1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
1. Detailed providing more specifics | Specificity | 2. Order of succession2 | Sequenced2 | 3. Condition exists along with primary diagnosis3 | Comorbidities3 | 4. Generally a certificate that shows medical necessity4 | Medical Necessity4 | 5. Codes informing third payers that circumstances has altered a code5 | Modifier5 | 6. Payment for provider services6 | Reimbursement6 | 7. Reporting higher level of coding than appropriate7 | Upcoding7 | 8. Third party payers change code to lesser one with lesser benefits8 | Downcoding8 | 9. Reason for visit is coded first9 | Reason Rule9 | 10. Other specified10 | NEC10 | 11. Not otherwise specified11 | NOS11 | 12. Some ICD-10 codes with less than 6 characters need this12 | Placeholder12 | 13. Any other reason patient comes to doctor besides chief complaint13 | Morbidity13 | 14. A fatal outcome14 | Mortality14 | 15. Terms listed in alphabetical order with categories and subcategories 15 | Index15 | 16. Place to verify after finding code in index16 | Tabular16 | 17. Reason for patient encounter is coded first17 | Main Rule17 | 18. The letter A is used for this18 | Initial Encounter18 | 19. The letter D is used for this19 | Subsequent Encounter19 | 20. The letter S is used for this20 | Sequela20 | 21. Single code used to classify 2 or more diagnosis21 | Combination Codes21 | 22. A medical reason for not doing or using something22 | Contraindication22 |
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