Practice Exams Flashcards
How is the ICD-10-CM code set used?
a) to indicate inpatient procedures
b) to indicate medical supplies
c) to indicate diagnoses
d) to indicate physician/provider procedures
c) to indicate diagnoses
What word part appears at the end of a term?
a) combining form
b) suffix
c) prefix
d) word root
Suffix
What term means a condition that results from an injury disease?
a) symptom
b) sequelae
c)diagnosis
d) prognosis
sequelae
Health care vocabulary is specialized and is derived primarily from ___________ word components (word parts).
a) Germanic
b) Greek and Latin
c) Arabic
d) English and Spanish
Greek and Latin
Which term means pertaining to under the tongue?
a) Subcutaneous
b) Bilingual
c) Sublingual
d) Buccal
sublingual
Inflammation of the tongue is referred to as:
a) glossary
b) pharyngitis
c) myelitis
d) glossitis
glossitis
Which term means “waterfall” in Greek and is a progressive loss of transparency of the lens?
a) pinkeye
b) cataract
c) sequela
d) glaucoma
cataract
Which term describes an abrupt, severe onset to a disease?
a) acute
b) Symptom
C) Sign
d) Chronic
acute
A group of signs and symptoms that consistently appear together is a(n):
epidemic
disease
syndrome
manisfestation
syndrome
The study of cause, used in coding to simply refer to the cause of a disease is:
prognosis
manifestation
etiology
diagnosis
etiology
What is the meaning of the combining form arthr/o?
stomach
joint
bone
muscle
joint
What is the meaning of the suffix -algia?
condition
blood
carrier
pain
pain
Inflammation of the liver is called:
phrenitis
arthralgia
gastritis
hepatitis
hepatitis
What is the meaning of the suffix -ole in the term arteriole?
large, big
many, vast
small, tiny
spread, disbursed
small, tiny
What is the meaning of the suffix -emia in the term hyperlipidemia?
enlargement
herniation
softening
blood condition
blood condition
