unit 2 test review
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statements/guidelines of morality for professionals?
CODE of ethics
avoiding harm to others
non maleficence
mandatory rules such as hippa are what?
RULES of ethics
what is an ICD10 Code?
code for DIAGNOSES
what is a cpt code?
code for PROCEDURE to be done
the STUDY of the rights/wrongs of human character?
ETHICS not morality
virtue is a what?
its a trait
veracity is what?
truthfulness
XRAYS in a number classification system is what?
CPT not PACS
what does hippa stand for?
Health Insurance Portability Accessibility
''things speak for itself''
res ipsa loquitur
''let the master decide''
respondeat superior a company is responsible for its employees
a ____ is a civil wrong where harm occured
Tort
procedure on the WRONG patient
BATTERY not assault
the threat of touching in an injury-causing way
assault
if you are being sued you are the: and the person who was injured is the:
Defendant Plantiff