Question 1

What microform should the HIM practitioner select if the records must be unitized and color-coded of filing purposes?

Accepted Answer

A)  roll microfilm 
B)  cartridge 
C)  jacket microfilm 
D)  cassette

Question 2

Patient is admitted for workup for melena. Laboratory results reveal chronic blood loss anemia. Colonoscopy with biopsy reveals Crohn's disease of the descending colon.

Accepted Answer

A)  578.1, 555.1, 45.25, 45.43 
B)  555.1, 45.25 
C)  555.1, 578.1, 45.25 
D)  555.1, 578.1, 45.25, 45.23

Question 3

Technologies that can make data capture easier include all but which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  digital dictation 
B)  direct data capture from a medical device attached to the HIM employee 
C)  handheld wireless devices 
D)  speech recognition

Question 4

A physician performed an outpatient surgical procedure on the eye orbit of a Medicare patient. Upon searching the CPT codes and consulting with the physician, the coder is unable to find a code for the procedure. The coder should assign

Accepted Answer

A)  an unlisted Evaluation and Management code from the E/M section. 
B)  An unlisted procedure code located in the ye and ocular adnexa section. 
C)  A HCPCS Level Two (alphanumeric) code. 
D)  An ophthalmologic treatment service code.

Question 5

You are looking at your policies, procedures, training program, etc., and comparing them to the HIPAA regulations. You are conducting a

Accepted Answer

A)  policy assessment. 
B)  risk assessment. 
C)  compliance audit. 
D)  none of the above

Question 6

After the researchers see the number of subjects they will have to interview, they re­examine the criteria. The researchers could decrease the number of subjects while having the least impact the reliability of the study by

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing p and decreasing B. 
B)  increasing p or decreasing B. 
C)  decreasing p and increasing B 
D)  decreasing p or increasing B

Question 7

To monitor timely claims processing in a hospital, a summary report of "patient receivables" is generated frequently. Aged receivables can negatively affect  a facility's cash flow; therefore, to maintain the facility's fiscal integrity, the HIM manager must routinely analyze this report.

Accepted Answer

A)  remittance advice 
B)  periodic interim payments 
C)  DNFB (discharged, no final bill) 
D)  chargemaster

Question 8

Joint Comission requires the attending physician to countersign health record documentation that is entered by

Accepted Answer

A)  interns or medical students. 
B)  midwives. 
C)  consulting physicians. 
D)  physician partners.

Question 9

As a new HIM manager of an acute care facility, you have been asked to update the facility's policy for a physician's verbal orders in accordance with Joint Commission standards and state law. Your first area of concern is the qualifications of those individuals in your facility who have been authorized to record verbal orders. For this information, you will consult

Accepted Answer

A)  Consolidated Manual for Hospitals 
B)  Federal Register 
C)  Policy and Procedure Manual 
D)  Hospital Bylaws, Rules, and Regulations

Question 10

If there are 150,000 records and the HIM Department receives 3,545 requests of records within a given period of time, what is the request rate?

Accepted Answer

A)  2.4%. 
B)  3.5%. 
C)  4.6%. 
D)  5.1%.

Question 11

The Joint Commission recently surveyed an acute care hospital. The hospital just received the survey report and the accreditation decision. Which of the following categories should the hospital leaders address first?

Accepted Answer

A)  Requirements for Improvement 
B)  Grid Elements 
C)  Written Progress Reports 
D)  Triennial Exception Rules

Question 12

As the Information Security Officer at your facility, you have been asked to provide examples of technical security safeguards adopted as a result of HIPAA legislation. Which of the following would you provide?

Accepted Answer

A)  audit controls 
B)  evidence of security awareness training 
C)  surge protectors 
D)  workstation use and location

Question 13

The following data elements are in a limited data set file being released. Which data element is in the file in error, in that it is PHI?

Accepted Answer

A)  zip code 
B)  city 
C)  vehicle identification number 
D)  chargemaster item number

Question 14

The standard claim from used by hospitals to request reimbursement for inpatient and outpatient procedures performed or services provided is called the

Accepted Answer

A)  UB-04. 
B)  CMS-1500. 
C)  CMS-1491. 
D)  CMS-1600.

Question 15

Gina is the HIPAA Privacy and Security Officer and primary trainer for a regional health system. In determining how a person in a position in a department uses health information, she must 1 certainly review the

Accepted Answer

A)  past performance evaluations of persons in the position. 
B)  position or job description. 
C)  facility policy on protecting health information. 
D)  facility policy and procedure on documenting training.

Question 16

The patient's family asked the attending physician to keep the patient in the hospital for a few days more until they could make arrangements for the patient's home care. Because the patient no longer meets criteria for continued stay, if the physician complies with the family's request, this would be considered

Accepted Answer

A)  the best utilization of the hospital's resources. 
B)  an inappropriate use of hospital resources. 
C)  a compassionate use of the hospital's resources. 
D)  appropriate, provided it is limited to a few days.

Question 17

A HIM Department wants to buy new open-shelf filing units for its file expansion. Each of the shelves in a new 6-shelf unit measures 33 linear filing inches. There will be an estimated 1,000 records to file. The average record is 1 inch thick. How many filing units should be purchased?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  4 
C)  6 
D)  8

Question 18

It takes twice as long to perform Service C, so the doctors decided Service C should count as two services for the purpose of calculating workload. If Service C counts twice as much as Service A or Service B, then the physician who provides the most services was Doctor The physicians at Sunset Shore Clinic reported the following statistics last Tuesday.

