Week 6 - Final Flashcards
About patient medical information, a patient’s health records are considered ____________
Legal Documents
What Act states that a patient can request that her images be sent to another mammography service?
MQSA Mammography Quality Standards Act
It is important for the professional imaging technologist to thoroughly understand his or her responsibilities regarding health information confidentiality. Particular considerations include:
In the event a correction is needed in a paper document in a patient health record, what needs to be done to the entry?
to draw a single line through the error, write “ERROR,” and then record the correct information.
What items need to be considered as part of a medical imaging quality assurance program?
An effective hospital quality improvement program includes _________
the operations and effectiveness of the hospital’s medical staff
What would be the purpose of a radiology department’s quality assurance committee?
Promote continuous improvement
The ICD-10-CM codes for radiologic procedures using CPT coding nomenclature range from?
70010-79999
To maximize the full reimbursement for a diagnostic study performed in medical imaging, what has to be included?
- The correct CPT code using the ICD-10-CM nomenclature.
- Any changes to radiology examinations must be communicated with the hospital chargemaster so that the correct CPT-4 code is assigned.
- The correct DRG must be attached to inpatient studies performed.
In 2007, the government upgraded the DRG system of reimbursement and introduced the MS-DRG system. This upgrade is designed to take into account?
The upgrade was designed to take into account the severity of illness, particularly by distinguishing between patients with and without complications and comorbidities.
A major distinction between DRGs and APCs is that APCs are ___________
used for the reimbursement of outpatient and ancillary procedures
