Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Unintentional deception in which a provider
inappropriately bills for services that are not medically necessary, do not meet current
standards of care, or are not medically sound.
Active Patient - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Patient who has seen the provider within the past
3 years.
Acute Condition - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Illness or injury that is episodic, sudden onset,
limited duration.
Advance Directive - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Legal document prepared and signed by 2
competent individual outlining the persons wishes should the person become deceased.
Adverse Action - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Decision by insurance company to deny or
terminate insurance or up the rates.
Anthropometric Measurement - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Height, weight, and size used to
compare the relative proportions of the human body in health and illness.
Caregiver - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Person responsible for providing physical care and
emotional support, home care setting to a patient who is ill, disabled or dependent.
Chief Complaint - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Brief statement noted on each visit, patients
own words, of the problem, condition or symptoms that prompted the patient to seek care.
Chronic Condition - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Illness that persists for a prolonged period of
time.
Cloning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Copying and pasting notes from a patients previous
visit into the current progress note.
, Closed Patient Record - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The record of a patient who has not seen
a provider in 3 or more years.
Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Patients right and expectation that individually
identifiable info will be kept private and not disclosed without the patients permission.
Limited or protected by law to varying degrees.
Consent - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Permission given to a covered entity for uses and
disclosures of protected health information for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations.
Co-Payement - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A fixed, out of pocket expense for covered
services, due at the time the services are rendered.
CPT-4 - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Current procedural terminology, fourth edition. A
comprehensive set of medical codes and corresponding labels that describe procedures,
treatments and services for the purpose of determining reimbursement rates.
Disclosure - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Giving access to, releasing, or transferring
information to a person or entity NOT LEGALLY or ethically authorized to use or have
knowledge of it.
Double Booking - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Giving 2 or more patients the same
appointment slot with the same provider.
EHR: Electronic Health Record - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Computerized patient health
record that allows the electronic management of patients health info. by multiple healthcare
providers and stores the patients outside info.
Encounter Form - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Form generated to reflect the services and
charges for a patient visit. Includes patient information, account balance and follow up
instructions.
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Rules and standards of conduct that govern professional
behavior, shared understanding or morality.