Practice Exams

Question 1

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

Answer 1

c) to indicate diagnoses

Question 2

What word part appears at the end of a term?
a) combining form
b) suffix
c) prefix
d) word root

Answer 2

Suffix

Question 3

What term means a condition that results from an injury disease?
a) symptom
b) sequelae
c)diagnosis
d) prognosis

Answer 3

sequelae

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Greek and Latin

Question 5

Which term means pertaining to under the tongue?
a) Subcutaneous
b) Bilingual
c) Sublingual
d) Buccal

Answer 5

sublingual

Question 6

Inflammation of the tongue is referred to as:
a) glossary
b) pharyngitis
c) myelitis
d) glossitis

Answer 6

glossitis

Question 7

Which term means “waterfall” in Greek and is a progressive loss of transparency of the lens?
a) pinkeye
b) cataract
c) sequela
d) glaucoma

Answer 7

cataract

Question 8

Which term describes an abrupt, severe onset to a disease?
a) acute
b) Symptom
C) Sign
d) Chronic

Answer 8

acute

Question 9

A group of signs and symptoms that consistently appear together is a(n):

epidemic
disease
syndrome
manisfestation

Answer 9

syndrome

Question 10

The study of cause, used in coding to simply refer to the cause of a disease is:

prognosis
manifestation
etiology
diagnosis

Answer 10

etiology

Question 11

What is the meaning of the combining form arthr/o?

stomach
joint
bone
muscle

Answer 11

joint

Question 12

What is the meaning of the suffix -algia?

condition
blood
carrier
pain

Answer 12

pain

Question 13

Inflammation of the liver is called:

phrenitis
arthralgia
gastritis
hepatitis

Answer 13

hepatitis

Question 14

What is the meaning of the suffix -ole in the term arteriole?

large, big
many, vast
small, tiny
spread, disbursed

Answer 14

small, tiny

Question 15

What is the meaning of the suffix -emia in the term hyperlipidemia?

enlargement
herniation
softening
blood condition

Answer 15

blood condition

Question 16

What is the meaning of the suffix -sclerosis in the term arteriosclerosis?

structure, thing
abnormal condition of hardening
abnormal condition of narrowing
sudden, involuntary contractions

Answer 16

abnormal condition of hardening

Question 17

The PCS volume of ICD-10 is a multi-axial, _______ classification system.

7-character
10-character
12-character
5-character

Answer 17

7-character

Question 18

According to sections of the ICD-10-PCS, a(n) _______ is the goal of the procedure.

approach
root operation
qualifier
device

Answer 18

root operation

Question 19

What is the meaning of the combining form amni/o in the term amniocentesis?

abundance of
inner fetal sac
tonsil
lack of

Answer 19

inner fetal sac

Question 20

What is the meaning of the combining form cutane/o in the term percutaneous?

skin
cut
lower body
upper body

Answer 20

skin

Question 21

Do not confuse the prefix inter- meaning between, with the prefix intra- meaning

Answer 21

within

Question 22

What is the meaning of the prefix dys- in the term dystrophy?

abnormal, difficult, bad, painful
against, pull away
reject, discard
process of nourishment, feeding

Answer 22

abnormal, difficult, bad, painful

Question 23

The combining form for bone is oste/o. What is the menaing of the suffix -tome in the term osteotome?
machine to crush
instrument to crush
instrument to view
instrument to cut

Answer 23

instrument to cut

Question 24

What is the meaning of the suffix -rhhexis in the term cystorrhexis?

overflow
hardening
softening
rupture

Answer 24

rupture

Question 25

If a suffix starts with a consonant, a ______ is needed to join the word parts.
word root
combining vowel
hyphen
letter “o”

Answer 25

combining vowel

Question 26

What is the meaning of the suffix -tripsy?
crushing
incision
fixation
binding

Answer 26

crushing