RHIA AHIMA practice Test 108 Questions with Verified Answers
Processing - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Classifying, sorting, storing and retrieving data
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1. Output
2. Feedback
3.Processing
4.Input
K81.2, OFT40ZZ, OFJ44ZZ - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
The patient is taken to the OR for a laparoscopic gallbladder removal secondary to acute and chronic cholecystitis. The surgeon encounters difficulty secondary to the patients body habitus and converts this to an open procedure. The correct code assignment is?
1. K81.0, K81.1, OFT44ZZ
2. K80.12,OFT40ZZ,
3. K81.2, OFT40ZZ, OFJ44ZZ
4. K81.2.,OFT40ZZ, OFT44ZZ
E11.52, OY6X0Z0 - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
A patient is admitted with gangrenous changes in the right fifth toe secondary to peripheral vascular disease resulting from long standing diabetes mellitus. Amputation of this toe at the metartarsophalangeal joint occurs in an effort to halt the current disease process.
1. E11.52, OY6X0Z0
2. I70.260, E11.9, OY6X0Z0
3. I96, I73.9, E11.9, OY6X0Z0
4. E11.52, I70.261, OY6X0Z0
Unit - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
The Admitting Department manager at a hospital provided admitting "scenarios" for the staff. Which kind of system testing uses scenarios?
1. Unit
2. Parallel
3. Stress
4. Integrated
Privacy - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
A patient deploys a personal health record and established an access list for the personal health record, which includes only the patient and the patient's treating healthcare providers. In limiting access, the patient has excised the right to:
1. Confidentiality
2. Security
3. Privacy
4. Integrity
I50.9 I10 - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
A patient presents to the ER with lower extremity edema, some chest heaviness, and dyspnea. The BNP and chest x-ray performed in the ER demonstrate pulmonary edema and a grossly elevated BNP. She is admitted to the hospital with congestive heart failure and essential hypertension. The code assignment is
1. I11.9
2. I11.0, I50.9
3.R60.9, R06.00, I50.9, I10
4. I50.9, I10
Maintenance/Evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
Which phase of the SDLC is missing from the list below?
-Analysis
-List
-Implementation
1. Disposition/Disposal
2. Maintenance/Evaluation
3. Acquisition/Development
4. Operations/Maintenance
Data Quality - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
Accuracy, currency, and relevance are examples of?
1. Data accessibility
2. Data collection
3. Data Analysis
4. Data Quality
Once a year - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
Job descriptions should be reviewed:
1. Every six months
2. Once a year
3. Every other year
4. Every two years
Movement Diagram - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
One of the best tools to aid in the determination of the location and reduction in bottlenecks which impede the coding process is the:
1. Movement diagram
2. Gantt chart
3. Pareto chart
4. Decision grid
Patient Census - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
A hospital staff member goes to each patient's room and physically checks to see if they are in bed. The staff member's patient head count is used to calculate the:
1. Patient census
2. Inpatient daily census
3. Outpatient service days
4. Inpatient service days
Firewall systems - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Which security measure is based on pre-established rules that allow or deny access to a network or exchange of information between networks?
1. Encryption technology
2. Phishing technology
3. Firewall systems
4. Cryptography
Mining - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The process of searching through large volumes of data for cluster patterns is known as data:
1. Mapping
2.Mining
3.Repository
4.Mart
A combination of electronic and paper chart - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
Which of the following is the definition of a hybrid record?
