HIM 478 RHIA REVIEW QUESTIONS CHAPTER 6

Question 1

In which registry would you expect to find an Injury Severity Score (ISS)?

A. cancer registry
B. birth defects registry
C. transplant registry
D. trauma registry

Answer 1

Trauma registry

Question 2

Case definition is important for all types of registries. Age will certainly be an important criterion for accessing a case in a(n) _____________ registry.

A. birth defects
B. AIDS/HIV
C. Implant
D. Trauma

Answer 2

birth defects

Question 3

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) consists of a set of databases that include data on inpatients whose care is paid for by third-party payers. HCUP is an initiative of the:

A. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
B. National Library of Medicine
C. World Health Organization
D. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Answer 3

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Question 4

The Cancer Committee at Wharton General Hospital wants to compare long-term survival rates for pancreatic cancer by evaluating medical versus surgical treatment of the cancer. The best source of these data is the

A. cancer registry abstracts
B. operation index
C. disease index
D. master patient index

Answer 4

cancer registry abstracts

Question 5

You have recently been hired as the medical staff coordinator at your local hospital. Which database/registry will you utilize most often?

A. LOINC
B. MEDPAR
C. Trauma Registry
D. National Practitioner Data Bank

Answer 5

National Practitioner Data Bank

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT included as a part of the minimum data maintained in the MPI?

A. date of birth
B. patient medical record number
C. principal diagnosis
D. full name (last, first, and middle)

Answer 6

principal diagnosis

Question 7

As the chair of a Forms Review Committee, you need to track the field name of a particular data field and the security levels applicable to that field. Your best source for this information would be the

A. glossary of healthcare terms
B. MDS
C. facility’s data dictionary
D. UHDDS

Answer 7

facility’s data dictionary

Question 8

Using a template to collect data for key reports may help to prompt caregivers to document all required data elements in the patient record. This practice contributes to data

A. comprehensiveness
B. accuracy
C. security
D. timeliness

Answer 8

comprehensiveness

Question 9

While data governance focuses primarily on managing data as it is being created within a healthcare system, information governance focuses instead on managing

A. data currency
B. data accuracy
C. the granularity of health care systems
D. the output of those systems

Answer 9

the output of those systems

Question 10

Electronic health record built-in tools that can make data capture easier include all but which one of the following?

A. data dictionaries
B. clinical decision support systems
C. automated quality measures
D. flow process charts

Answer 10

flow process charts

Question 11

The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) is a project sponsored by the

A. CMS
B. National Library of Medicine
C. Office of Inspector General
D. World Health Organization

Answer 11

National Library of Medicine

Question 12

A secondary data source that houses and aggregates extensive data about patients with a certain diagnosis is a(n)

A. disease registry
B. master patient index
C. admissions register
D. patient health record

Answer 12

disease registry

Question 13

What data cannot be retrieved from the MEDPAR?

A. charges broken down for specific types of services
B. Non-Medicare patient data
C. ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes
D. data on the provider

Answer 13

Non-Medicare patient data