What is the primary arrangement of the disease index?Overview

Disease, procedure, and physician indexes contain data abstracted from patient records and entered into a computerized database, from which the respective inder is generated. In this activity, you will analyze and interpret data found in disease, procedure, and physician indexes.

Instructions

Click on the following links for Disease Index, Procedure Index, and Physician Index so they each open in a new tab.

Disease Index

Procedure Index

Physician Index

$2.$ Answer each question by reviewing information in the appropriate index.

What is the primary arrangement of the disease index?

a$.$ principal procedure

b$.$ physician

c$.$ principal diagnosis

d$.$ secondary diagnosis