The Perfect Study Tool for Coding
Certification (CPC)
abdomin/o - Answer abdomen
-agon - Answer assemble
-22 - Answer Increase procedural services
When should an ABN be signed? - Answer When a service is not expected to be
covered by Medicare.
acetabul/o - Answer hip socket
-78 - Answer Unplanned return to the operating/procedure room by the same physician
or other qualified health care professional following initial procedure for a related
procedure during the postoperative procedure
-algesia - Answer pain sensation
ABG - Answer Arterial blood gas
Absence - Answer without
a- - Answer not
acr/o - Answer height/extremities
-79 - Answer Unrelated procedure or service by the same physician during the
postoperative period
What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered? - Answer LCD
-algia - Answer pain
ABN - Answer Advance Beneficiary Notice; used by CMS to notify beneficiary of
payment of provider services
adipose - Answer fatty
an- - Answer not
ante- - Answer before
,Albinism - Answer Lack of color pigment
ACL - Answer anterior cruciate ligament
AD - Answer right ear
AFB - Answer acid-fast bacillus
AFI - Answer Amniotic fluid index
AGA - Answer appropriate for gestational age
-ar - Answer pertaining to
-arche - Answer beginning
-ary - Answer pertaining to
-asthenia - Answer weakness
-blast - Answer embryonic
-capnia - Answer carbon dioxide
-cele - Answer hernia
-centesis - Answer puncture to remove (drain)
What is medical billing? - Answer Translating medical documentation into codes.
What part of Medicare should be billed for the pain medication by the pharmacy? -
Answer Part D
The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient? - Answer
$100 or 25% of cost.
An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another
entity into a standard is considered what? - Answer Clearinghouse.
What is PHI? - Answer Personal Health Information.
Intentional billing of services not provided is considered? - Answer Fraud.
What OIG document should a provider review for potential problem areas that will
receive special scrutiny in the upcoming year? - Answer OIG Work Plan. Each year in
October.
, -80 - Answer Assistant surgeon
-81 - Answer Minimum assistant surgeon
-82 - Answer Assistant surgeon (when qualified resident surgeon not available)
-90 - Answer Reference (outside) laboratory
-91 - Answer Repeat clinical diagnostic laboratory test
-99 - Answer Multiple modifiers
-23 - Answer Unusual anesthesia
aden/o - Answer in a relationship to a gland
audi- - Answer hearing
bi- - Answer two
Allograft - Answer Homograft, same species graft
Alopecia - Answer Condition in which hair falls out
AGCUS - Answer atypical glandular cells of undetermined
AKA - Answer above-knee amputation
-chezia - Answer defecation
-clast, -clasia, -clasis - Answer break
-coccus - Answer spherical bacterium
-cyesis - Answer pregnancy
-desis - Answer fusion
-dilation - Answer widening, expanding
What is ABN? - Answer Advance Beneficiary Notification
What is AMA? - Answer American Medical Association.
Certification (CPC)
abdomin/o - Answer abdomen
-agon - Answer assemble
-22 - Answer Increase procedural services
When should an ABN be signed? - Answer When a service is not expected to be
covered by Medicare.
acetabul/o - Answer hip socket
-78 - Answer Unplanned return to the operating/procedure room by the same physician
or other qualified health care professional following initial procedure for a related
procedure during the postoperative procedure
-algesia - Answer pain sensation
ABG - Answer Arterial blood gas
Absence - Answer without
a- - Answer not
acr/o - Answer height/extremities
-79 - Answer Unrelated procedure or service by the same physician during the
postoperative period
What are NCD's interpreted at the MAC level considered? - Answer LCD
-algia - Answer pain
ABN - Answer Advance Beneficiary Notice; used by CMS to notify beneficiary of
payment of provider services
adipose - Answer fatty
an- - Answer not
ante- - Answer before
,Albinism - Answer Lack of color pigment
ACL - Answer anterior cruciate ligament
AD - Answer right ear
AFB - Answer acid-fast bacillus
AFI - Answer Amniotic fluid index
AGA - Answer appropriate for gestational age
-ar - Answer pertaining to
-arche - Answer beginning
-ary - Answer pertaining to
-asthenia - Answer weakness
-blast - Answer embryonic
-capnia - Answer carbon dioxide
-cele - Answer hernia
-centesis - Answer puncture to remove (drain)
What is medical billing? - Answer Translating medical documentation into codes.
What part of Medicare should be billed for the pain medication by the pharmacy? -
Answer Part D
The amount on an ABN should be within how much of the cost to the patient? - Answer
$100 or 25% of cost.
An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another
entity into a standard is considered what? - Answer Clearinghouse.
What is PHI? - Answer Personal Health Information.
Intentional billing of services not provided is considered? - Answer Fraud.
What OIG document should a provider review for potential problem areas that will
receive special scrutiny in the upcoming year? - Answer OIG Work Plan. Each year in
October.
, -80 - Answer Assistant surgeon
-81 - Answer Minimum assistant surgeon
-82 - Answer Assistant surgeon (when qualified resident surgeon not available)
-90 - Answer Reference (outside) laboratory
-91 - Answer Repeat clinical diagnostic laboratory test
-99 - Answer Multiple modifiers
-23 - Answer Unusual anesthesia
aden/o - Answer in a relationship to a gland
audi- - Answer hearing
bi- - Answer two
Allograft - Answer Homograft, same species graft
Alopecia - Answer Condition in which hair falls out
AGCUS - Answer atypical glandular cells of undetermined
AKA - Answer above-knee amputation
-chezia - Answer defecation
-clast, -clasia, -clasis - Answer break
-coccus - Answer spherical bacterium
-cyesis - Answer pregnancy
-desis - Answer fusion
-dilation - Answer widening, expanding
What is ABN? - Answer Advance Beneficiary Notification
What is AMA? - Answer American Medical Association.