1. An EHR with little access to digital ima
2. A complete electronic health record
3. A combination of electronic and paper chart
4. None of the above
Pie chart - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The data display tool used to show how each component contributes to the total process is a:
1. Line graph
2. Pie chart
3. Scatter diagram
4. Bar graph
60 feet - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
The amount of work space allocation for clerical employees in square fee is
1. 60
2. 90
3. 100
4. 120
PPS (Prospective Payment System) - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) created which of the following organizations:
1. PPO
2. PPS
3. QIO
4. PRO
Structure measure - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The number of nurses per patient is a ratio that is monitored and assessed as part of an organization's performance improvement program. According to Donabedian's quality assessment model, this is an example of a(n):
1. Outcome measure
2. Process measure
3. Outlier measure
4. Structure measure
Mission - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
An organization provides a broad statement created to set it apart from all other similar entities. This statement is known as the:
1. Vision
2 Mission
3. Opportunity
4. Value
Intranet - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
A hospital has an internet-based system, only accessible to its employees, that lists all job vacancies. This system would be called a(n):
1. Demilitarized zone
2. Virtual private network
3. Intranet
4. Extranet
Forced distribution - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
A method of performance appraisal of employee ranking. One of the most employed methods is "simple ranking." The other method is:
1. Forced distribution
2. Critical incident
3. Behavioral rating
4. Graphic rating scales
At will - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
An employment contract without a specified length of time, in which either party can terminate with or without cause is known as:
1. Implied
2. At will
3. Good faith
4. Tort law
Delineating privilege - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
The Department of Surgery at a hospital is determining if it will allow a surgeon to perform Cyberknife surgery. This process is known as:
1. Delineating privilege
2. Verifying background
3. Validating society membership
4. Processing application
EMTALA- Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
The legislation enacted to reduce the inappropriate transfer of patients for financial reasons is known as:
1. HIPPA
2. EMTALA
3. FMLA
4. ERISA
Processing mortality statistics - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
In addition to promoting international comparability; the International Classification of Disease was originally designed as a means for:
1. Processing mortality statistics
2. Reimbursement method
3. Quality initiatives
4. Global health care
Business associate contracts - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Which of the following is an example of an administrative safeguard under the HIPAA security rule?
1. Access controls
2. Business associate contracts
3. Person authentication
4. Devices and media controls
Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
A hospital considers purchasing a new hospital information system. The Information Systems department begins to survey system users. The hospital is is which phase of the Systems Development Life Cycle?
1. Analysis
2. Implementation
3. Design
4. Maintenance/evaluation
Continuous speech input - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Various levels of speech recognition attainable today. The type of input that does not require the user to pause between words to let the computer distinguish between the beginning and ending of the words is:
1. Confidential speech input
2. Normal speech input
3. Continuous speech input
4. Absolute speech input
Process measure - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
Patient education at discharge is monitored and assessed s part of an organization's performance improvement program. According to Donabedian's quality assessment model, this is an example of a(n):
1. Process measure
2. Outlier measure
3. Outcome measure
4. Structure measure
Work simplification - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Eliminate, combine and improve are fundamentals objectives of:
1. Productivity
2. Benchmarking
3. Problem solving
4. Work simplification
Demographic - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
Patient name, address, and social security number are examples of what type of information?
1. Administrative
2. Quantitative
3. Qualitative
4. Demographic
Diversity training - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
A health care facility conducts annual education programs for creating an environment that fosters tolerance and appreciation of individual differences within the facility's workforce. This is known as:
1. Diversity training
2. Performance counseling
3. Customer service training
4. New employee orientation
Notice of Privacy Practices - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
A patient is given a document on admission describing how the hospital may use or disclose the patient's protected health information. As required by HIPAA law, what is the name of this document?
1. Notice of privacy practices
2. Authorization of patient information
3. Request to amend the designated record
4. Consent for treatment
Evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
EHR implementation impacts staffing in all health care organizations Studies are performed to determine the relative worth or each position in an organization. The process is called job:
1. Ranking
2. Grading
3. Evaluation
4. Significance
ORYX Core Measures - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
A data analyst in the HIM department is abstracting data from health records with diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia for assessing organizational performance. This is to comply with:
1. Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS)
2. ORYX core measures
3. Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
4. National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)
Accounts payable - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
All of the following are examples of an asset EXCEPT:
1. Accounts Receivable
2. Inventory
3. Accounts Payable
4. Buildings
Monthly - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
A hospital is in the early stages of EHR implementation. The HIM manager has been identified as the project manager for the scanning of the paper records into the hybrid EHR system. How often should the manger report on the status of this component of the project?
