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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. Dermo - dermato
Skin
A condition that develops slowly and lasts a long period of time.
Red
Two few

2. Oculo
Vomiting
Eye
Integumentary.
Sleep

3. Second Degree Burn
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Throat
Before
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.

4. Thyro
Fever
Thyroid gland
Sugar - sweet
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.

5. What is AMA?
American Medical Association.
Condition of - presence in urine
Bone
Measure

6. Uro
Foot
Urine
Treatment
Within

7. Intentional billing of services not provided is considered?
Fraud.
Rib
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Condition of

8. Lith
Half
Stone - calculus
Uterus
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.

9. Ad-
Integumentary.
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Intestine
Near - toward

10. pharyngo
Pelvis of kidney
Condition of
Throat
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.

11. Neo-
Incision - to cut into
Jaundice
Tooth
New

12. Costo
Illium (bone)
Uterus
Blue
Rib

13. Tunica vaginalis is part of which system?
Rupture
Blue
Male reproductive.
Breathing

14. -ectomy
Surgical removal
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Tumor
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac

15. -ostomy
Surgical opening
Eye
Common bile duct
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

16. Sub-
Chest
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Heat - temperature
Under

17. What is CMS?
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Male reproductive.
After
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.

18. Cysto
Between
Urinary bladder
Seizure - convulse
Month

19. peri-
Two few
Clot
Around - covering
Skin

20. -ptosis
Above
Falling
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Near - toward

21. -algia --algesia
Kidney
Pain
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.
Malleus.

22. Volume 3 of ICD-9-VM contains what?
Behind - backward
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Poison - infection
Death

23. Septic
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Mouth
Poison - infection
Clearinghouse.

24. Bi-
Two - twice
Insanity
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
From - away

25. Hyster
Uterus
Tumor
Kill
Fever

26. -phobia
Outer - or on the outside
Kill
Fear - dread
Water

27. -opia
Vision
Across
In - inside
Vagina

28. Choledocho
Abdomen
Loosen - dissolve
Common bile duct
Urinary bladder

29. Gluco - glyco
Brain
Artery
Above
Sugar - sweet

30. Procto
Clot
Rectum
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Colon

31. -cide
Kill
Throat
Head
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.

32. Myo
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.
Blue
Practice - process
Muscle

33. Volume 1 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Brain
Intestine
Abdomen

34. -itis
Uterus
Lens.
To repair a defect - suture
Inflammation

35. Micro
Small
Intestine
Study of
Sleep

36. Chole
Urine
Gall
Colon
Bad - poor - disordered

37. Mono-
Joint
Pus
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Single - one

38. -meter
Measure
Blood
Fraud.
Two few

39. Poly-
Seizure - convulse
Much -many
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Leg.

40. What is OIG?
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Foot
Eye
Month

41. Leuko
White
Clearinghouse.
Fever
Uterus

42. Mal-
Uterus
Eye
Bad - poor - disordered
After

43. Di-
Kidney
Child
Two
Uterus

44. Ped (greek)
Illium (bone)
Child
Record
Eye

45. Thrombo
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Clot
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
To sew up in position - fixation

46. Arterio
Artery
Left ventricle.
Tongue
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.

47. Ante-
Oviduct
Before
Apart
Mouth

48. Macro-
Large - long
Pain
Muscle
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair

49. Histo
Tissue
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.
Small
Practice - process

50. Fibro
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Connective tissue
To sew up in position - fixation
Before