NR511 Midterm 2025/2026 Exam
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Define diagnostic reasoning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reflective thinking because
the process involves questioning one's thinking to determine if all possible
avenues have been explored and if the conclusions that are being drawn
are based on evidence.
Seen as a kind of critical thinking.
What is subjective data? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anything the patient tells you or
complains of regarding their symptoms
,Chief complaint
HPI
ROS
What is objective data? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anything YOU can see, touch,
feel, hear, or smell as part of your exam
Includes lab data, diagnostic test results, etc.
Identify components of HPI - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Specifically related to the
chief complaint only
Detailed breakdown of CC
OLDCARTS
Describe the differences between medical billing and medical coding. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Medical billing: process of submitting and following up on
,claims made to a payer in order to receive payment for medical services
rendered by a healthcare provider
Medical coding: the use of codes to communicate with payers about which
procedures were performed and why.
Compare and contrast the two coding classification systems that are
currently used in the US healthcare system. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ICD:
International classification of disease codes are used to provide payer info
on necessity of visit or procedure performed. Shorthand for pt's dx.
CPT: common procedural terminology codes offer the official procedural
coding rules and guidelines required when reporting medical services and
procedures performed by physician and non-physician providers. Must
have corresponding ICD.
How do specificity, sensitivity, and predictive value contribute to the
usefulness of diagnostic data? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Specificity: ability of a test
to correctly detect a specific condition. If a pt has a condition but test is
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, negative, it is a false negative. If pt does NOT have condition but test is
positive, it is false positive.
Sensitivity: test that has few false negatives. Ability of a test to correctly
identify a specific condition when it is present. The higher the sensitivity,
the lesser the likelihood of a false negative.
Predictive value: The likelihood that the pt actually has the condition and is,
in part, dependent upon the prevalence of the condition in the population. If
a condition is highly likely, the positive result would be more accurate.
Diagnostic tests can be used to confirm or rule out hypotheses.
Diagnostic tests may be used to screen for conditions.
Diagnostic tests may be used to monitor the progress in managing a
chronic condition.
Questions and Correct Answers | New
Update
Define diagnostic reasoning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Reflective thinking because
the process involves questioning one's thinking to determine if all possible
avenues have been explored and if the conclusions that are being drawn
are based on evidence.
Seen as a kind of critical thinking.
What is subjective data? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anything the patient tells you or
complains of regarding their symptoms
,Chief complaint
HPI
ROS
What is objective data? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Anything YOU can see, touch,
feel, hear, or smell as part of your exam
Includes lab data, diagnostic test results, etc.
Identify components of HPI - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Specifically related to the
chief complaint only
Detailed breakdown of CC
OLDCARTS
Describe the differences between medical billing and medical coding. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Medical billing: process of submitting and following up on
,claims made to a payer in order to receive payment for medical services
rendered by a healthcare provider
Medical coding: the use of codes to communicate with payers about which
procedures were performed and why.
Compare and contrast the two coding classification systems that are
currently used in the US healthcare system. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ICD:
International classification of disease codes are used to provide payer info
on necessity of visit or procedure performed. Shorthand for pt's dx.
CPT: common procedural terminology codes offer the official procedural
coding rules and guidelines required when reporting medical services and
procedures performed by physician and non-physician providers. Must
have corresponding ICD.
How do specificity, sensitivity, and predictive value contribute to the
usefulness of diagnostic data? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Specificity: ability of a test
to correctly detect a specific condition. If a pt has a condition but test is
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, negative, it is a false negative. If pt does NOT have condition but test is
positive, it is false positive.
Sensitivity: test that has few false negatives. Ability of a test to correctly
identify a specific condition when it is present. The higher the sensitivity,
the lesser the likelihood of a false negative.
Predictive value: The likelihood that the pt actually has the condition and is,
in part, dependent upon the prevalence of the condition in the population. If
a condition is highly likely, the positive result would be more accurate.
Diagnostic tests can be used to confirm or rule out hypotheses.
Diagnostic tests may be used to screen for conditions.
Diagnostic tests may be used to monitor the progress in managing a
chronic condition.
