PREPS
MAMMOGRAM
MISCELLANEOUS
ULTRASOUNDS
ERAD
100
WHAT IS THE PREPARATION FOR A MAMMOGRAM?
What is NO PERFUME, POWDER, LOTION, OR DEODORANT
100
DOES THE PATIENT NEED TO BRING PRIOR FILMS IF THE IMAGES WERE TAKEN AT AN OUTSIDE RADIOLOGY GROUP?
What is YES, IF THEY HAVE THEM.
100
WHAT ARE THE THREE PRIMARY REASONS FOR A DEXA SCAN?
What is POST MENOPAUSE, OSTEOPENIA, AND OSTEOPOROSIS.
100
WHAT IS THE ARRIVAL TIME FOR AN ULTRASOUND?
What is 15 MINUTES PRIOR
100
WRITTEN REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN________HOURS AFTER THE EXAM IS COMPLETED.
What is 24-48
200
WHAT IS THE PREPARATION FOR A THYROID ULTRASOUND?
What is THERE IS NO PREP
200
WHAT IS A CALLBACK MAMMOGRAM?
What is ADDITIONAL BREAST IMAGING
200
IF A PATIENT HAS TO COME IN FOR A CALLBACK MAMMOGRAM AND ULTRASOUND, WILL SHE NEED A NEW ORDER FOR THE ULTRASOUND?
What is YES, IF IT IS NOT LISTED ON THE ORIGINAL ORDER. SOMETIMES DR.'S OFFICES WILL PUT "BREAST SONOGRAM PRN", OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE ORDER
200
IS A SONOGRAM THE SAME THING AS AN ULTRASOUND?
What is YES
200
WHAT IS AN EMR?
What is AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD
300
WHAT IS THE PREPARATION FOR AN ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND SCHEDULED IN THE MORNING?
What is NPO AFTER MIDNIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE
300
WHERE DO WE FIND THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE REASON FOR THE CALLBACK?
What is THE MOST RECENT MAMMOGRAM REPORT
300
WHAT IS A FLUOROSCOPY EXAM? WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHECK PRIOR TO SCHEDULING THIS?
What is A CONTINUOUS XRAY WITH CONTRAST MATERIAL. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE DR. FARID, DR. BENDER OR DR. TEFERRA ARE NOT ON THE SCHEDULE THAT DAY, SINCE THEY CANNOT PERFORM FLUORO EXAMS.
300
IF A PATIENT IS 16 YEARS OLD, WHAT TYPE OF PELVIC ULTRASOUND SHOULD SHE BE SCHEDULED FOR?
What is 76856, US PELVIC COMPLETE
300
WHERE CAN YOU LOOK UP ICD-10 CODES IN RIS?
What is TOP RIGHT CORNER, DROP DOWN, SELECT "ICD-10"
400
IF A PATIENT IS COMING IN FOR A RENAL/BLADDER ULTRASOUND, HOW MUCH WATER DO THEY NEED TO FINISH DRINKING 1 HOUR BEFORE THEIR APPOINTMENT TIME?
What is 24 OUNCES
400
IF A PATIENT JUST NEEDS A SCREENING MAMMOGRAM, DO THEY STILL NEED AN ORDER?
What is YES
400
WHERE CAN I FIND THE DIAGNOSIS FOR A DEXA SCAN IF A PATIENT HAD THIS EXAM DONE WITH US LAST YEAR?
What is PULL UP THE PATIENT'S LAST DEXA REPORT, AND IT WILL BE IN THE "IMPRESSION" SECTION
400
IF A PATIENT CALLS TO SCHEDULE A PELVIC SONOGRAM, MAMMOGRAM, AND DEXA SCAN, WHAT SHOULD BE SCHEDULED FIRST, AND WHY?
What is THE PELVIC ULTRASOUND SHOULD BE FIRST, BECAUSE OF THE WATER PREP. THIS ALLOWS THE PATIENT TO EMPTY HIS/HER BLADDER BEFORE THE OTHER TWO EXAMS.
400
IF A PATIENT CALLS IN AND SAYS SHE WAS HERE BEFORE, BUT YOU CAN'T PULL HER UP IN THE SYSTEM BY HER LAST NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH, HOW ELSE CAN YOU SEARCH HER?
What is TRY SEARCHING WITH HER FIRST NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH. SHE MAY HAVE HAD A NAME CHANGE.
500
CAN A PATIENT TAKE ROLAIDS THE MORNING OF A DEXA SCAN?
What is NO
500
IF A 20 YEAR OLD PATIENT HAS A LUMP IN HER LEFT BREAST, AND HER DOCTOR GAVE HER AN ORDER FOR A LEFT BREAST MAMMOGRAM AND ULTRASOUND, HOW DO WE SCHEDULE HER, AND WHY?
What is LEFT BREAST ULTRASOUND, BECAUSE WE DO NOT PERFORM MAMMOGRAMS ON ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 30.
500
WHAT OFFICE PERFORMS BREAST BIOPSIES? WHAT OFFICE PERFORMS THYROID BIOPSIES? DO WE SCHEDULE THESE EXAMS?

What is BREAST BIOPSIES ARE DONE AT OUR FREDERICK IMAGING CENTER, WIG, AND BETHESDA. FREDERICK: PEND APPT AND EMAIL THE MRN TO SANDRA MINER. BETHESDA: TRANSFER CALL TO LISA AGUILLERIA WIG: TRANSFER TO TERRI GOODWIN AT THE WIG FRONT DESK AND THYROID BIOPSIES ARE PERFORMED AT OUR BOWIE SOUTH IMAGING CENTER. WE DO NOT EVER SCHEDULE THESE EXAMS. PEND APPT AND EMAIL SHASTA PAYNE WITH PATIENT MRN AND PRIOR EXAM INFO

500
WHAT CODE DO WE USE TO SCHEDULE A PATIENT WHO IS 16 WEEKS PREGNANT? WHAT IS HER PREP?
What is 76805, FINISH DRINKING 16 OZ. OF WATER 1 HR PRIOR AND HOLD BLADDER UNTIL IT IS FULL, BUT NOT BURSTING
500
WHERE IN RIS/ERAD CAN YOU FIND DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SCANNED INTO A PATIENT'S ACCOUNT?
What is RIGHT CLICK ANY ONE OF THE PATIENT'S EXAMS, SELECT "ATTACHMENTS", CHECK THE BOX IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER THAT SAYS "SHOW ALL SCANNED DOCUMENTS"
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