Dental Assisting

Charts in the dental office must be ___________________.

• handwritten

• written in pencil

• written in ink or on computer

• typed

Corrections made in a dental chart should be made by ______________.

• correction fluid

• eraser

• a single line through each error

• I don't know

When the patient is informed about the procedure in words that can be easily understood, this is

• informed consent

• implied consent

• either

• I don't know

As far as the statue of limitations is concerned, most dentists keep their records ___________.

• 2 to 3 years

• 5 years

• 10 years

• indefinitely

Which organization has identified a code of ethics specific to dental assistants?

• ADA

• DANB

• ADAA

• State Dental Practice Act

To comply with the privacy rule, the dental office must follow which of the following privacy standards?

• PHI

• Individual rights

• Disclosures with patient authorization

• All of the above

When a privacy officer is identified, the officer's role is to include which of the following?

• Information to patients about their privacy rights.

• Information on how patients' personal information may be used.

• Written patient information.

• All of the above

The HIPAA training for each employee must include what information?

• Coding on electronic claim submissions

• Privacy and security

• Procedures and processes to be used within the office

• All of the above

Dental offices may identify in the office HIPAA manual that the office policy for transferring records is ____ years of information.

• 1

• 5

• 3

• 10

__________ is the rule of ability to control access and protect patient information.

• Disclosure

• Contract

• Security

• Code set