CHIMA NCE EXAM LATEST
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
As an HIM coding supervisor, you are asked to compare the current
retrospective coding process with the proposed concurrent coding
process. Which visual tool would be the best to use to identify all the
logical steps and sequence of each procedure?
A. Cause and effect diagram
B. Decision matrix
C. Flow chart
D. Run chart - ANSWERS-Flow chart
The performance measure "percent of X-ray exams completed within 4
hours of the doctor's order" is used by the radiology department to
measure what dimension of quality?
A. Appropriateness
B. Continuity of care
C. Patient satisfaction
D. Timeliness - ANSWERS-Timeliness
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, CHIMA NCE EXAM LATEST
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
Adherence to living will requirements, pain control, and other
documentation that describes end results of care or a measurable change
in the patient's health are examples of?
A. Incidents
B. Outcome measures
C. Sentinel events
D. Threshold events - ANSWERS-Outcome measures
A clinical path is a tool used for quality and utilization purposes. The
path describes the?
A. Criteria used in evaluating the quality and appropriateness of patient
care.
B. Expected cost of care
C. Nursing components of patient care
D. Optimal sequencing and timing of patient care interventions -
ANSWERS-Optimal sequencing and timing of patient care interventions
You are assisting a nursing department with determining the appropriate
formula regarding "documentation of education of patients with new
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, CHIMA NCE EXAM LATEST
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
colostomies". Which of the following ratio of formula would you
recommend?
A. # of records with documentation of colostomy-care teaching/ Total
number of patients on surgery unit.
B. # of records with documentation of colostomy-care teaching/ Total
number of patients with new colostomy
C. # of records with documentation of colostomy-care teaching/ Total
number of records reviewed
D. # of records with documentation of teaching/ Total number of
discharges - ANSWERS-# of records with documentation of colostomy-
care teaching/ Total number of patients with new colostomy
The criteria considered in staging of tumours are the:
1. Presence and extent of lymph node involvement
2. Presence of metastases
3. Tumour is benign or malignant
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QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
As an HIM coding supervisor, you are asked to compare the current
retrospective coding process with the proposed concurrent coding
process. Which visual tool would be the best to use to identify all the
logical steps and sequence of each procedure?
A. Cause and effect diagram
B. Decision matrix
C. Flow chart
D. Run chart - ANSWERS-Flow chart
The performance measure "percent of X-ray exams completed within 4
hours of the doctor's order" is used by the radiology department to
measure what dimension of quality?
A. Appropriateness
B. Continuity of care
C. Patient satisfaction
D. Timeliness - ANSWERS-Timeliness
END OF
PAGE
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, CHIMA NCE EXAM LATEST
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
Adherence to living will requirements, pain control, and other
documentation that describes end results of care or a measurable change
in the patient's health are examples of?
A. Incidents
B. Outcome measures
C. Sentinel events
D. Threshold events - ANSWERS-Outcome measures
A clinical path is a tool used for quality and utilization purposes. The
path describes the?
A. Criteria used in evaluating the quality and appropriateness of patient
care.
B. Expected cost of care
C. Nursing components of patient care
D. Optimal sequencing and timing of patient care interventions -
ANSWERS-Optimal sequencing and timing of patient care interventions
You are assisting a nursing department with determining the appropriate
formula regarding "documentation of education of patients with new
END OF
PAGE
2
, CHIMA NCE EXAM LATEST
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
colostomies". Which of the following ratio of formula would you
recommend?
A. # of records with documentation of colostomy-care teaching/ Total
number of patients on surgery unit.
B. # of records with documentation of colostomy-care teaching/ Total
number of patients with new colostomy
C. # of records with documentation of colostomy-care teaching/ Total
number of records reviewed
D. # of records with documentation of teaching/ Total number of
discharges - ANSWERS-# of records with documentation of colostomy-
care teaching/ Total number of patients with new colostomy
The criteria considered in staging of tumours are the:
1. Presence and extent of lymph node involvement
2. Presence of metastases
3. Tumour is benign or malignant
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