RADT 253 Exam Questions with Latest
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Medicare and Medicaid records should be retained for what? - Answer-5 years
The contents of the medical record include all of the
following except - Answer-patient's income level (include past medical problems,
informed consent documentation & family medical history)
Medical record entries should be made when? - Answer-as soon as possible
The patient- - Answer-has the legal right of privileged communication.
When correcting a written medical error, one should - Answer-draw a line through the
error, write the correction
above the error, and initial the change
The medical record is legally owned by who? - Answer-physician
Medical records- - Answer-provide statistics on health matters
All of the following are guidelines to use when sending
medical records by fax except? - Answer-make sure there is a receiver waiting for the
fax (use a cover sheet marked "confidential.", send the entire medical record via fax, do
not place the original fax in a trash container)
An exception to the open-record laws in some states is/are - Answer-safety and criminal
records of persons involved in the
education of children
The records of all adult patients should be kept a mini-
mum of what? - Answer-10 years
The Privacy Rule is meant to ensure what? - Answer-standardization of health data &
standardization of financial data
An example of a clearinghouse is - Answer-a billing service
The government organization that investigates a viola-
tion of a patient's medical privacy is called what? - Answer-OCR
A network of wireless communication systems used to
access patient records is - Answer-WLANs
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Medicare and Medicaid records should be retained for what? - Answer-5 years
The contents of the medical record include all of the
following except - Answer-patient's income level (include past medical problems,
informed consent documentation & family medical history)
Medical record entries should be made when? - Answer-as soon as possible
The patient- - Answer-has the legal right of privileged communication.
When correcting a written medical error, one should - Answer-draw a line through the
error, write the correction
above the error, and initial the change
The medical record is legally owned by who? - Answer-physician
Medical records- - Answer-provide statistics on health matters
All of the following are guidelines to use when sending
medical records by fax except? - Answer-make sure there is a receiver waiting for the
fax (use a cover sheet marked "confidential.", send the entire medical record via fax, do
not place the original fax in a trash container)
An exception to the open-record laws in some states is/are - Answer-safety and criminal
records of persons involved in the
education of children
The records of all adult patients should be kept a mini-
mum of what? - Answer-10 years
The Privacy Rule is meant to ensure what? - Answer-standardization of health data &
standardization of financial data
An example of a clearinghouse is - Answer-a billing service
The government organization that investigates a viola-
tion of a patient's medical privacy is called what? - Answer-OCR
A network of wireless communication systems used to
access patient records is - Answer-WLANs