1. Daily
2. Weekly
3. Monthly
4. Quarterly
GEM's - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The mapping tool used to transition from ICD-9 to ICD 10 is known as:
1. GEMs
2.APC's
3.RAC's
4.MS-DRGs
Bridge - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
HIM professionals often need to explain concepts to a variety of audiences. The metaphor that is frequently used to help illustrate the technologies along the migration path to the electronic health record is a:
1. Linkage
2. Pyramid
3. Stairway
4. Bridge
Defensibility - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
the Sherman Antitrust Act relates to which characteristic of peer review?
1. Defensibility
2. Consistency
3. Usefulness
4. Timeliness
Motivation - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
Providing staff with a sense of ownership, opportunity to succeed, and encouraging new ideas and elements are associated with:
1. Motivation
2. Work simplification
3. Benchmarking
4. Methods improvement
Audit trails - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Which security measures exists in an EHR system to provide evidence of information system activity such as log-ins, log-outs, and file accesses?
1. Access controls
2. Audit trails
3. Password changes
4. Firewalls
Mapping - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The process of cross-referencing between a current terminology system and the new terminology system is known as data:
1. Mapping
2. Mining
3. Dictionary
4. Repository
The Joint Commission - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Health care facilities strive to comply with national patient safety goals in their mission to provide safe, high quality care. The organization responsible for publication and maintenance of these goals is the:
1. Office of Inspector General (OIG)
2. National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
4. The Joint Commission
Job rotation - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
A new supervisor is hired in the HIM department of a large acute care hospital. The corporate HIM director has set up a schedule for the new supervisor that requires moving from job to job to learn the variety of tasks performed within the department. This style of on-the-job training is known as:
1. Job rotation
2. One-on-one
3. Informal learning
4. Classroom learning
Federal register - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
The proactive manager follows the content and status of proposed national health information regulations by reading which of the following publications?
1. Congressional record
2. Federal register
3. Executive order
4. Regulatory bulletin
Relational - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
A database model constructed with tables that share common data elements is called:
1. Hierarchical
2. Network
3. Object-orientated
4. Relational
An integral part of the major service - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
CPT defines a separate change procedure when performed in conjunction with another service as:
1. An integral part of the major service
2. One that can be reported in conjunction with a service
3. Not fraudulent when integral to another service
4. A separate change
Brainstorming - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
One idea-generated technique used in performance improvement in exploratory problem analysis is:
1. Flowcharts
2.Brainstorming
3.Affinity diagram
4. Fishbone diagram
Providing healthcare instructions to a nursing home to which a patient is transferred - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Which of the following disclosures of protected health information is permitted under HIPAA and does NOT require a patient's authorization?
1. Providing healthcare instructions to a nursing home to which a patient is transferred
2. Faxing health records to a prospective provider
3. Copying the health record for an attorney
4. Sending the patient's history and physical to the ER
Diagnostic codes - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
Third party payers will deny payment for services that are considered unreasonable and unnecessary based on:
1. Diagnostic codes
2. Charges
3. Costs
4. Advanced beneficiary notices
Best of fit - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
One year ago a hospital's Radiology department implemented a state-of-the art Radiology Information System (RIS) that met all of its requirements. The newly hired CIO expressed concerns that this system will not meet the organization's long-term goals as the RIS cannot be integrated with the hospital information system to be purchased within the next year. The information technology acquisition strategy used by the Radiology department was most likely:
1. Dual core
2. Best of breed
3. Rip and replace
4. Best of fit
Interface engine - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
A hospital is planning for its new hospital information system. The CIO wants to make sure that all hospital patient care systems are able to efficiently share ADT information with the main system. Which of the following will ensure that is achieved?
