CPC exam prep /Revised Questions and
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a patient sustaining an injury to her great saphenous vein would have sustained an injury to which
anatomical site? - leg
A procedure for widening a narrowed vessel or obstructed vessel is called - Angioplasty
a respiratory disease characterized by over expansion and destruction of the alveoli is called -
emphysema
a surgical procedure that creates an opening into the jejunum is defined as - jejunostomy
According to ICD-10 guidelines, which condition has a causal relationship with hypertension? -
Chronic kidney disease
An axillary view might be included in an X-ray of what part of the skeleton? - shoulder
An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a
standard is considered what? - Clearinghouse
An epidural is considered which type of anesthesia - regional
An indirect endoscopic procedure of the larynx means the larynx was viewed with - mirrors
anterior segment of eye - contains aqueous humor
Arteries - carry blood away from the heart
, Bile empties into the duodenum through what structures? - Common Bile duct
BMI codes should be reported as - secondary code only
Can a diagnostic thoracoscopy be billed with a surgical thoracoscopy (VATS) under certain
circumstances? - No, diagnostic is always included in the surgical VATS
Capillaries - Smallest blood vessels; site of oxygen and waste exchange
Category III codes are reported to indicate what type of procedure? - New and emerging
Central Nervous System (CNS) - brain and spinal cord
Closed fracture - broken bone with no open wound
Coding of surgical pathology speciments - two speciments requiring individual examination and
pathologic diagnosis are coded separately
Colles' fracture - fracture of the distal radius at the wrist
comminuted fracture - fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed
Complete the series: Incus, Stapes... - Malleus
Components of blood - plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets
compound fracture - bone breaks through the skin
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a patient sustaining an injury to her great saphenous vein would have sustained an injury to which
anatomical site? - leg
A procedure for widening a narrowed vessel or obstructed vessel is called - Angioplasty
a respiratory disease characterized by over expansion and destruction of the alveoli is called -
emphysema
a surgical procedure that creates an opening into the jejunum is defined as - jejunostomy
According to ICD-10 guidelines, which condition has a causal relationship with hypertension? -
Chronic kidney disease
An axillary view might be included in an X-ray of what part of the skeleton? - shoulder
An entity that processes nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a
standard is considered what? - Clearinghouse
An epidural is considered which type of anesthesia - regional
An indirect endoscopic procedure of the larynx means the larynx was viewed with - mirrors
anterior segment of eye - contains aqueous humor
Arteries - carry blood away from the heart
, Bile empties into the duodenum through what structures? - Common Bile duct
BMI codes should be reported as - secondary code only
Can a diagnostic thoracoscopy be billed with a surgical thoracoscopy (VATS) under certain
circumstances? - No, diagnostic is always included in the surgical VATS
Capillaries - Smallest blood vessels; site of oxygen and waste exchange
Category III codes are reported to indicate what type of procedure? - New and emerging
Central Nervous System (CNS) - brain and spinal cord
Closed fracture - broken bone with no open wound
Coding of surgical pathology speciments - two speciments requiring individual examination and
pathologic diagnosis are coded separately
Colles' fracture - fracture of the distal radius at the wrist
comminuted fracture - fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed
Complete the series: Incus, Stapes... - Malleus
Components of blood - plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets
compound fracture - bone breaks through the skin
