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MOA Chapter 11
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| patient’s health record | where important information about a patient's medical history and present condition is found |
| The Joint Commission | organization that reviews patient health records to monitor whether the care provided and the fee charged met accepted standards |
| hospital discharge summary | a summary of the reason a patient entered the hospital, the care the patient received in the hospital, and the outcome of the hospitalization |
| patient registration form | first document found in a patient's financial record |
| clarity | use of precise descriptions and accepted medical terminology when describing a patient's condition |
| sign | objective, or external, factor that can be seen or felt by the physician or measured by an instrument |
| symptom | subjective, or internal, condition that is felt by the patient but are not necessarily apparent in a physical examination |
| SOAP | type of documentation that provides an orderly series of steps for dealing with any medical case |
| S section of SOAP documentation | data that comes directly from the patient |
| O section of SOAP documentation | data that comes from examination results and from the physician |
| A section of SOAP documentation | diagnosis or impression of a patient's problem; assessment |
| P section of SOAP documentation | plan of action |
| due course | at the time of a patients visit |
| patient's written consent | necessary to release a patient's record to the patient's insurance company |
| documentation | process of recording information in the medical record |
| assessment | section of the CHEDDAR format of documentation where the diagnosis can be found |
| the C section | section of the CHEDDAR format of documentation where the presenting problem can be found |
| prospective internal audit | audits performed before billing is submitted |
| retrospective internal audit | audit performed after billing is submitted |