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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. Acute
Clot
A condition with a rapid onset with a short course.
No - not
Urine

2. Specticemia
To sew up in position - fixation
A systemic disease that is associated with microorganisms or toxins in the blood. These toxins are caused by bacteria - viruses - fungi - or other organisms.
Stomach
Blue

3. -plasty
Part D
Cut
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Puncture

4. Chondro
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Cartilage
White
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.

5. peri-
Around - covering
Lens.
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Liver

6. Volume 1 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Both
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
Sugar - sweet
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.

7. Angio
To sew up in position - fixation
Large
Vessle (blood or lymph)
In - inside

8. Cholecysto
Cut
Blood
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Gall bladder

9. Myelo
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Condition of
Tumor
Spinal cord - bone marrow

10. Sebaceous glands are part of which anatomical system?
Rectum
Uterus
Integumentary.
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac

11. What is HIPAA?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Law passed by Congress to improve the portability and continuity of healthcare coverage.
Muscle
Large - long
Skin

12. When should an ABN be signed?
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Both
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Hemorrhage - flow

13. -opia
Personal Health Information.
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Vision
Mouth

14. a- -an-
Bone
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
From - away
Woman

15. -osis
Medicare's prescription drug program.
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Condition of
Against

16. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
Intestine
Pelvis of kidney
Loosen - dissolve
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.

17. What is OIG?
Kill
Around - covering
Bad - poor - disordered
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance

18. Anti-
Kidney
Against
Liver
Red

19. Stomato
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Mouth
Sleep
Seizure - convulse

20. -meter
Measure
Death
Within inner - on the inside
Tongue

21. Colpo
Fat
Poison - infection
Pus
Vagina

22. Thyro
Kill
Thyroid gland
Integumentary.
Painful - difficult - disordered

23. Ped (greek)
Tumor - swelling - hernia - sac
Look into - see
Child
Death

24. Neuro
Middle
Behind - backward
Nerve
LCD

25. Volume 3 of ICD-9-VM contains what?
Apart
Straight
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Condition of

26. What is the result of a ureteral blockage?
Mouth
Blood vessel
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Slow

27. Leuko
Abdomen
Brain
White
Around - covering

28. Ex-
Bone
American Medical Association.
Out
From - away

29. -emia
Uterus
Blood
Fever
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.

30. Chole
Nose
Record
Gall
Child

31. Pyro
Heat - temperature
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.
Integumentary.
Sugar - sweet

32. -pexy
Both
To sew up in position - fixation
Lens.
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.

33. Renal calculus is?
Nephrolithiasis.
Death
Head
Surgical opening

34. Sepsis
Against
Whole body inflammatory state. It generally refers to SIRS that is due to an infection.
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Medicares's Hospital Insurance; covers hospital/facility care.

35. Cyano
From - away
Blue
Pain
Near - toward

36. -gene --genic
Production - origin
Kidney
Connective tissue
Brain

37. Intentional billing of services not provided is considered?
Blood vessel
Fraud.
Treatment
Disease

38. An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard is considered what?
Gall bladder
Pain
Clearinghouse.
Without - lack of - absent - deficient

39. Orchi
Production - origin
Testicle
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Heat - temperature

40. Uro
Advance Beneficiary Notification
Urine
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Look into - see

41. What is the function of the pancreas?
Vessle (blood or lymph)
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Puncture
In - inside

42. Pneum
Left ventricle.
Air - lungs
Nerve
Painful - difficult - disordered

43. Cardio
Within
Half
Heart
Outer - or on the outside

44. Cysto
Water
Head
Malleus.
Urinary bladder

45. Men
Rib
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Bad - poor - disordered
Month

46. Hemi-
Half
Self
Disease
Two

47. -oma
Incision - to cut into
Single - one
Tumor
Much -many

48. Thoraco
Chest
Heat
Shape - mold - repair - operative revision - plastic repair
Above - over

49. Arterio
Half
Artery
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Cut

50. -uria - -uric
Illium (bone)
Condition of - presence in urine
Outer - or on the outside
Much -many