What should a medical assistant do when communicating with a mentally incompetent patient and his or her legal guardian?

What will be an ideal response?


The medical assistant should speak first to the patient and then to the guardian.

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Analysis of the connection between the diagnostic and procedural information on a claim is called ________.

A. claim association B. claim processing C. code verification D. code linkage E. code analysis

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A. Once a year B. Every 6 months C. Every 3 months D. At every office visit E. When the patient indicates that she is taking a new medication

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Which document is a combination form that can be used as a bill, an insurance claim form, and a routing document?

A) Registration form B) Physician fee schedule C) Multipurpose billing form D) Insurance authorization form

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