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cookcarl

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You have been asked by a peer review committee to print a list of the medical record numbers of
  all patients who had CABGs performed in the past year at your acute care hospital. Which
  secondary data source could be used to quickly gather this information?
 A. disease index C. master patient index
  B. physician index D. operation index

Question 2

Medicare calls its remittance advice a(n) __________.
 a. explanation of benefits
  b. electronic remittance advice
  c. Medicare summary notice
  d. provider remittance notice



mrphibs

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Answer to Question 1

D The disease index is a listing in diagnostic code number order. The physician index is a listing
of cases in order by physician name or number. The MPI cross-references the patient name
and medical record number.

Answer to Question 2

d



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