Which of the following demographic information is included in a medical record
A. Chief complaint
B. Date of birth
C. Laboratory report
D. Physical exa
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E. Present illness
B. Date of birth
The portion of the fee that a patient with insurance must pay at the time of treatment is called the
A. Cost of coverage
B. Premium
C. Copayment
D. Coordination of benefits
E. Claim
C. Copayment
HIPAA compliance in the medical front office refers to
A. Office policies
B. Patient confidentiality
C. Federal laws for patients with disabilities
D. Registration of patients
E. Insurance claims
B. Patient confidentiality
EHR is an acronym for
A. Emergency health record
B. Electronic hospital record
C. Electronic health record
D. External hospital research
E. Extended health record
C. Electronic health record
An electronic medical record software program can
A. Store a medical record
B. Retrieve a medical record
C. Create a medical record
D. Edit a medical record
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
Which of the following methods can be used to enter a health history into an electronic record
A. The patient completes it on a computer
B. The patient completes a paper form, and it is scanned into the record
C. The provider enters the information while interviewing the patient
D. None of the above
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
Both paper and electronic medical records
A. Include information from more than one source
B. Provide for continuity of care
C. Are legal documents
D. Provide an ongoing record of the patient's health and treatment
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
During a routine physical examination, the provider decides to perform spirometry on the patient. How should this be coded
A. As a separate visit
B. As a separate procedure
C. Included as part of the office visit
D. Only if the provider interprets the results
E. Only if the medical assistant performs the procedure
B. As a separate procedure
How do insurance companies use procedure codes?
A. To decide if there is enough information in the medical record
B. To determine the level of care the patient received
C. To determine if the patient is being cared for properly
D. To decide whether the care being given corresponds to the patient's disease
E. To bill the patient
D. To decide whether the care being given corresponds to the patient's disease
When a patient has managed care insurance, who is the gatekeeper to authorize consultations with specialists?
A. The primary care provider
B. An employee of the insurance company
C. The nurse practitioner
D. The office referral coordinator
E. The patient
A. The primary care provider
Which of the following must ALWAYS be completed on the insurance claim form?
A. Referring physician name
B. Employer's name
C. Date of onset of illness
D. If the physician accepts assignment of benefits
E. All of the above
D. If the physician accepts assignment of benefits
Which of the following types of scheduling allows for the most efficient use of staff, materials, and facilities?
A. Open appointments
B. Double-booking
C. Wave
D. Modified wave
E. Grouping
E. Grouping
An advantage of using the computer in the medical office is
A. Tasks can be performed repeatedly while maintaining accuracy
B. Tasks can be performed with greater speed
C. Tasks can be performed with greater accuracy
D. A variety of tasks can be performed
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
Open punctuation is characterized by
A. Enclosed notation
B. Absence of punctuation after the salutation and a comma after the complimentary close
C. Modified block style
D. Use of a colon after the salutation
E. Block style
B. Absence of punctuation after the salutation and a comma after the complimentary close
The federal insurance program that provides for the medically indigent is
A. CHAMPUS
B. Medicare
C. Blue Shield
D. Medicaid
E. HMO
D. Medicaid
A numeric filing system requires the use of
A. Lateral files
B. An alphabetic cross-reference
C. Color-coding
D. A tickler file
E. Subject headings
B. An alphabetic cross-reference
The file folder label for Jennie Holmes-Mathis should be:
A. Jennie, Holmes-Mathis
B. Mathis, Jennie Holmes
C. Holmes, Jennie-Mathis
D. Holmes-Mathis, Jennie
E. Mathis, Jennie (nee Holmes)
D. Holmes-Mathis, Jennie
Third-party participation in an office indicates the relationships among the
A. Physician, patient, and medical assistant
B. Physician, medical assistant, and insurance company
C. Physician, patient, and insurance company
D. Physician, hospital, and insurance company
E. Physician, patient, and hospital
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