Which of the Following Word Origins Means One's Own

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following word origins means one's own?

• A)crista
• B)proprius
• C)aequus
• D)habeo

Examine health disparities along lines of ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status.

Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of global health issues, such as HIV/AIDS and the social efforts to address them.

Understand the effects of income and educational disparities on health outcomes.

Recognize the association between racism and health, including access to care and psychological impacts.

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Definitions:

ICD-9-PCS

International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Procedure Coding System; a system used in the United States for classifying medical procedures for billing and documentation.

Diagnosis Code

Diagnosis Code refers to a code assigned to a diagnosis based on a standardized system, such as the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), used for healthcare billing and statistics.

Upcoding

Reporting a higher-level code than is appropriate for the service that was rendered, resulting in higher reimbursement; when a facility coder assigns a diagnosis code that does not match patient documentation, with the intention of increasing reimbursement to the facility through the DRG system, serious penalties and fines will be levied against the facility for submitting fraudulent claims.

DRG System

Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) system is a way of categorizing hospital cases into groups for the purposes of payment, reflecting typical resource usage for a stay.