1. Computer drive
2. Ethernet connection
3. Open system
4. Interface engine
The hospital has unique information needs that cannot be met by an available vendor systems - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
A hospital decides to build its own information system. Which of the following reasons may have led to that decision?
1. Internally developed IT systems can be more in depth
2. Internally developed IT systems are more cost effective
3. Qualified information technology staff are easy to find
4. The hospital has unique information needs that cannot be met by an available vendor system
Being investigated at the time of admission - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
the designation of POA assignment to an ICD-10-CM code include chronic conditions impacting care; acute conditions and those:
1. Identified within 24 hours of the admission
2. Diagnosed upon discharge
3. Being investigated at the time of admission
4. Listed in the family history
PERT - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The tool used to complete process management activities on time and in proper order is:
1. Pareto
2. Benchmark
3. PERT
4. Histogram
12 - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
The passage of FMLA in 1993 allows the employee annual unpaid time off with retained job security to attend to family healthcare needs and childbirth. The number of weeks granted annually is:
1. 6
2 .9
3. 12
4. 24
Control improper coding practices - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
One of the reasons Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) developed the National Council on Compensation Insurance(NCCI) is to:
1. Control improper coding practices
2. Correct improper use of modifier 59
3. Monitor Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE)
4. Circumvent coding guidelines
Business associate agreement - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
The HIM department in a large hospital uses a vendor for health record storage. Which of the following must be created to ensure that the vendor follows rules set forth by the hospital for handling protected health information?
1. Risk analysis plan
2. Patient authorization
3. Business associate agreement
4. Physician authorization
Biometrics - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Which technology supports the security of information by utilizing a patient's physical trait to verify identity?
1. Flash drive
2. Smart card
3. Picture identification
4. Biometrics
Portal - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
A physician accesses the hospital's order entry system through a secure internet gateway called a web:
1. Protocol
2. Portal
3. Program
4. Processor
Address deficiencies through education - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
A HIM manager developed performance measurements for the inpatient coding staff. After comparing coders' performance with the standards, the manager identified problems with the performance of one coder who is continuously making the same coding errors. What step should the manager take next?
1. Wait to see if the same mistakes reoccur
2. Reassign to ambulatory coding
3. Issue verbal warning to the coder
4. Address deficiencies through education
Matrix - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The most basic decision support tool is:
1. Table
2. Block
3. Matrix
4. Tree
Volume - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
A hospital is testing the newly installed information system. All employees have been instructed to log on to the system at 11:00 am. Which system testing phase are they involved in?
1. Total system
2. Integration
3. Volume
4. Unit
Granularity - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
When a data element cannot be further subdivided, its structure complies with which data quality characteristic?
1. Precision
2. Accuracy
3. Granularity
4. Currency
History and physical - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The data collection tool the physician uses to collect information regarding the patient's health care to include past and current complaints is:
1. Encounter form
2. History and physical
3. Care plan
4. Physician orders
Reference check - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
The process of verifying information obtained about a job applicant and their past performance is called:
1. Application review
2. Reference check
3. Employment testing
4. Selection interview
Data modeling - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
What is the process of determining the users' information needs and identifying relationships among the data?
1. Data modeling
2 .Data mining
3. Data repositories
4. Data quality
Comparative - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
A hospital employee benchmarks with another HIM department to assess his department's performance level. What kind of data will the employee use?
1. Longitudinal
2. Aggregate
3. Discrete
4. Comparative
Reduced payment to the transferring facility - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
The CMS transfer policy generally results in:
1. Reduced payment to the transferring facility
2. Increased payment to the transferring facility
3. Cost share
4. A decrease in patient care
LOINC - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The data set to facilitate and collect laboratory results for clinical care, research, and outcomes management is known as:
1. National Provider Data Base (NPDB)
2. Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes(LOINC
3. ORYX
4. Unified Medical Language System ( UMLS)
Leading - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
Encouraging employees, direction others, and resolving conflicts are examples of:
1. Directing
2. Motivation
3. Leading
4. Mentoring
Work simplification - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
The process of improving quality while reducing time and lowing costs is known as:
1. Benchmarking
2. Flow charting
3. Work distribution
4. Work simplification
Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
Medicare uses which of the following methodologies for physician reimbursement?
1. Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS)
2. Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC)
3. Ambulatory Payment Group (APG)
4. Correct Coding Initiative (CCI)
Need to know - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
What type of control is used to determine access granted to a user?
1. Need to know
2. Integrity
3. Audit
4. Authentication
Job description - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The most tangible output of the job analysis process is the:
1. Employee handbook
2. Performance standards
3. Skills assessment
4. Job description
Dictionary - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
A central repository for data structure and elements is called data:
1. Charting
2. Dictionary
3. Modeling
4. Mapping
Scope - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
The project manager records the estimated time, costs of the project, and records the team purpose. The project manager is establishing the project:
1. Scope
2. Vision
3. Sponsor
4. Accord
Standardize the health record language - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
The primary purpose of a clinical/medical vocabulary is to:
1. Provide documentation options for health records
2.Develop reference terminologies for the physicians
3.Create a communication tool for caregivers
4. Standardize the health record language
Unity of command - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
The DRG coordinator reports to the HIM director daily on staff performance, timeliness, and quality issues. The DRG coordinator also receives report requests and statistical assignments from the accounting manager who gives her strict 24-hour turnaround requirements. The DRG coordinator works in a position that lacks:
1. Centralization
2. Line authority
3. Unity of command
4. Span of control
Job ranking - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
A method of comparing particular jobs with other jobs by levels of responsibility and the impact of these positions on revenue generation in organizations with limited positions is known as:
1. Job ranking
2. Factor comparison
3. Point system
4. Job grading
Service provider - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
A hospital contracts with a company that will provide high-speed Internet connections to innovative software. This kind of enterprise is called an application:
1. Server
2. System
3. Service provider
4. Portfolio analyst
One-on-one - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
A new HIM employee is learning how to perform deficiency analysis in an electronic health record (EHR) system. Another employee who has extensive knowledge of the EHR system is teaching the new person and asks her to explain each step as she proceeds. This style of training is known as:
1. Job rotation
2. One-on-one
3. Web-based
4. Informal learning
Defining the problem and desired outcome - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
The first step in the problem-solving model is:
1. Brainstorming alternatives
2. Evaluating and gathering information about the problem
3. Analyzing and understanding the nature of the problem
4. Defining the problem and desired outcome
The halo effect - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
A common rater bias can occur in a performance appraisal associated with a specific performance incident or personal characteristics is called:
1. Central tendency error
2. Personal prejudice
3. The halo effect
4. The regency effect
Ergonomics - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
The science focused on the design of the work environment promoting a safe, comfortable and injury-free work zone are known as:
1. Work flow
2. Ergonomics
3. Economics
4. Work simplification
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
The organization responsible for accrediting MCOs and PPOs is known as the:
1. NCRA
2. NCHS
3. NCQA
4. NCVHS
Bar graph - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The data display tool which can be used to accommodate nominal, ordinal, discrete, and continuous data is the:
1. Histogram
2. Frequency polygram
3. Bar graph
4. Frequency distribution
The condition "after study" which occasioned the admission to the hospital - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
The definition of "principle diagnosis" is:
1. The first listed diagnosis on the history
2. the first listed diagnosis on the discharge
3. The condition "after study" which occasioned the admission to the hospital
4. The diagnosis the patient presented to the provider
Biometrics - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Memorial Hospital implemented iris scanning as a new procedure for patient verification at registration. The new security technology is known as:
1. Biometrics
2. Smart card
3. Cyptography
4. Behavior metrics
Design - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
A hospital generated an Request For Proposal (RFP) to select the vendor for its new hospital information system. In which phase of the System Development Life Cycle is the hospital involved?
