Suffix/Prefix
The term self
Auto
What procedures are included in vital signs?
BP, HT, WT, Pulse, Respirations, Temperature, Sp02
The Doctor office is most concerned with
Civil and Criminal Law
When you are asked to take a cervical x-ray, you would take film of the
Central Vertebra
Hot packs are a form of physical therapy that provides
Deep Heat
The term pain
-algia
What is in the HPI?
What the patient states and medications that has been taken for the current symptoms.
If poor records are kept and a physician fails to report all of his income or deductions correctly to the IRS, he is open to a charge of
Fraud
Voice box
Larynx
The best respiration rate can be taken by
Watching the chest rise and fall while appearing to take the pulse
The term for bone
Osteo
When asking a patient about their allergies what else are you need to know
There side effects or reactions
Medicare pays:
80%
What do the pancreas do?
Insulin is secreted directly into the bloodstream
Action of giving birth
Parturition
Combining form for women
Gyneco
What questions are included in Social History
Smoking and Alcohol usage
The purpose of aging the accounts receivables
is used to identify past due accounts for collections
What do the small intestines do?
Digestion of fats
A tumor that is non-progressive and not life threatening
Benign
The term meaning white
Leuko
What are some testings/procedures you have to ask or be told by the the Doctor/Provider to do before preforming?
EKG, Orthrostatic BP, Injections, X-rays
U.S Healthcare relies heavily on
PHI = Private Health Insurance
The small sac attached to the underside of the liver and stores bile
Gallbladder
Tiny microscopic projections in the wall of the small intestines, which absorbs nutrients into the bloodstream is called
Villi/Villus