Preface. Unit 1-Medical Filing: An Overview. Purpose of Medical Filing. The Medical Records Life Cycle. Confidentiality. Methods of Storing Medical Records. Cross-Referencing. Master Patient Index.

Filing Equipment. Filing Supplies. Alternate Storage Methods. Unit 2-Alphabetic Filing. Alphabetic Filing Rules. Indexing. Indexing Rules. Phonetic Filing.

Apply Your Knowledge of Alphabetic Filing. Unit 3- Numeric Filing. Filing Medical Records by Number. Numbering Systems. Filing Systems. Apply Your Knowledge of Numeric Filing. Unit 4-Cross-Referencing. Alphabetic Cross-Referencing.

Numeric Cross-Referencing. Unit 5-Color Coding. Alphabetic Color Coding. Numeric Color Coding. Apply Your Knowledge of Color Coding. Unit 6-Records Control. Charge-Out Procedures. Automated Tracking System.

Retention and Destruction of Medical Records. Transfer Procedures. Active Versus Inactive Medical Records. Unit 7 -Computer-Assisted Filing. Administrative Applications. Financial Applications. Clinical Applications. Hospital Versus Physician s Office Computer Applications.

Security and Confidentiality. Check Your Understanding Answers. Cards. Index. Terminology.