1. Maintenance/evaluation
2. Implementation
3. Analysis
4. Design
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
The federally mandated inpatient acute care data set is:
1. DEEDS
2. MDS
3. UACDS
4. UHDDS
K43.9, B20, K21.9 - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
Patient A presents for a ventral hernia repair. A review of the H&P indicates HIV disease and GERD. The diagnosis code assignment is:
1. K43.9, B20, K21.9
2. B20, K43.9, K21.9
3 Z21 K43.9, K21.9
4. K43.9, Z21, K21.9
Rule-based - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
A hospital's new outpatient scheduling system ensures that patients are scheduled for barium studies after and not before nuclear medicine gastric emptying studies because barium interferes with gastric emptying studies. This is an example of which kind of clinical decision support?
1. Process-based
2. System-based
3. Patient-based
4. Rule-based
Productivity - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 5
The process of converting organizational resources into products and services as a means to meet the organization's goals is known as:
1. Productivity
2. Flowcharting
3. Performance
4. Benchmarking
Senior manager or physician - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
Complex projects, such as the migration of the electronic health record, benefit from having a "champion", who believes in the change and promotes support. The manager seeking such a key ally, would most likely develop a relationship with an individual in which of the following roles?
1. Senior manager or physician
2. Major stakeholder representative
3. Public relations specialist
4. Subject matter expert
Re-engineering - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
Reducing costs and risks are main objectives of:
1. Policies
2. Re-engineering
3. Procedures
4. Work flow
De-identifying - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
A HIM data analyst prepares patient charts for scanning into a database for peer review. The analyst must remove certain data elements such as the patient's name, address and date of birth. What process is the analyst performing to protect the health information?
1. Distributing
2. De-identifying
3. Disclosing
4. Delineating
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The data set designed to allow consumers to compare the performance of various managed care plans is:
1. ANSI
2. NCQA
3. HEDIS
4. DEEDS
Work distribution chart - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The coding department has identified problems related to its work processes. Coding staff are spending too much time on unrelated coding tasks, duplication of effort and task assignment is uneven in quality of volume. The coding manager has asked each coding professional to complete a form identifying the amount of time he/she spends each day on various tasks. This tool is known as:
1. GANTT chart
2. Work distribution chart
3. Check sheet
4. Process sheet
Root cause analysis - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
A patient has had surgery performed on the wrong knee. As part of the risk management program in a Joint Commission accredited organization, the facility should perform a(n):
1. Root cause analysis
2. Performance improvement study
3. External agency review
4. Review of operating room scheduling
Phishing - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Which type of security threat consists of an e-mail message that appears to come from a legitimate business and requests personal information such as an account number?
1. Computer worm
2. Phishing
3. Malware
4. Cookie
Request for Information (RFI) - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
An HIM manager wants to screen vendors to identify which vendor's products meet the department's Tumor Registry System needs. The manager sends the vendors an:
1. RFP
2. RFI
3. RFQ
4. RFC
Decomposition diagram - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The purpose of this type of chart is breaking down problems into smaller details by identifying all the tasks in the process and grouping them hierarchical levels.
1. Dialogue design diagram
2. Decomposition diagram
3. Fishbone diagram
4. Data structure diagram
Defensibility - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 4
As the HIM Director you are concerned about ensuring your staff does not make errors in compiling the physician delinquency list so physicians will not be suspended in error. On which of the following characteristics or review is your concern based?
1. Consistency
2. Usefulness
3. Defensbility
4. Timeliness
Access controls - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 2
Which method uses the employees' role to determine their system security level?
1. Access controls
2. Password assignments
3. Single-ones
4. Biometric devices
Policies - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 1
Guides used by management to make decisions for a variety of reasons are:
1. Procedures
2. Policies
3. Objectives
4. Evaluations
Ordinal - CORRECT ANSWER Domain 3
The CFO asks your to rank physician admissions during the past quarter. The type of data best used to accomplish this task is:
1. Ordinal
2. Nominal
3. Interval
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