While performing routine quantitative analysis of a record, a medical record employee finds an incident report in the record. The employee brings this to the attention of her supervisor. Which best practice should the supervisor follow to deal with this situation?

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The incident report should be referred to the Risk Manager for further review and appropriate action, which may include removal of the report from the record. The supervisor should follow the appropriate policy and procedure for dealing with incident reports in medical records. The other options, such as removing the report and sending it to the patient, or transferring the documentation to the medical record, may not be appropriate without further review and analysis.

While Performing Routine Quantitative Analysis of a Record, a Medical