Color Coding Is Used Only for Patients' Records and Not

question 125

True/False

Color coding is used only for patients' records and not for business records.

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Definitions:

Diagnosis-Related Groups

A system of classification for hospital cases intended to standardize hospital billing.

Health Records

Documents containing the medical history, treatments received, diagnostic findings, and care outcomes of a patient.

Documentation

Written entry into the patient's medical record of all pertinent information about him or her. These entries validate the patient's problems and care and exist as a legal record.

Consecutively

occurring in a successive, uninterrupted sequence without gaps or interruptions.