Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator

Brad Thomas is a former patient at Alabama General Hospital. He came to the HIM Department today and asked for a list of people who have requested his medical records over the past 10 years. He also wants to know what was released. Which is the appropriate response to Brad's request?

Third-degree burn to thigh and second-degree burn to foot. Patient was burned by hot liquid.

One of the ways that an EHR is distinguished from a clinical data repository is that the HER

Patient presents to the hospital with a diagnosis of femoral artery atherosclerotic disease. The patient is taken to the operating room and undergoes an aortofemoral popliteal bypass.

Treatments for sensorineural hearing loss include

You are starting your new job as the sole HIM professional at a small psychiatric practice. The practice uses DSM for billing purposes. You find this "theoretically" reasonable because DSM

What type of filing system would store records in the following order: 00-76-05, 01-76-04, 01-77-04, 02-76-05?

Installation of a new electronic document management system is scheduled for the HIM department. The department director calls a meeting of the HIM supervisors to coordinate plans for training the HIM staff. What key factors must be taken into consideration as part of the training preparation process?

Meningitis sarcoidosis

Patient was admitted with third-degree burn of upper back which involved 20% of his body surface. There was an explosion and fire at his home.

Cytopathology of cervical Pap smear with automated thin-layer preparation utilizing computer screening and manual rescreening under physician supervision.

When is it appropriate to use category V10, history of malignant neoplasm?

CPT provides Level I modifiers to explain all of the following situations EXCEPT

A RHIO is a(n)

The Health Department is considering a big newspaper advertising campaign to promote their family planning services. You suggest they first conduct an external analysis to determine the type of advertising most of the people in your target group rely on when making health care choices. You are suggesting the Health Department first engage in a(n)

As a HIM coding supervisor, you are asked to compare the current coding process with proposed concurrent coding process. What visual tool would be the best to identify all the logical steps and sequence of each procedure?

A toxic goiter has what distinguishing characteristic?

A 200-bed acute care hospital currently has 15 years of records in hard copy and filing space is limited. What action should be taken?

Would an entity that conducts the sale or dispensing of a drug, device, equipment , or other item in accordance with a prescription be a covered entity ?

Female with 6 months of stress incontinence. Outpatient therapies are not working and the patient decides to have the problem fixed. Laparoscopic urethral suspension was completed.