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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. -oscopy
Muscle
Sugar - sweet
Look into - see
Heat

2. Gluco - glyco
Middle
Mouth
Lens.
Sugar - sweet

3. Trans-
Two
Across
Joint
Much -many

4. peri-
Oviduct
LCD
Around - covering
Before

5. Chronic
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Woman
Within
Record

6. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
Measure
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Nervous.

7. Open Fracture
Around - covering
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Connective tissue
Against

8. Laparo
Rib
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Abdomen
Sensation

9. What OIG document should a provider reveiw for potential problem areas that will receive special scrutiny in the upcoming year?
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
To sew up in position - fixation
Kill
Pain

10. Where is the great saphenous vein located?
Both
Nerve
Leg.
White

11. -esthesia
Sensation
Tissue
Woman
Large

12. What is PHI?
Two - twice
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Personal Health Information.
Ovary

13. Volume 1 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Cut
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Along side
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.

14. -pexy
Hemorrhage - flow
Heat
To sew up in position - fixation
Breast

15. Glosso
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Tongue
Bad - poor - disordered
Ear

16. Cholecysto
Gall bladder
Fat
Male reproductive.
Eye

17. First Degree Burn
Uterus
Testicle
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Rib

18. Gyne
Male reproductive.
Woman
Connective tissue
Heart

19. -graphy
LCD
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Practice - process

20. Mega-
Large
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Brain

21. Denti
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Chest
After
Tooth

22. -otomy
Incision - to cut into
To repair a defect - suture
Urinary bladder
Breathing

23. Asthenia
Skull
Middle
Weakness.
Two few

24. -gene --genic
Production - origin
Advance Beneficiary Notification
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Gall

25. -graph
Heart
Tooth
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Machine

26. Endo
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Self
From - away
Within inner - on the inside

27. -ology
Vein
Study of
Straight
Painful - difficult - disordered

28. -therapy
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Much -many
Treatment
Breast

29. Leuko
Apart
From - away
Treatment
White

30. -rrhaphy
Two few
Two - twice
Nephrolithiasis.
To repair a defect - suture

31. Closed Fracture
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Sugar - sweet
Tissue

32. Cyano
Testicle
Bad - poor - disordered
Abdomen
Blue

33. Renal
Seizure - convulse
Woman
Kidney
Within

34. Ilio
Rib
Bronchus
Abdomen
Illium (bone)

35. Hema - hemato - hemo
Middle
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Within inner - on the inside
Blood

36. Gastro
Kidney
Liver
Stomach
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.

37. What is HIPAA?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
New

38. Auto-
Gall bladder
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Above - over
Self

39. Ileo
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Mouth
Treatment
Large - long

40. The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient?
Red
Loosen - dissolve
Seizure - convulse
$100 or 25% of cost.

41. Circum
Before
Around
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Ear

42. a- -an-
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Oviduct
Left ventricle.
Without - lack of - absent - deficient

43. -mania
Insanity
Skin
Surgical removal
Supplies digestive enzymes.

44. What is AMA?
American Medical Association.
To sew up in position - fixation
Eye
Red

45. Intentional billing of services not provided is considered?
Vomiting
Fraud.
Vein
Tissue

46. Inter-
Rib
Joint
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Between

47. Oto
Left ventricle.
Ear
Slow
Rib

48. What is WHO?
Joint
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Kidney
Nose

49. What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered?
LCD
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Insanity
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.

50. Poly-
Against
Red
Fever
Much -many