Bc3020

Answer the Following Questions:

1. Q) what position is when the patient is positioned prone and the x-ray beam comes into the patient from the right side and exits to the left?
ANSWER: This position is called ventral decubitus.

2. Q) Radiological images obtained while the body is rotated are called _____?
ANSWER this called oblique views.

3. Q) a patient who needs dialysis for a period longer than 3 weeks will usually receive what?
ANSWER: They usually receive a permanent catheter.

4. Q) a serial x-ray of the digestive tract is referred to as?
ANSWER: This is referred to as cine-pharyngoesophagram.

5. Q) what is a deficiency of the level of oxygen in the arterial blood called?
ANSWER: This is called hypoxemia or anoxia.

6. Q) Name the four different types of ultrasounds listed in the CPT manual.
ANSWER: They are A-mode, M-mode, B-mode, and real-time scan.

7. Q) how is dosimeter reported?
ANSWER: By intermediate or complexity.

8. Q) what are indicators?
ANSWER: Indicators are written physician orders to the laboratory that set standards.

9. Q) what is guaiac?
ANSWER: A guaiac is a brown resin obtained from guaiacum trees, used as a flavoring and in varnishes. It was formerly used medicinally and as a test for traces of blood. The stool guaiac test or guaiac fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is one of several methods that detect the presence of fecal occult blood (FOB).

10. Q) what test is used to identify the makeup of the surface of the red blood cell?
ANSWER: Direct Combs or a direct antiglobuin test

11. Q) a uterus that was removed because of a diagnosis of a prolapsed would be considered what level of surgical pathology? What CPT code?
ANSWER: This would be considered level V and the code is 88307.