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Question | Answer |
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Name the 5 steps to filing in the correct order. also know each definition for matching | 1.)condition-removing paper clips & staples. 2.)releasing-physicians initials-means ok to file. 3.)indexing-deciding where to file. 4.)coding-underlining subject/name where papers need to be filed. 5.)sorting-papers face up, most recent on top. |
what does transferring a file mean? | sending from active to inactive to closed. |
Out Guides/Out Folders are? | Used as temporary replacement of folders/charts removed from the permanent files. |
Whats a Tickler file? | card files with the names of the 12 months and numbered 1 through 31 in chronological order. |
What does a persons surname refer to? | last name |
in filing nothing comes before? | something |
a numeric filing system is a indirect filing system that would require a ? | alphabetical cross-reference |
in alphabetical filing unit I, unite II, and unit III refer to? | Unit I-last name(surname Unit II-First name(given name) Unit III-middle |
Indexing is? | deciding where to file paper |
Filed that are reserved for current, on-going patients would be referred to as? | Active |
What are divider guides? | give support to the file folders and visually cit search time. |
When space is limited the best economical choice for filing would be? | open shelf/lateral |
Mice-readers are also known as.......which are the mediums that photographed records are saved on. | Microfilm/microfiche |
Vital papers such as titles, deeds, or other legal documents should be kept? | indefinitely |
if patient is still living the case history is kept? | indefinitely |
one example of a built-in safeguard to prevent misfiling is? | color coding |
where there may be confusion over surnames, such as in the case of a female patient who has just married and taken on her husbands name the file should be? | cross-referenced |
tax records should be kept in? | archives |
a filing system is only as good as the ..... of everything in it. | findability |
Canceled checks should be kept? | 3 yrs in a fireproof cabinet then indefinitely in dead storage |
another name for a terminated patient file is? | closed file |
financial statements, such as payroll, records,active correspondence, triage notes are kept for? | 7 years |
insurance policies, cancelled checks are kept? | current policy in fireproof cabinet. expired policies thrown away unless there is a case pending |
Know how to put patient names into alphabetical order using units I,II AND III. Refer to your rules for indexing. Know how to put patients in a terminal digit filing system. | Hand Outs. |
Know all vocab words and definitions for matching on test! | Vocab hand out |