physician’s services if they wish. 3. Patient responsibilities Patients are also part of the medical team involved in their treatment. Patients have the responsibility under an implied contract to: Follow any instructions given by the physician and cooperate as much as possible. Give all relevant information to the physician in order to reach a correct diagnosis. If a patient fails to inform a physician of any medical conditions he or she may have and an incorrect diagnosis is made‚ the physician is not
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Maddy Warnes Topic 8 – Religion and Medical Ethics “People should have the right to choose when they die” The statement in the title could have been referring to any form of death possible‚ but for the purposes of this essay I am going to stick with suicide and euthanasia as my interpretation. I think people should have the right to choose when they die but I don’t think that giving them the right is possible because of the many problems that could occur if we do. Euthanasia is currently illegal
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owed? Nonpatients (pg.94) 4. If a custodian sues an employing physician for ordering her to lift a heavy bookcase that injures her back‚ is the issue of liability standard of care or duty of care? Duty of Care 5. What is the basis for most medical malpractice claims? High damage awards in tort cases have led to a malpractice insurance crisis for physicians. 6. A patient falls on a hospitals slippery tile floor and injures herself. Assuming that patient safety procedures were lax‚ what
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1. Discuss two differences between inpatient and outpatient coding. 2. You’ve started your first day at Venture Outpatient Surgery Center. Code the following operative report: Operative Report PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Left flank soft tissue mass POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Left flank soft tissue mass SURGEON: John Doe‚ DO OPERATIONS: Excision of left flank soft tissue mass with layered closure measuring 4 cm‚ with margins‚ prior to excision ANESTHESIA: Sedation with 1% lidocaine with epinephrine
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following scenarios could be classified within code ranges 960–979? Patient has lethargy for unintentionally taking too much of her prescribed sleeping pill 10. A patient was admitted to the hospital with a deep burn to the dermis of the arm. For coding purposes‚ you would classify this condition as undeterminable until the physician clarified with more information Part B: 5.96. D. 933.1‚ 31577 5.97. E932.3‚ 43753 5.98. ICD-9-CM and CPT code(s): E015.2‚ 943.03‚ 948.1 5.99. ICD-9-CM and CPT code(s):
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There are numerous ethical issues that a medical assistant may encounter in a daily office or hospital setting. It is unethical to have a conversation with a fellow coworker regarding a patient. The patient may overhear or worse they may be related to someone in the office. It is no one’s business as to why the patient had an appointment. Another unethical behavior that is unacceptable is foul language in front of the patients. They do not need to hear that kind of language under any circumstances
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Chapter 4 Study Questions and Answers Define battery and give an example. Battery in the medical field can be as simple as a nurse or nursing assistant continuing to perform physical care after a patient has demanded not to be touched. Often‚ this form of legal tort is difficult to grasp and can be difficult to apply in real life situations. For example‚ (a rhetorical question)‚ can a patient claim a tort of battery if the patient fell but the patient screams to the nurse‚ "Don’t touch me!"
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Lawrence Lazarus [pic] Has a woman sole rights over what to do with her own body? Considerer this question in relation to abortion 2006 Most moral issues in medicine and healthcare will instigate lively debate‚ but no subject seems to inflame tempers more than the question of abortion. The gulf between pro-life and pro-choice can be an uncompromising stance of deeply held beliefs and principles. On the one hand‚ there is the claim that the foetus is a human being with the same right to
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LOCATION: Outpatient‚ Hospital PATIENT: Stan Hope SURGEON: Mohamad Almaz‚ MD PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Left shoulder pain and numbness‚ past shoulder injury POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Normal shoulder PROCEDURE PERFORMED: Diagnostic arthroscopy‚ left shoulder CLINICAL HISTORY: This is a 57-year-old with a l0-year-old rotator cuff tear injury to his left shoulder. The patient does heavy lifting for a living. For the past 6 months the patient has been experiencing pain in this shoulder with
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Analysis Cover Page Topic: For your second essay‚ you will be analyzing a text (or media) of your choosing. You may not choose the same text as your first essay‚ but if you think the topic you’ve already written about might be a good one to expand on for your final informative research paper‚ then choose a related text or media. In this way these two essays would provide useful information and sources for your final paper. Source(s): You must choose at least two texts or media on your desired
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