List several basic duties of the admitting department.

What will be an ideal response?


Interviews patient/responsible party; duplicates insurance identification cards; reviews documentation for completeness and accuracy; obtains treatment, release of information, legal affidavits for POA, DNR, and assignment of benefits forms; provides patient with an ID bracelet; distributes patient information to the appropriate departments; updates/maintains the daily census; maintains the master scheduling board.

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An electronic librarian is trained in research techniques and can help the Paramedic develop a search strategy to identify which articles will be most helpful.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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To find the ICD-10 code for anesthesia for surgery to correct a benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), you will look in which series?

A. E00-E89 B. H00-H59 C. N00-N99 D. Q00-Q99 E. A00-B99

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Which type of circulation takes blood from the organs of digestion to the liver through the portal vein?

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