Compare two of the six documentation guidelines for amount and/or complexity of data. How are these two documentation guidelines different from one another? Be sure to utilize examples where appropriate in the comparison
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should specify two of the six documentation guidelines:
? Ordering diagnostic testing
? Reviewing diagnostic testing
? Obtaining old records
? Obtaining additional history from someone other than the patient
? Discussion of diagnostic results with physician who performed the diagnostic testing
? Independent visualization of image, tracing, or scan by physician performing the E/M service.
These two documentation guidelines should be compared with specific comparison of the two documentation guidelines.
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What will be an ideal response?
The Mantoux test refers to a
A) cholesterol test B) screening test for tuberculosis C) skin test for allergies D) screening test for HIV
Using a CPT manual, select the correct anesthesia code
Anesthesia: General Procedure: Inguinal radical orchiectomy
When a medical assistant is required to wear a surgical gown for a procedure, which one of the following statements is most correct?
Put on the gown prior to donning surgical gloves. Put on the gown prior to the surgical hand scrub. Surgical gowns are not disposable and should not be discarded in a biohazardous waste container. Remove the gown completely from the sterile wrapper and lay it on a flat surface prior to the surgical hand scrub.