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Carnegie MOPS filing

MOPS Filing Unit Test Review

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Name the five steps to filing in the correct order. Conditioning, Releasing, Indexing, Coding, and Sorting.
What is Conditioning? Removing paper clips and staples
What is Releasing? Physicians initials - ok to file
What is Indexing? Deciding where to file
What is Coding? Underlining Subject
What is Sorting? Papers face up, most recent on top
Transferring a file means: Sending file from active to inactive to closed
What is used as a temporary replacement of folders/charts removed from the permanent files? Out guides or out folders
Card files with the names of the 12 months and numbered 1 through 31 in chronological order is referred to as: Tickler file
A person's surname refers to his/her: Last name
In filing, nothing comes before: Something
A numeric filing system is an indirect filing system, that would require a: Alphabetic cross reference
A direct system is alphabetical and would not need a: Cross reference
In alphabetical filing, Unit I, Unit II, and Unit III refer to: Unit I - last name (surname) Unit II - first name (given name) Unit III - middle name
Deciding where to file a paper is known as Indexing
Files that are reserved for current, on-going patients would be referred to as: Active
What gives support to the file folders and visually cuts search time? Divider guides
When space is limited, the best economical choice for filing would be: Open shelf lateral
Micro-records are also known as: Microfilm or microfiche
What is the medium that photographed records are saved on? Microfilm or microfiche
Vital papers such as titles, deeds or other legal documents should be kept: Indefinitely
If patient is still living the case history is kept: Indefinitely
One example of a built-in safeguard to prevent misfiling is: Color coding
When there may be confusion over surnames, such as in the case of a female patient who has just married and taken on her husband's name, the file should be: Cross referenced
Tax records should be kept in: Archives
A filing system is only as good as the: Findability (of everything in it)
Canceled checks should be kept: Three years in a fireproof cabinet and indefinitely in dead storage
Another name for a terminated patient file is: Closed file
Financial statements, such as payroll, records, active correspondence, and triage notes are kept: 7 years
Insurance policies are kept: Current policy in a fireproof cabinet, expired policies can be thrown away unless there is a case pending
Professional liability - policies are kept indefinitely
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