MEDICAL BILLING AND CODING

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Medical Coding Questions for CPC

 

1) What term could describe an inflammation of the plantar, causing foot or heel pain when walking or running?

a) Plantar fascistic  b) Tendonitis c) Tenolysis d) Tendon fascitis                                                          Ans: A

2) Blephroplasty describes what type of a procedure?

a) Surgical reduction of the upper/lower eyelids to remove excess fat, skin, and muscle
b) Treatment for spider veins with injections of sclerosing solution
c) Replacement of damaged skin with healthy tissue taken from a donor
d) Destruction of tissue by burning or freezing                                                                                    Ans: A

3) Which autoimmune disorder will eventually destroy the thyroid gland?
a) Hayem-Farber disease  b)Alzheimer’s thyroiditis
c)Lou Gehrig’s disease d) Hashimoto’s thyroiditis                                                                              Ans : D

4) Which of the following statements best describes a rheumatologist?
a) A specialist who provides medical care and drug treatments focused on mental and cognitive disorders.
b) A specialist who provides treatment to women during pregnancy, childbirth, and their aftercare
c) A specialist who provides the diagnosis and treatment of disease characterized by inflammation of the connective tissues.
d) A specialist who provides the diagnosis and surgical treatment of bone disorders                             Ans: D

5) A patient suffered a burn that involved the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous layers with some muscle involvement. What degree of burn would describe this injury?
a) First-degree, superficial with blisters
b) Second-degree, partial thickness with muscle
c) Third-degree, full thickness
d) None of the above                                                                                                                       Ans : C

6) In which part of the body would you find the choroid?
a) Brain  b) Eyeball  c)Muscles of the hand d) Spinal column                                                              Ans:  B

7) Which combining form refers to the small intestine?
a) enter/o  b) gastr/o c) celi/o  d) col/o                                                                                              Ans : A

7). An ERG is what type of a procedure?
a)  Electroretinography   b) Electrorenalography
c) Electroretinograph  d) Electrorhidogram                                                                                        Ans: A                                                                               

8) Which term refers to the anus, rectum, and the cecum?
a) rectal  b) anorectal c)esophageal d) ilium                                                                                        Ans: B

9). Which term does not refer to a level of consciousness?
a) Syncope b)Stupor c)Coma  d) Sciatica                                                                                           Ans: D

10) What type of condition describes a patient diagnosed with oligospermia?
a) Knots is the varicose veins
b) An inflammation of the prostate gland
c) An abnormally low number of sperm in the semen
d) Failure to ovulate                                                                                                                         Ans: C