Ms RHIT Is Writing a Policy for Filing Alphabetic Records

question 84

Multiple Choice

Ms. RHIT is writing a policy for filing alphabetic records. Which statement below should be included in the policy?

• A) Arrange patient names according to given name, then surname.
• B) When a hyphen is used in a patient's name, ignore the letters that follow the hyphen.
• C) Prefixes included as part of the patient's last name are filed alphabetically.
• D) When a patient is a senior or junior, file the record using senior or junior as the surname.

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