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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. What is CMS?
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Cartilage
Gall
Inflammation

2. What is Part C?

3. Narco
$100 or 25% of cost.
Sleep
Much -many
Down - from

4. E Codes
Pelvis of kidney
No - not
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Falling

5. Open Fracture
Mouth
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Fraud.
Joint

6. -osis
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Illium (bone)
Condition of
Much -many

7. Angio
Uterus
Loosen - dissolve
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Single - one

8. Sepsis
Two - twice
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Between
Oviduct

9. Third Degree Burn
To sew up in position - fixation
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Skin

10. Dis-
Male reproductive.
Apart
One
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.

11. -phobia
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Fear - dread
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.

12. -meter
Mucous membrane
Middle
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Measure

13. Mal-
Bad - poor - disordered
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Ear
Artery

14. Dermo - dermato
Kill
Blue
Blood vessel
Skin

15. Compete this series: Incus - stapes - ?
Near - toward
Malleus.
Pus
Spinal cord - bone marrow

16. Glosso
Tongue
Practice - process
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private prctice and rules.
Muscle

17. Osteo
Fever
Integumentary.
Bone
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.

18. Contra
Month
Against
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.
Tissue

19. Acute
Bone
$100 or 25% of cost.
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.

20. Asthenia
Two few
Stone - calculus
Gall
Weakness.

21. What part of Medicare should be billed for the pain medication by the pharmacy?
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Part D
Child
Near - toward

22. V codes
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Codes used to describe circumstances or condition that could influence patient care.
Within

23. Path
Vagina
Clearinghouse.
Disease
Fear - dread

24. peri-
Against
Illium (bone)
Around - covering
Vessle (blood or lymph)

25. Cysto
Clot
Urinary bladder
Tissue
Gall bladder

26. Specticemia
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Foot
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Puncture

27. Herni
Rupture
Self
Heat
Nose

28. -algia --algesia
Two few
Clearinghouse.
Pain
Medicare's Supplemental Medical Insurance; covers physician services and durable medical equipment that are not paid for under Part A.

29. -cise
Cut
Codes reported to indentify how an injury occurred and the location when it occurred. Never sequenced first.
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Fat

30. Intra-
Within
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.
Translating medical documentation into codes.
Urine

31. Ante-
Before
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Fear - dread
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.

32. Metro
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Uterus
Insanity
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.

33. Trans-
Across
Testicle
Around - covering
Falling

34. Brady-
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Slow
Clearinghouse.
Connective tissue

35. -lysis
Small
Tooth
Loosen - dissolve
Pain

36. Circum
Around
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Artery
Supplies digestive enzymes.

37. Erythro
Practice - process
Red
Near - toward
Advance Beneficiary Notification

38. Colo
Uterus
Two few
Colon
Through - between - across - apart

39. Super-
Apart
Large - long
Pain
Above

40. Bi-
Two - twice
Kidney
Fat
Both

41. What is HIPAA?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Joint
Above

42. Di-
Poison - infection
Malleus.
Month
Two

43. Broncho
Condition of
Part D
Loosen - dissolve
Bronchus

44. Second Degree Burn
Cartilage
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Stone - calculus
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.

45. Oculo
Joint
Measure
Eye
Personal Health Information.

46. -ology
Study of
Loosen - dissolve
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Blood

47. Mega-
Chest
Large
Breathing
Pain

48. What is ABN?
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Blood vessel
Month
Across

49. Pyo
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
Pus
Malleus.
Woman

50. Ilio
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Outer - or on the outside
Illium (bone)
Straight