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NR569 SCRIPT 2026 FULL CORRECT ANSWER SET
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◉What is an E/M code. Answer: E/M stands for "evaluation and management". E/M coding is the process by which physician-patient encounters are translated into five digit CPT codes to facilitate billing. ◉What does CPT mean?. Answer: CPT stands for "current procedural terminology." These are the numeric codes which are submitted to insurers for payment. Every billable procedure has its own individual CPT code. ◉What does PICOT stand for?. Answer: ● Population/ Patient Problem: Who is your patient? (Disease or Health status, age, race, sex) ● Intervention: What do you plan to do for the patient? (Specific tests, therapies, medications) ● Comparison: What is the alternative to your plan? (ie. No treatment, different type of treatment, etc.) ● Outcome: What outcome do you seek? (Less symptoms, no symptoms, full health, etc.)
● Time: What is the time frame? (This element is not always included.) ◉What is PICOT used for?. Answer: To formulate questions in Evidence Based Practice, use the PICOT format. ◉pretest probability. Answer: Also known as disease prevalence represents the probability of a specific pathology for a patient prior to initiating further diagnostic testing. It is based on the probability of the suspected disease given the patient's symptoms or clinical context. ◉Sensitivity equation. Answer: Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) *TP = true positives *FN = false negatives ◉Sensitivity. Answer: a sensitive test CORRECTLY identifies patients who have the disease in question. Test with high sensitivity are ideal screening test to discover as many patients as possible with the disease
◉How does Air appear on x-ray?. Answer: Air - appears the blackest on radiograph *absorbs the least xray ◉How does Fat appear on Xray?. Answer: Fat- lighter shade of gray than air *somewhat dark than soft tissue ◉How does soft tissue or fluid appear on x-ray?. Answer: both fluid (blood) and soft tissue (muscle) have the same density on conventional radiographs it is impossible to differentiate blood from muscle inside the heart on xray ◉How does calcium appear on x-ray?. Answer: Most dense, naturally occuring material (bones) absorb most of the xray. ◉How does metal appear on x-ray?. Answer: absorbs ALL x-ray. whitest on film. ◉Types of lesions pathognomonic to infective endocarditis. Answer: Roth spots Petechiae Janeway Lesions
Osler Nodes Splinter hemorrhages under the nails ◉Roth spots. Answer: Round or oval hemorrhagic retinal lesions with small white centers (infective endocarditis) ◉Petechiae. Answer: pinpoint purple or red spots from minute hemorrhages under the skin. on the upper trunk, conjunctivae, mucous membranes and distal extremities (infective endocarditis) ◉Janeway lesions. Answer: nontender hemorrhagic lesions - palms or soles, fingers, toes, nose, earlobes - associated with infective endocarditis ◉Osler nodes. Answer: painful erythematous nodules on the pads of the fingers and toes (infective endocarditis) ◉Infective Endocarditis (IE). Answer: also called bacterial endocarditis, is an infection caused by bacteria that enter the bloodstream and settle in the heart lining, a heart valve or a blood vessel ◉3 most common organisms for IE. Answer: S. aureus Strepococcus pyogenes