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
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
abnormal condition of hardening
The PCS volume of ICD-10 is a multi-axial, _______ classification system.
7-character
10-character
12-character
5-character
7-character
According to sections of the ICD-10-PCS, a(n) _______ is the goal of the procedure.
approach
root operation
qualifier
device
root operation
What is the meaning of the combining form amni/o in the term amniocentesis?
abundance of
inner fetal sac
tonsil
lack of
inner fetal sac
What is the meaning of the combining form cutane/o in the term percutaneous?
skin
cut
lower body
upper body
skin
Do not confuse the prefix inter- meaning between, with the prefix intra- meaning
within
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
abnormal, difficult, bad, painful
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
instrument to cut
What is the meaning of the suffix -rhhexis in the term cystorrhexis?
overflow
hardening
softening
rupture
rupture
If a suffix starts with a consonant, a ______ is needed to join the word parts.
word root
combining vowel
hyphen
letter “o”
combining vowel
What is the meaning of the suffix -tripsy?
crushing
incision
fixation
binding
crushing
