Patient, Demi Daniels, calls to ask you to change her diagnosis in her medical r
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Question
Patient, Demi Daniels, calls to ask you to change her diagnosis in her medical record from R/O (rule out) bladder infection to "bladder infection" because her insurance will not pay for a R/O diagnosis. In fact, she tested negative for an infection, but the physician placed her on antibiotics anyway. 8. What do you do? 4 Type answer here 9. Is this an ethical or legal question? Why or why not?4 Type answer here 10. What could happen to the physician you work for if you make a mistake and change the diagnosis? Type answer hereExplanation / Answer
8. ANS: Person X can speak with the doctor and can explain that the insurance will not be paid to Person DD because she did rule out bladder infection. As the physician provided me medication for rule out bladder infection, Person X can discuss with the dootor on what to be billed for a bladder infection.
9. ANS:
Ethical question:
According to Person X, it is ethical because it is like the treatment of care. If Person X feels the question of Person DO to be unethical, he would not have discussed it with the doctor.
Legal question:
According to the law, it is not legal to modify the medical record of a persons diagnosis trough it is the request of the patient. Hence it is against to law.
10. ANS: If person X makes a mistake, he should have corrected it and must be conveyed about it to the physician. If the mistakes are not corrected, and if it is not conveyed to the physician, then the physician will be liable for the mistake of Person X.