Med Term
Muscle pain
The organization that gives the CPC exam
What is the AAPC
When coding a patient arrives with cough and headache. The provider documents sinusitis
What is code sinusitis only
How to code a fracture that is not stated as displaced or not displaced
What is code it as displaced
The name of the first form that a patient fills out when they come into the providers office or hospital. This may be done by the patient alone but often times especially in the hospital setting there is a employee of the place helping the patient
What is a patient registration form
Lying on your back
supine
The name of the certification exam you will take at the end of the program
What is the Certified Professional Coder exam
How to code multiple laceration repairs in the same location on the body that go to the same depth
What is add the lengths of the laceration repairs together
How to code a patient that has an injury to the right side but the physician does not state if they are right side dominant or not
What is the default when it is on the right side is to code it as dominant
A claim with no errors
What is a clean claim
Removal of a piece of vas deferens
What is vasectomy
The number of questions on the CPC exam
What is 150
A Medicare patient receives a flu vaccine and you have to code for the administration
What is a G (HCPCS) code
When coding a patient that has both ESRD documented and another Stage of CKD documented
What is only code N18.6 for ESRD
The form sent to a provider or patient detailing benefits paid or denied by the insurance company
What is an EOB or Explanation of Benefits
What is a leukocyte
The amount of time you are given to take the CPC exam
What is five hours and 40 minutes
How to code for a diagnostic endoscopy that turns in to a surgical endoscopy
What is code the surgical endoscopy only
How to code for a patient with Hypertension and CKD
What is code the I11 code for HT with CKD and then code the stage of the CKD second
The three types of government health insurance plans
What is Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare
Chronic inflammation of bones and joints due to degenerative changes in cartilage
What is osteoarthritis
The amount of time your certification lasts
What is forever as long as you keep up your annual AAPC membership
What is 90 days
What are the three things that are considered 'active treatment' of an injury when you would use the 7th character "A" for your code
What is surgery, Emergency Department encounter, and the evaluation and continuing treatment by the same OR a different doctor
The number of blocks on a CMS-1500 form