CPC Exam Questions with Correct Answers

CPC Exam Questions with Correct Answers The term that means "the expansion of": - Answer-Dilation The cup-shaped depression on the hip joint that receives the head of the femur is the: - Answer-acetabulum This term means "to turn downward": - Answer-pronation The lower third of the small intestine is the: - Answer-ileum This term means the soft tissue around the nail border: - Answer-perionychium This term means to divert or make an artificial passage: - Answer-shunt This term means to identify the presence of and the amount of: - Answer-quantitative This term means the outermost covering of the eyeball: - Answer-sclera This gland is located at the base of the brain in a depression in the skull: - Answer- pituitary Which of the following is an endocrine gland? - Answer-adrenal Which of the following is not a part of the kidney? - Answer-trigone This is nature's pacemaker: - Answer-sinoatrial node This is divided into the medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain: - Answer-brainstem This is located in the middle ear: - Answer-stapes This is located in the pharynx and contains the adenoids: - Answer-nasopharynx This is another name for the bulbourethral gland: - Answer-Cowper's A 51-year-old male patient had surgery to remove two separate carbuncles of the left axilla. Pathology report indicated staphylococcal infection. - Answer-680.3, 041.10 HOLTER REPORT LOCATION: Outpatient Clinic INDICATION: Patient with atrial fibrillation on Lanoxin. Patient with known cardiomyopathy. BASELINE DATA: An 86-year-old man with congestive heart failure on Elavil, Vasotec, Lanoxin, and Lasix. The patient was monitored for the 24 hours in which the analysis was performed. INTERPRETATION: 1. The predominant rhythm is atrial fibrillation. The average ventricular rate is 74 beats per minute, minimum 49 beats per minute, and maximum 114 beats per minute. 2. A total of 4948 ventricular ectopic beats were detected. There were four forms. There were 146 couplets with one triplet and five runs of bigeminy. There were two runs of ventricular tachycardia, the longest for 5 beats at a rate of 150 beats per minute. There was no ventricular fibrillation. 3. There were no prolonged pauses. CONCLUSION: 1. Predominant rhythm is atrial fibrillation with well-controlled ventricular rate. 2. There are no prolonged pauses. 3. Asymptomatic, nonsustained, ventricular tachycardia. - Answer-427.31, 425.4, 428.0 A patient is diagnosed with acute bacterial endocarditis due to AIDS. - Answer-042, 421.0 A patient with spinal stenosis at the C5-C7 level with a painful intervertebral disc displacement had a cervical discectomy, corpectomy, allograft from C5 to C7, and placement of instrumentation (a 34-mm plate from C5 to C7). - Answer-723.0, 722.0 A patient is diagnosed with bilateral otitis media: - Answer-382.9 The discharge diagnoses for a patient who was admitted for dyspnea were as follows: pneumonia, Klebsiella pneumoniae, COPD with emphysema, multifocal atrial tachycardia, dementia. - Answer-482.0, 492.8, 427.89, 294.20 A patient presents for an influenza vaccination and pneumococcal vaccination. Each vaccine was in a separate vial and was administered individually. - Answer-V06.6