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AAPC-CPC Coding Certification Exam
2024 Review with Answers
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?
-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
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
albin/o - Answer>> white
albumin/o - Answer>> albumin
alveol/o - Answer>> alveolus
brady- - Answer>> slow
de- - Answer>> lack of
dys- - Answer>> difficult, painful
ecto- - Answer>> outside
endo- - Answer>> in
epi- - Answer>> on/open
Anhidrosis - Answer>> Deficiency in which hair falls
out
Autograft - Answer>> From patients own body
Avulsion - Answer>> Ripping or tearing away of part
either surgically or accidentally
ANS - Answer>> autonomic nervous system
APCs - Answer>> Ambulatory Payment Classification,
patients classification that provided a payment system for outpatients
ARDS - Answer>> adult respiratory distress
syndrome
ARF - Answer>> acute renal failure
-drome - Answer>> run
-dynia - Answer>> pain
What is OIG? - Answer>> Office of Inspector General.
Monitors and enforces compliance.
What is CMS? - Answer>> Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services. Basic guidelines for private practice and rules.
a-,an- - Answer>> Without, lack of, absent, deficient
Ab-,abs- - Answer>> From, away
Ad- - Answer>> Near, toward
-algia,-algesia - Answer>> Pain
-26 - Answer>> Professional component
ASCUS - Answer>> atypical squamous cells of
undetermined significance
ASCVD - Answer>> arteriosclerotic cardiovascular
disease
ASD - Answer>> atrial septal defect
ASHD - Answer>> arteriosclerotic heart disease
AU - Answer>> both ears
Ambi- - Answer>> Both
Angio - Answer>> Vessel (blood or lymph)
Ano - Answer>> Anus
Ante- - Answer>> Before
Anti- - Answer>> Against
Arterio - Answer>> Artery
Arthro - Answer>> Joint
Asthenia - Answer>> Weakness.
Auto- - Answer>> Self
Bi- - Answer>> Two, twice
Brady- - Answer>> Slow
Broncho - Answer>> Bronchus
-32 - Answer>> Mandated services
-26 - Answer>> Professional component
-47 - Answer>> Anesthesia by surgeon
-50 - Answer>> Bilateral procedure
-51 - Answer>> Multiple procedures
-52 - Answer>> Reduced services
-53 - Answer>> Discontinued procedure
-54 - Answer>> Surgical care only
-55 - Answer>> Postoperative management only
-56 - Answer>> Preoperative management only
-eal - Answer>> pertaining to
CA/ca - Answer>> cancer
Debridement - Answer>> Cleansing of, or removal of,
dead tissue from wound
Delayed flap - Answer>> Pedicle skin with blood
supply that is separated from origin over time
Dermabrasion - Answer>> Planing of skin by means
of sander, brush, or sandpaper
Dermatologist - Answer>> Physician who treats
condition of skin
Dermatoplasty - Answer>> Surgical repair of skin
Electrocautery - Answer>> Cauterization by means of
heated instrument
Epidermolyis - Answer>> Loosening of epidermis
Epidermomycosis - Answer>> Superficial fungal
infection
Epithelium - Answer>> Surface covering of internal
and external organs of the body
Erythema - Answer>> Redness of the skin
Fissure - Answer>> Cleft or groove
Free full-thickness graft - Answer>> Graft of
epidermis and dermis that is completely removed from the donor
extra- - Answer>> outside
hemi- - Answer>> half
hyper- - Answer>> excess, over
in- - Answer>> into
inter- - Answer>> between
intra- - Answer>> within
meta- - Answer>> change, after
multi- - Answer>> many
Cardio - Answer>> Heart
-cele - Answer>> Tumor, swelling, hernia, sac
-centesis - Answer>> Puncture
-76 - Answer>> Repeat procedure or service by the
same physician or other qualified health care professional
-77 - Answer>> Repeat procedure or service by
another physician or other qualified health care professional
-emia - Answer>> blood
-esthesis - Answer>> feeling
-gram - Answer>> record
-graph - Answer>> recording instrument
-graphy - Answer>> recording process
-gravida - Answer>> pregnancy
-ia - Answer>> condition
-latrist - Answer>> physician specialist
-iatry - Answer>> medical treatment
-ical - Answer>> pertaining to
-ictal - Answer>> pertaining to
CABG - Answer>> coronary artery bypass graft
CBC - Answer>> complete blood (cell) count
CF - Answer>> conversion factor, national dollar
amount that iOS applied to all services paid on the Medicare Fee Schedule basis
CHF - Answer>> congestive heart failure
CHL - Answer>> crown-to-heal-length
CK - Answer>> creatine kinase
CMS - Answer>> Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, formerly HCFA, Health Care Financing Administration
CNM - Answer>> certified nurse midwife
CNS - Answer>> central nervous system
COB - Answer>> coordination of benefits,
management of payment between two or more third-party payers for a service
COPD - Answer>> chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease
nulli-/nulti- - Answer>> none
oxy- - Answer>> sharp. oxygen
pan- - Answer>> all
para- - Answer>> bedside
per- - Answer>> through
peri- - Answer>> surrounding
poly- - Answer>> many
post- - Answer>> after
primi- - Answer>> first
pseudo-o - Answer>> false
quardi- - Answer>> four
Colo - Answer>> Colon
Colpo - Answer>> Vagina
Contra - Answer>> Against
Costo - Answer>> Rib
Cranio - Answer>> Skull
Cyano - Answer>> Blue
Cysto - Answer>> Urinary bladder
Denti - Answer>> Tooth
Dermo, dermato - Answer>> Skin
Di- - Answer>> Two
Dia- - Answer>> Through, between, across, apart
-in - Answer>> a substance
-ine - Answer>> a substance
-itis - Answer>> inflammation
-listhesis - Answer>> slipping
-lithiasis - Answer>> separation
-malacia - Answer>> softening
-megaly - Answer>> enlargement
