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CPC Current Procedural Terminology Certification

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Lith
Stone - calculus
Urine
Air - lungs
Supplies digestive enzymes.

2. What part of Medicare should be billed for the pain medication by the pharmacy?
In - inside
Fever
Bone
Part D

3. Compete this series: Incus - stapes - ?
Against
Rupture
Malleus.
Measure

4. The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient?
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Two
$100 or 25% of cost.
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.

5. What OIG document should a provider reveiw for potential problem areas that will receive special scrutiny in the upcoming year?
Red
Mucous membrane
Nerve
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.

6. -therapy
Treatment
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Tooth
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.

7. Mast
Rupture
Pus
A full-thickness burns that involve the epidermis - dermis - and varying levels of the subcutaneous and underlying structures.
Breast

8. Volume 2 of ICD-9-CM contains what?
Index to Diseases: Diagnosis codes organized in an alphabetic index.
Ear
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Breast

9. Mono-
Gall
Single - one
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Machine

10. Ab- -abs-
Blood
Clearinghouse.
From - away
In - inside

11. Herni
Rupture
Common bile duct
Around - covering
Pus

12. Cyano
Blue
Between
A partial-thickness burn involving the epidermis and the dermis.
Kidney

13. An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard is considered what?
Study of
Ear
Urine will not be able to flow from the kidney to the bladder.
Clearinghouse.

14. Hema - hemato - hemo
Blood
Rupture
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Breathing

15. Dis-
Apart
Ear
Half
Malleus.

16. Para-
Two few
Supplies digestive enzymes.
Eye
Along side

17. Myelo
Spinal cord - bone marrow
Connective tissue
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Pain

18. Pre-
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Before
Against
Within

19. What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered?
When a service is not expected to be covered by Medicare.
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
Tabular List: Diagonosis codes organized in order by code.
LCD

20. Post-
After
Without - lack of - absent - deficient
Behind - backward
Eye

21. Naso
Pelvis of kidney
Half
Anus
Nose

22. Sub-
Under
Kill
Insanity
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.

23. Bi-
Against
Two - twice
Cartilage
Puncture

24. -graphy
Practice - process
Superficial burns through only the epidermis.
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Blood vessel

25. -ptosis
Blood
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
Falling
Foot

26. Brady-
Through - between - across - apart
Oviduct
Muscle
Slow

27. Fibro
Apart
Middle
Against
Connective tissue

28. Cardio
Heart
A fracture bone that pierces the skin.
Ileum (part of small intestine)
Personal Health Information.

29. -phobia
Seizure - convulse
Production - origin
Pus
Fear - dread

30. Uro
Within inner - on the inside
Illium (bone)
Tongue
Urine

31. Metro
Above
Vomiting
Self
Uterus

32. Sebaceous glands are part of which anatomical system?
Sytemic response to infection - burns - trauma - or cancer.
Near - toward
Abdomen
Integumentary.

33. Inter-
Oviduct
Between
Sepis with associated acute organ dysfunction.
Large

34. -pexy
Two few
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
To sew up in position - fixation
Leg.

35. -opia
Two few
Vision
Nervous.
Skull

36. Vaso
Office of Inspector General. Makes sure everyone is in compliance
Nerve
Around
Blood vessel

37. Ophthalmo
Thyroid gland
Self
Muscle
Eye

38. -penia
Disease
Two few
An inactive - residual effect or condition produced after the acute portion of an injury or illness has passed.
Anus

39. Ambi-
Bad - poor - disordered
Both
Down - from
Integumentary.

40. Encephalo
Brain
Middle
Illium (bone)
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.

41. What is WHO?
Falling
Around - covering
World Health Organization. A group that deals with health care issues on a global basis.
Nervous.

42. Closed Fracture
Small
After
A fractured bone that does not pierce the skin.
Personal Health Information.

43. Nephro
Connective tissue
Gall bladder
Kidney
Look into - see

44. Ad-
Against
Common bile duct
Clearinghouse.
Near - toward

45. Glosso
Treatment
Tongue
Against
Urine

46. Volume 3 of ICD-9-VM contains what?
Current Procedural Terminology. What was done into codes.
Left ventricle.
Alphabetic Index and Tabular Index of Procedures: Procedures performed in the inpatient setting.
Small

47. What is ICD-9-CM?
Gall bladder
International Classification of Disease - 9th Clinical Modification. Why was done in codes.
Along side
Eye

48. En-
Lens.
Pelvis of kidney
Above
In - inside

49. Intra-
Within
Medicare's prescription drug program.
Measure
$100 or 25% of cost.

50. -cise
OIG Work Plan. Each year in October.
Two
Medicare's Advantage is a set of health care options from which beneficiaries choose health care providers.
Cut