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b. transitory file. practice management file. d. None of the above 10.Files for patients who have died m o therwise terminated their relationship with physician are called files a inactive b. closed active d. dead 17. HIPAA recommends that physicians keep the records on patients for at least 1 year b. 2 years c. 3 years d. HIPAA does not recommend a number of years. 18. The medical assistant should consider which of the following when selecting filing equipment? a Fire protection b. Cost of space and equipment c. Confidentiality requirements d. All of the above 19. The process of moving an active file to inactive status is called a purging b. indexing c. codine. d. conditioning 20. The physical medical record belongs to the a patient. b. physician or provider. e insurance company d. All of the above WIU 21. A correction to a medical record can be made by a. drawing a line through the entry and writing the correct information b. whiting out the entry and writing over it. c. rewriting the entire page of progress notes with the error corrected. d. All of the above 22. The advantages of using the color-coding filing system are the following: a. A misfiled record is easily spotted even from a distance, b. The use of color visually restricts the area of search for a specific record. c. You can use either the alphabetic or numeric color-coding system. d. All of the above 23. Who ultimately decides whether a medical record can be released? a. The physician

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16) option B

17) option B

18) option D

19) option A

20) option D

21) option A

22) option D