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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
Leg.
Vagina
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Look into - see

2. Where is the great saphenous vein located?
Intestine
Leg.
Practice - process
Within

3. Ambi-
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Both
Blood

4. Denti
Joint
Condition of
Tooth
Incision - to cut into

5. Ictero
Woman
Nervous.
Jaundice
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.

6. Para-
Before
Blood vessel
To sew up in position - fixation
Along side

7. Contra
Production - origin
Jaundice
Straight
Against

8. Ex-
Machine
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Out
Brain

9. Ped (greek)
Half
Child
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Intestine

10. a- -an-
Stomach
Bronchus
Blood
Without - lack of - absent - deficient

11. Colpo
Stomach
Vagina
Integumentary.
Falling

12. Path
Disease
Vomiting
Above - over
Machine

13. Stomato
Sleep
Rupture
Mouth
Blood

14. -rrhaphy
Vision
To repair a defect - suture
Skin
Breathing

15. Macro-
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Tongue
Rupture
Large - long

16. Oophor
Ear
Painful - difficult - disordered
Thyroid gland
Ovary

17. Late Effect
Muscle
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Ear
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

18. Third Degree Burn
Above
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Uterus
Month

19. Meso-
Bone
Loosen - dissolve
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Middle

20. Leuko
White
Pain
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Translating medical documentation into codes.

21. Pyo
Self
Muscle
Pus
Artery

22. Vaso
Through - between - across - apart
Half
Blood vessel
Rectum

23. Cephalo
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Head
Gall
Kidney

24. Colo
Clearinghouse.
Common bile duct
$100 or 25% of cost.
Colon

25. -graphy
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.
Practice - process
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Left ventricle.

26. Di-
Stone - calculus
Across
Two
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.

27. Closed Fracture
Muscle
Down - from
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.

28. -emia
Stone - calculus
Blood
Ear
Woman

29. Necro
Near - toward
Two
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Death

30. De-
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Down - from
Straight
Middle

31. -opia
Vision
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Tumor
Kidney

32. Trans-
Blood vessel
Bone
Across
Record

33. -gene --genic
Insanity
Personal Health Information.
Nose
Production - origin

34. Sepsis
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Practice - process
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Machine

35. Hema - hemato - hemo
Clearinghouse.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Gall bladder
Blood

36. Hemiplegia is a disorder caused by a defect in which anatomical system?
Behind - backward
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Nervous.
Rupture

37. Febr
Disease
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
Fever
Thyroid gland

38. -lysis
Loosen - dissolve
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Condition of
Through - between - across - apart

39. Compete this series: Incus - stapes - ?
Left ventricle.
Malleus.
Rib
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.

40. Open Fracture
Mucous membrane
Under
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Painful - difficult - disordered

41. Neo-
Painful - difficult - disordered
Red
New
Gall bladder

42. Volume 1 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Before
Single - one
Blood
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.

43. -oma
Tumor
Death
Fat
One

44. Cysto
Disease
Near - toward
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Urinary bladder

45. Thrombo
Tooth
Clot
Child
Slow

46. Ad-
Liver
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Near - toward
Heat - temperature

47. Ortho-
One
Through - between - across - apart
Lens.
Straight

48. -meter
Pain
Heat
Measure
Lens.

49. Ped (latin)
Stone - calculus
Large - long
Practice - process
Foot

50. Micro
Record
Uterus
Small
Painful - difficult - disordered