Rebecca Brown was born at Mercy Hospital in 1967 and assigned patient number 576890. She was admitted in 1974 for a tonsillectomy and reassigned number 576890. All of her admissions are filed in a single folder. The system being used is
A) numerical.
B) serial numbering.
C) serial-unit numbering.
D) unit numbering.

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The system described is unit numbering because all of Rebecca Brown's admissions are filed in a single folder under the same patient number (576890), indicating that her medical records are consolidated under one number for all visits.

Rebecca Brown Was Born at Mercy Hospital in 1967 and Assigned