Healthcare
What type of services are for patients treated in an ambulatory care facility?
OUTPATIENT
Care given to a patient in his or her own home?
HOME HEALTH
This documents the patients' condition on admission to the hospital?
HISTORY & PHYSICAL
What is it called charging a higher code than what's documented for a patient encounter?
UPCODING
-ectomy
REMOVAL, EXCISION (to cut)
This assessment of patient is to determine services needed?
TRIAGE
The location where a health professional routinely provides health examinations, diagnosis and treatment of illness or injury on a ambulatory basis?
OFFICE
This documents results from a laboratory test?
LABORATORY REPORT
This is a fee that the insurance requires the patient pay for each encounter?
COPAY
-algia
PAIN
An individual who is chiefly responsible for coordinating and delivering health care services to the patient?
PROVIDER
This place of service provides care for terminally ill persons who have a life expectancy of less than 6 months?
HOSPICE
The primary reason a patient visits the doctor; this is noted in the subjective portion of the chart note?
CHIEF COMPLIANT
A document for which the patient's bill is generated?
SUPERBILL or (ENCOUNTER FORM)
-phobia
FEAR (extreme sensitivity)
What is the type of service when a patient is admitted to the hospital?
INPATIENT
This location in a hospital receives patients who are acutely, seriously, or critically ill or injured?
EMERGENCY ROOM or (ED)
This document is a detailed account of a patient's surgical procedure?
OPERATIVE REPORT
Practices accounts are divided into groups, and each group are assigned specific times of the month, for which statements are sent out?
CYCLE BILLING
-megaly
ENLARGEMENT (larger than normal)
This MCO type requires a patient to see a primary care physician and get a referral before seeing a specialist?
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION or (HMO)
This facility provides round the clock medical care for residents?
NURSING HOME
A synopsis of a patient's hospital treatment?
DISCHARGE SUMMARY
EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTIUNITY ACT (ECOA)
-carcinoma
CANCER