Accepted Answer

A)  Truba. 
B)  Wooley. 
C)  Howe. 
D)  Masters.

Question 19

Closure of traumatic kidney injury.

Accepted Answer

A)  50520 
B)  13100 
C)  50500 
D)  50400

Question 20

Differentiate between the physical and logical data models.

Accepted Answer

A)  The physical data model shows how the logical model will be created and the logical da model shows the technology plan to be used. 
B)  The logical data model shows what the system should do and the physical data model sho how the logical data model will be created. 
C)  The logical data model uses DFDs and the physical data model uses entity relations models. 
D)  The physical data model uses DFDs and the logical uses entity relationship model.

Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator

What microform should the HIM practitioner select if the records must be unitized and color-coded of filing purposes?

Patient is admitted for workup for melena. Laboratory results reveal chronic blood loss anemia. Colonoscopy with biopsy reveals Crohn's disease of the descending colon.

Technologies that can make data capture easier include all but which one of the following?

A physician performed an outpatient surgical procedure on the eye orbit of a Medicare patient. Upon searching the CPT codes and consulting with the physician, the coder is unable to find a code for the procedure. The coder should assign

You are looking at your policies, procedures, training program, etc., and comparing them to the HIPAA regulations. You are conducting a

After the researchers see the number of subjects they will have to interview, they reexamine the criteria. The researchers could decrease the number of subjects while having the least impact the reliability of the study by

To monitor timely claims processing in a hospital, a summary report of "patient receivables" is generated frequently. Aged receivables can negatively affect a facility's cash flow; therefore, to maintain the facility's fiscal integrity, the HIM manager must routinely analyze this report.

Joint Comission requires the attending physician to countersign health record documentation that is entered by

If there are 150,000 records and the HIM Department receives 3,545 requests of records within a given period of time, what is the request rate?

The Joint Commission recently surveyed an acute care hospital. The hospital just received the survey report and the accreditation decision. Which of the following categories should the hospital leaders address first?

As the Information Security Officer at your facility, you have been asked to provide examples of technical security safeguards adopted as a result of HIPAA legislation. Which of the following would you provide?

The following data elements are in a limited data set file being released. Which data element is in the file in error, in that it is PHI?

The standard claim from used by hospitals to request reimbursement for inpatient and outpatient procedures performed or services provided is called the

Gina is the HIPAA Privacy and Security Officer and primary trainer for a regional health system. In determining how a person in a position in a department uses health information, she must 1 certainly review the

A HIM Department wants to buy new open-shelf filing units for its file expansion. Each of the shelves in a new 6-shelf unit measures 33 linear filing inches. There will be an estimated 1,000 records to file. The average record is 1 inch thick. How many filing units should be purchased?

Closure of traumatic kidney injury.

Differentiate between the physical and logical data models.

Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator

What microform should the HIM practitioner select if the records must be unitized and color-coded of filing purposes?

Patient is admitted for workup for melena. Laboratory results reveal chronic blood loss anemia. Colonoscopy with biopsy reveals Crohn's disease of the descending colon.

Technologies that can make data capture easier include all but which one of the following?

A physician performed an outpatient surgical procedure on the eye orbit of a Medicare patient. Upon searching the CPT codes and consulting with the physician, the coder is unable to find a code for the procedure. The coder should assign

You are looking at your policies, procedures, training program, etc., and comparing them to the HIPAA regulations. You are conducting a

After the researchers see the number of subjects they will have to interview, they re­examine the criteria. The researchers could decrease the number of subjects while having the least impact the reliability of the study by

To monitor timely claims processing in a hospital, a summary report of "patient receivables" is generated frequently. Aged receivables can negatively affect a facility's cash flow; therefore, to maintain the facility's fiscal integrity, the HIM manager must routinely analyze this report.

Joint Comission requires the attending physician to countersign health record documentation that is entered by

If there are 150,000 records and the HIM Department receives 3,545 requests of records within a given period of time, what is the request rate?

The Joint Commission recently surveyed an acute care hospital. The hospital just received the survey report and the accreditation decision. Which of the following categories should the hospital leaders address first?

As the Information Security Officer at your facility, you have been asked to provide examples of technical security safeguards adopted as a result of HIPAA legislation. Which of the following would you provide?

The following data elements are in a limited data set file being released. Which data element is in the file in error, in that it is PHI?

The standard claim from used by hospitals to request reimbursement for inpatient and outpatient procedures performed or services provided is called the

Gina is the HIPAA Privacy and Security Officer and primary trainer for a regional health system. In determining how a person in a position in a department uses health information, she must 1 certainly review the

A HIM Department wants to buy new open-shelf filing units for its file expansion. Each of the shelves in a new 6-shelf unit measures 33 linear filing inches. There will be an estimated 1,000 records to file. The average record is 1 inch thick. How many filing units should be purchased?

Closure of traumatic kidney injury.

Differentiate between the physical and logical data models.

After the researchers see the number of subjects they will have to interview, they reexamine the criteria. The researchers could decrease the number of subjects while having the least impact the reliability of the study by