AHIMA Professional Practice Experience Workbook

Exercise 28 Medical Terminology Abstracting: IP Female 400233 Authentic Patient Cases Instructions: Access the VLab Authentic Patient Cases. In this exercise, you will break each term into its word parts (e.g. root word, prefix, suffix), and then provide a brief explanation of the term. An example is included below in Fig. 3.xx, to help you get started. **Download this authentic patient case to an adobe acrobat reader file so that you can search for the term(s) in the patient record. Exercise 28 Case Type: IP Female Endocrine Diseases MR: 400233 Medical Term Breakdown into Root Word, Prefix & Suffix

Note the location of the term in the record and provide a statement that demonstrates the meaning of the medical term:

Medical Term

Breakdown into Root Word, Prefix & Suffix

Note the location of the term in the record and provide a statement that demonstrates the meaning of the medical term:

Medical Term

Breakdown into Root Word, Prefix & Suffix

Note the location of the term in the record and provide a statement that demonstrates the meaning of the medical term:

Medical Term

Breakdown into Root Word, Prefix & Suffix

Note the location of the term in the record and provide a statement that demonstrates the meaning of the medical term:

Medical Term

Breakdown into Root Word, Prefix & Suffix

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