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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. Histo
Tissue
Outer - or on the outside
Jaundice
Nervous.

2. What is ABN?
Male reproductive.
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Gall
Heat - temperature

3. -rrhaphy
To repair a defect - suture
Measure
Hemorrhage - flow
Child

4. Epi-
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Along side
Both
Above - over

5. Specticemia
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Cut
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.

6. Ano
Heart
Anus
Vagina
Above

7. En-
Above
In - inside
Machine
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

8. Myocardium is thickest arount which chamber of the heart?
Fear - dread
Left ventricle.
Breathing
To repair a defect - suture

9. -gene --genic
Production - origin
Eye
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Sugar - sweet

10. -uria - -uric
Eye
From - away
Skin
Condition of - presence in urine

11. a- -an-
Practice - process
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Nose
Eye

12. Procto
Eye
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Breast
Rectum

13. 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.
Heat
Out
Kidney

14. Brady-
Slow
Water
Vomiting
Before

15. Colo
Colon
Ear
Falling
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair

16. Renal calculus is?
Out
Nephrolithiasis.
Across
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.

17. What is Part B?

18. Sub-
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Cut
Under
American Medical Association.

19. First Degree Burn
Cut
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
After
Outer - or on the outside

20. Cholecysto
Before
Gall bladder
Much -many
To sew up in position - fixation

21. -meter
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Study of
Measure
Connective tissue

22. Entero
Intestine
White
Insanity
Small

23. Ecto-
Fear - dread
Much -many
Outer - or on the outside
Blue

24. pharyngo
Half
Fear - dread
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Throat

25. -cide
Puncture
Kill
Part D
Thyroid gland

26. Pyo
Out
Pus
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Surgical opening

27. Di-
Stone - calculus
Two
Blue
Month

28. Volume 3 of ICD-9-VM contains what?
Puncture
Joint
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
$100 or 25% of cost.

29. Severe Sepsis
Insanity
Disease
To repair a defect - suture
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.

30. -emesis
Vomiting
Testicle
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Eye

31. -rrhage
Poison - infection
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Hemorrhage - flow
Ileum (part of small intestine)

32. Dia-
Condition of - presence in urine
Through - between - across - apart
Nervous.
Rupture

33. When should an ABN be signed?
Middle
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Advance Beneficiary Notification
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.

34. Cyano
Blue
Stomach
Seizure - convulse
Nerve

35. Salpingo
Oviduct
Ear
Blood
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac

36. Bi-
Two - twice
Foot
Nose
Before

37. Endo
Pus
Within inner - on the inside
New
Much -many

38. Mono-
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Single - one
Ovary
Anus

39. Thyro
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.
Thyroid gland
Fever
Surgical opening

40. Myelo
Fat
Bad - poor - disordered
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Testicle

41. Cysto
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Urinary bladder
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Child

42. Compete this series: Incus - stapes - ?
Malleus.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Around - covering
Outer - or on the outside

43. Hemi-
Tissue
Gall
To repair a defect - suture
Half

44. Thrombo
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Clot
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.

45. Intra-
Within
Out
Vision
Mucous membrane

46. Oto
Ear
Jaundice
Clot
Bone

47. Chondro
Production - origin
Cartilage
Within inner - on the inside
To repair a defect - suture

48. Retro-
Heat - temperature
Behind - backward
Brain
Blood

49. What is CPC?
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
Throat
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Painful - difficult - disordered

50. -cele
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Abdomen
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Single - one