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chapter 4 terms
Term | defintion |
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Permanent file | The file area for records whose documentation is complete |
Preadmission | Collection of patient demographic and insurance information prior to the patient's admission. |
Record retrieval | Identifying the location of a record and pulling from the files. |
Requiston | A document used in an outguide to identify the record that has been pulled. |
Thinned record | Removal of the oldest portions of a record from the nursing unit binder when the record becomes too large for the binder. |
Temporary folder | A file folder created to house an incomplete medcal record until it is ready to be filed in the original folder. |
Imprinter plate | A plastic plate similar to a charge card on which identifying infromaton such as the patient's name, age, account number,and medical record are embossed. The embossed card is then used in a machine with ink to imprint the informaton from the card onto eac |