
Testicle
Jaundice

32. What is medical billing?
Thyroid gland
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Ovary

33. Hemiplegia is a disorder caused by a defect in which anatomical system?
Kidney
Record
Ovary
Nervous.

34. What is ICD-9-CM?
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Down - from
Illium (bone)
Falling

35. -itis
Colon
Incision - to cut into
Foot
Inflammation

36. Volume 3 of ICD-9-VM contains what?
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Paralysis
Through - between - across - apart
Colon

37. Osteo
Against
Bone
Large
Above

38. -cele
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Condition of
Tooth
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.

39. Super-
Gall bladder
Foot
Above
Half

40. Chondro
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Cartilage
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Gall

41. Hepa - hepato
Liver
Breathing
Both
Eye

42. -gene --genic
Along side
Condition of - presence in urine
Production - origin
To repair a defect - suture

43. Nephro
Nephrolithiasis.
Kidney
Near - toward
To repair a defect - suture

44. Dis-
Apart
Personal Health Information.
Anus
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair

45. Endo
Within inner - on the inside
Across
Between
Malleus.

46. Meso-
Within
Artery
Middle
To sew up in position - fixation

47. Ab- -abs-
Spinal cord - bone marrow
From - away
Through - between - across - apart
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.

48. First Degree Burn
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Uterus
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Self

49. -plasty
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Near - toward

50. Semi-
Abdomen
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Single - one
Half