Chapter 25

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Across
  1. 2. The process of patient financial and health information moving into, through, and out of the healthcare organization, culminating with the healthcare organization receiving reimbursement for services provided.
  2. 4. A longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting. Included in this information are patient demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports.
  3. 5. The allied health profession built around the management of the healthcare record in its physical form, as well as the management of data and information within the medical record.
  4. 7. Healthcare services or supplies that are needed to diagnose or treat an illness, injury, condition, disease, or its symptoms.
  5. 8. Federal legislation passed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system; components that affect health information include privacy, security, and the establishment of standards and requirements for the electronic transmission of certain health information.
Down
  1. 1. Comprehensive listing of medical terms and codes for the uniform designation of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; used int the United States for coding for physician reimbursement and hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical procedures.
  2. 3. The interdisciplinary field that studies and pursues the effective uses of biomedical data, information and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem solving and decision making, motivated by efforts to improve human health.
  3. 6. The classification system that replaced ICD-9-CM, Volumes 1 and 2 on October 1, 2015. This classification system is used for diagnosis coding in all healthcare settings in the United States.