Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator

A patient was seen by Dr. Zachary. The charge for the office visit was $125. The Medicare beneficiary had already met his deductible. The Medicare fee schedule amount is $100. Dr. Zachary does not accept assignment. The office manager will apply a practice termed as "balance billing," which means that the patient is

Juan has been asked to investigate e-health companies. Which of the following would NOT be included in his investigation?

Melissa is status post mastectomy due to breast cancer. There has been no recurrence of the disease. She is admitted for insertion of unilateral breast implant.

A clerk brings you a question about a request for information. The patient was treated meningitis at age 3 (15 years ago). The patient is now 18. The patient's attorney is request information on the admission. You tell the clerk the information is

Home health agencies are reimbursed on a prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicare patients. This PPS is called

Excision of 2.5 cm bladder tumor with cystoscopy.

In the diagnosis "first-, second-, and third-degree burns of the chest wall," a code is required for

The Blood Usage Review Committee has a quality monitor established to review all blood transfusion reaction cases. The HIM Director will be working with the committee to identify and abstract patient outcome information for committee evaluation. What data should be collected?

A run or line chart would be most useful for collecting data on

Patient admitted for observation for head injury following a fall. Patient also suffered a minor laceration to the forehead. Head injury was ruled out.

Patient presents to the hospital for skin grafts due to previous third-degree burns. The burn' eschar of the back was removed. Once the eschar was removed, the defect size measured 10 an a, 10 cm. A skin graft from a donor bank was placed onto the defect and sewn into place as a temporary wound closure.

You are walking around the facility to identify any privacy and security issues. You walk onto the 6W nursing unit and stand in a public area to look for possible violations. From where you are standing, you see that anyone can watch the nurse entering confidential patient information. You make a note of this. What are you doing?

The physician explicitly documents that a condition is not present at the time of admission.

A portion of a deficiency slip is reproduced below. This patient was discharged yesterday. Y greatest concern regarding deficiencies on this record would be the missing

A local union is conducting .an organizing campaign at Pacific Health Systems. The Human Resources department is providing training to management staff. The training indicates that managers can do which of the following during the union campaign?

Patient presents to the emergency room following an assault. Examination of the patient reveals blunt trauma to the face. Radiology reports that the patient suffers from a fracture to the frontal skull and a blow-out fracture of the orbital floor. Patient is admitted and taken to the operating room where a periorbital approach to the orbital fracture is employed and an implant is inserted.

An accreditation agency counterpart to the Joint Commission for managed care organizations is the

During systems analysis you use a tool that shows relations between data. You are using a(n)

Patient suffered dizziness as a result of taking prescribed Phenobarbital. Patient took medication with beer.

Insertion of cochlear device innet ear