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100
Type of scheduling that involves patients being categorised by purpose of visit and scheduled accordingly.
What is grouping?
100
The probable diagnosis for a patient complaining of sudden weakness on one side of the face and in one arm.
What is a stroke?
100
This can be used as a replacement of the patient chart and allows items to be temporarily filed in a pocket on the side.
What is an OUTguide?
100
Achieving an end using haste or caution.
What is expediency?
100
A mark that is placed on a paper that indicates the document can be filed.
What is releasing?
200
Name five reasons why patients fail to show for an appointment.
They forget, the time is not agreeable, an emergency, they owe money, or the staff is rude.
200
Transferring one's right to collect payments under an insurance contract.
What is assignment of benefits?
200
Marking off unavailable appointment times and vacations.
What is a matrix?
200
This is necessary when coding a claim for surgery.
What is an operative report?
200
This document is used to post charges and payments to patient ledger cards and day sheets.
What is an encounter form?
300
This is when a patient logs onto the internet and makes their own appointment.
What is self-scheduling?
300
Something necessary to carry out a function.
What is a prerequisite?
300
This should be done for documentation purposes when a patient doesn't show up for an appointment.
Making a notation in the patient's chart and in the appointment book.
300
Extended benefits of a basic insurance policy for large medical expenses caused by serious injury or illness.
What is major medical coverage?
300
This should be done when another physician visits your facility.
Usher them to the physician's office and notify the physician immediately.
400
This is used when coding for an unusual service or a bilateral procedure.
What is a modifier?
400
An indispensable or essential part of a whole.
What is integral?
400
A diagnosis obtained after a study.
What is a principal diagnosis?
400
The purpose of this document is to prevent duplication of payments by the insurance carrier.
What is coordination of benefits?
400
Give four reasons for the existence of medical records.
Financial reimbursement, continuity of care, legal protection, and statistical information.
500
Determining the need of an appointment based on the problem.
What is triage?
500
Competency as a result of training or practice?
What is proficiency?
500
This should be done to a medical record to prevent waster time and loss of important information.
What is filing medical records when not in use?
500
Name four ways to increase appointment show dates.
Appointment cards, confirmation calls, email reminders, mailed reminders.
500
This type of scheduling involves scheduling all patients the same amount of time regardless of the purpose of the visit and patients are seen in the order of arrival.
What is wave scheduling?