RHIT Mock Exam ALL Sections Questions And Complete Correct Answers

RHIT Mock Exam ALL Sections Questions And Complete Correct Answers Q.In the past, the Joint Commission standards focused on promoting the use of a facility approved abbreviation list to be used by hospital care providers. With the advent of the Commission's national patient safety goals, the focus has shifted to - ANSWERS-use of prohibited or "dangerous" abbreviations Q.A risk manager needs to locate a full report of a patient's fall from his bed, including witness reports and probable reasons for the fall. She would most likely find this information in the - ANSWERS-incident report Q.For continuity of care, ambulatory care providers are more likely than providers of acute care services to rely on the documentation found in the - ANSWERS-problem list Q.The federally mandated resident assessment instrument used in long term care facilities consists of three basic components, including the new care area assessments, utilization guidelines, and the - ANSWERS-MDS or minimum data set Q.As Director of HIT program, your community college has been selected to participate in the workforce develeopment of electronic health specialits as outlined by ARRA and HITECH. In order to keep abreast of changes in this program, you will need regular access to the Web site of this governmental agency. - ANSWERS-ONC Q.A qualitative review of a health record reveals that the h and p for a patient admitted on June 26 was performed on June 30 and transcribed on July 1. Which of the following statements regarding the h and p are true in the situation? Completion and charting of h and p indicates - ANSWERS-noncompliance with JC standards. H and P must be completed within 24 hours Q.The first patient with cancer seen in your facility on January 1, 2012, was diagnosed with colon cancer with no known history of previous malignancies. The accession number assigned to this patient is - ANSWERS-12-0001/00 because in accession number 12 represents the year the patient first entered the database, 0001 represents the first case entered that year, and 00 indicates no previous known neoplasm. Q.Setting a drop down menu to make sure the registration clerk collects gender as male or female is a method of ensuring data - ANSWERS-Precision Validity refers to the accuracy of data, while reliability refers to the consistency of the data. Timeliness refers to the data being available when needed, and precision refers to data values that are just large enough to support the application process. Q.In determining your acute care facility's degree of compliance with prospective payment requirements for Medicare, the best resource to reference for recent certification standards is - ANSWERS-The Federal Register CMS publishes both proposed and final rules for the Conditions of Participation for hospitals in the daily Federal Register. Q.In an acute care hospital, a complete history and physical may not be required for a new admission when - ANSWERS-A legible copy of a recent h and p performed in the attending physician's ofice is available. An interval h and p can be used when a patient is readmitted for the same or related problem within the 30 days, and no matter how long the patient stays an h and p is required. Q.The authors of all entries in a health care record should be - ANSWERS-clearly identified Q.In creating a new form or computer view, the designer should be most driven by - ANSWERS-needs of the users Q.According to the following data, the most serious record delinquecy problem occurred in which month? Record Delinquency Mo. April May June % incomplete records 70% 88% 79% %delinquent records 51% 43% 61% % delinquent DT minssing H&P 3% 1.4% .05% - ANSWERS-April, because JC reccommendation for improvement is indicated if the number of delinquent records is greater than 50% or if the % of delinquent records DT missing H&P exceeds 2% of average monthly discharges. The % of incomplete records is irrelevant Q.An example of objective entry in the health record supplied by a health care practitioner is the - ANSWERS-Physical Assessment. The medical history, including a review of systems and chief complaint, is information supplied by the patient. Q.As Chair of the Health Record Committee you have been asked to reccommend a time limited documentation standard for inclusion in medical staff bylaws, rules, and regulations. that must meet standards of both JC and Medicare COP. For H&P you advise the time period for completion should be set at - ANSWERS-24 hours after admission or prior to surgery Q.An example of a primary data source for health care statistics is the - ANSWERS-hospital census