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80 Cards in this Set
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actin (o)
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light
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aer (o)
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air; gas
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athero
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plaque; fatty substance
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bar(o)
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weight; pressure
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blasto
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immature cells
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carcin(o)
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cancer
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chrondro
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cartilage
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cry(o)
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cold
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crypt(o)
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hidden
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cyan(o)
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blue
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cyt(o)
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cell
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dextr(o)
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right
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dips(o)
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thirst
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dors(o)
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back
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erythr(o)
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red
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esthesio
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sensation, perception
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galact(o)
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milk
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gluco
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glucose
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gero
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old age
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glyco
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sugars
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gyn(o)
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women
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home(o)
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same
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kinesi(o)
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motion
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lact(o)
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milk
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leuk(o)
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white
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lith(o)
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stone
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mio
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smaller; less
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narco
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sleep; numbness
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necro
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death; dying
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noct(i)
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night
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oncho
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tumor
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path(o)
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disease
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phago
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eating
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phon(o)
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sound; voice
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pseud(o)
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false
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pyo
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pus
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pyro
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fever
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salping(o)
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tube
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schiz(o)
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split; division
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scler(o)
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hardening
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scolio
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crooked; bent
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somato
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body
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spiro
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breath; breathe
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tono
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tension; pressure
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tropho
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food; nutrition
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xanth(o)
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yellow
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xeno
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stranger
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xer(o)
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dry
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Three violations of HIPAA regulations
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1. Telephone conversation about patients within earshot of other patients.
2. Patient records left open on a desk where others can see them. 3. Discussions with a patient about their condition in front of people in the reception area. |
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Formats for medical records depend on what four things?
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1. State Law
2. Institution's responsibilities 3. Configuration of its computer systems 4. Coding and billing practices |
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SOAP Format
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S: subjective
O: objective A: assessment P: plan |
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Chronological Format
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Earliest date is at the top
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Plural of staphylococcus
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staphylococci
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plural of vasectomy
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vasectomies
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plural of paraplegic
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paraplegics
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plural of appendix
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appendices
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Medical terminology began to gain uniformity as a result of the works of who?
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Hippocrates
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_____ : forms the basic ethical standards of modern medicine.
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Hippocratic Oath
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_____: main part of a word
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root word
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_____: a word part that is placed behind the root word.
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suffix
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Adding a suffix does what?
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makes the meaning of the word more specific
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_____: added between root words and suffixes so that words combine and flow more easily
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combining forms (or letters)
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_____: a word part that is placed in front of a root word.
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prefix
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_____: shows the relationship of one word to other words
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prefix
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_____: the study of the origin of words
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etymology
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Add _____ to words ending in any vowel of consonant except s,x,z, or y
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s
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Plural of reflex
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reflexes
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Plural of mastectomy
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mastectomies
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plural of lamina
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laminae
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plural of bacillus
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bacilli
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plural of psychosis
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psychoses
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plural of criterion
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criteria
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plural of diverticulum
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diverticula
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plural of fossa
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fossae
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plural of datum
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data
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plural of radix
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radices
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plural of neurosis
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neuroses
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plural of ganglion
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ganglia
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plural of calyx
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calyces
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_____: gives guidelines which provide a clear, ethical standard for patient's rights.
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Patient's Bill of Rights
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