Because the Patient Record Is a Highly Personal Document, and Therefore

question 35

Multiple Choice

Because the patient record is a highly personal document, and therefore must be treated respectfully with regard to the coded data assigned, AHIMA has issued which of the following guidelines?

• A) HIPAA Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting
• B) Standards of Ethical Coding
• C) standards for code sets
• D) Federal Register

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon where older memories interfere with the recall of newer memories.

Misinformation Effect

A phenomenon in which a person's recall of episodic memories becomes less accurate because of post-event information.

Peg Word Method

A mnemonic technique that involves linking words to numbers by creating vivid associations between them to remember lists or sequences.

False Memory

A psychological phenomenon where a person recalls something that did not happen or recalls it differently from the way it actually happened.