Question 1
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The services provided by HIM departments in acute care hospitals usually include all the following except?
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medical transcription
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Medical billing
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Clinical coding
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Release of information
Question 2
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The services provided by HIM departments in acute care hospitals usually include all the following except?
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medical transcription
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Medical billing
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Clinical coding
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Release of information
Question 3
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The first point of data collection and the area where the health record number is most commonly assigned in an acute care hospital is the:
Question 4
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As an HIM professional, you would be directly responsible for tracking the compliance with the Joint Commission's standard for the:
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Physical plan safety report
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Average quarterly medical record deliquently rate
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Allowable outstanding account receivables
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Medication errors
Question 5
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As an HIM professional, you would be directly responsible for tracking the compliance with the Joint Commission's standard for the:
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Physical plan safety report
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Average quarterly medical record deliquently rate
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Allowable outstanding account receivables
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Medication errors
Question 6
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Which of the following tasks would the HIM department not perform in an electronic health record system?
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Document imaging
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Analysis
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Assembly
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Indexing
Question 7
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The master patient index:
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Is the most important index maintained by the HIM department
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Contains basic demographic information about the patient
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Is commonly part of the admission, discharge, and transfer computer system
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All of the above
Question 8
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What filing system is being used if these numbers represent the health record numbers of three records filed together within the filing system?
36-45-99
37-45-99
38-45-99
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Straight numerical
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Terminal digit
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Middle digit
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Unit
Question 9
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The annual volume ststistics for New Town Hospital are noted below. How many shelving units will be required to store this year's inpatient discharge records?
Average inpatient discharge= 12,000
Avg inpatient record thickness= 3/4 inch
Shelving units shelf width= 36 inches
# of shelves per unit= 6
Question 10
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Reviewing the health reocor for missing signatures, missing medical reports and ensuring that all documents belong in the health record is an example of ____ review.
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Quantitative
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Qualitative
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Statistical
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Outcomes
Question 11
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The coding of clinical diagnoses and healthcare procedures and sevices after the patient is discharge is ___ review.
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Proactive
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Prospective
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Concurrent
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Retrospective
Question 12
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The release of information function requires the HIM professional to have knowledge of:
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Clinical coding principals
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Database development
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Federal and state confidentiality laws
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Human resourcce management
Question 13
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In which of the following systems does an individual recieve a unique numerical identifier for each encounter with a healthcare facility?
Question 14
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In which of the following systems does an individual recieve a unique numerical identifier at the time of first encounter with a healthcare facility and maintain that indentifier for all subsequent encounters?
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Alphabetic filing system
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Serial numbering system
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Unit numbering system
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None of the above
Question 15
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A record not completed withing the time frame specified in the medical staff rules and regulations is called a:
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Suspended record
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Completed record
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Deliquent record
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Purged record
Question 16
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Which of the following should be taken into consideration when designing a health record form?
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Assigning a unique identifying number to the form
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Using a concise title that identifies the form's purpose
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Including original and revised dates for tracking purposes
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All of the above
Question 17
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Which of the following should be taken into consideration when designing a health record form?
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File the record alphabetically by first name, followed by the middle initial, and then the last name.
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File the record alphabetically by the last name, followed by the first name, and then the middle initial.
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File the record alphabetically by the last name, followed by the middle initial, and then the first name.
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File the record alphabetically by the last name only.
Question 18
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Which of the following is a micrographic method of storing health records in which each document page is placed sequentially on a long roll?
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Document scanning system
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Microfilm roll
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Microfilm jacket
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Microfiche
Question 19
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Which of the following tools is usually used to track paper-based health records that have been removed from their permanent storage locations?
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Deficiency slips
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Master patient index
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Outguides
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Requisition slips
Question 20
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Which of the following filing methods is considered the most efficient?
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Alphabetic filing
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Alphanumeric filing
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Straight numeric filing
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Terminal digit filing
Question 21
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Which of the following indexes is considered to be the authoritative key to locating a health record?
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Disease index
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Master patient index
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Operation index
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Physician index
Question 22
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Healthcare organizations are considered to be in compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participants. This is called:
Question 23
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Healthcare organizations are considered to be in compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participants. This is called:
Question 24
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Healthcare organizations are considered to be in compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participants. This is called:
Question 25
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A statement or guideline that directs decision making or behavior is called a:
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Directive
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Procedure
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Policy
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Process
Question 26
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If the vice president of marketing requested information regarding the number of cardiac catherizations performed in 2010, what index would you consult?
Question 27
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What commitee oversees the development and approval of new forms for the health record?
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Quality review committee
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Medical staff committee
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Executive committee
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Forms committee
Question 28
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What entity(ies) have established documentation standards?
Question 29
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What is the term used to describe the process of checking individual data elements, reports, or files against each other to resolve discrepancies in accuracy of data and information?
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Repudiation
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Reconcilation
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Legal health record
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Analysis
Question 30
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Critique this statement. Version control is not an issue in the EHR?
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This is a true statement
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There are issues related to versions of documents such as there must be a flag indicating a previous version
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There are issues related to versions of documents such as each version should be visible to all users
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There are issues related to versions of documents which includes the need to delete the old version when a new one is added.
Question 31
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Dr. Smith wants to use a lot of free text in his EHR. What should be your response?
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Good idea Dr. Smith. This allows you to customize the documentation for each patient.
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Dr. Smith, we recommend that you do not use any free text in the EHR
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Dr. Smith, we recommend that you should use only a little free text in the EHR
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Dr. Smith, we recommend that you use little, if any, free text in the EHR.
Question 32
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I am arguing against the use of the copy/paste function in the EHR. Which of the following would be my argrument?
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I am unable to identify the author
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I am unable to print the data out
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I am considered about the time that it takes to copy/paste the documentation
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I am considered that the users will not know how to perform the copy/paste function
Question 33
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An HIM student has asked you, the HIM director, why the hybrid record is so challenging. What is your response?
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It is because we are focusing on the EHR.
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It is because we have to maintain all of the traditional HIM functions.
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It is because HIM professions do not have the skills to manage the EHR.
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It is because we have to manage both the electronic media as well as the paper