CHDA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
In comparing mortality rates between hospitals, it is important to also consider the
severity of illness
graph
An analyst has been asked to work on the development of a home health strategic plan. Which of the
following data sets would be most helpful in developing this analysis?
UACDS
Your facility is engaged in a research project concerning patients newly diagnosed with type 2
diabetes. The researchers notice older patients have a longer length of stay than younger patients.
They have seen a
positive correlation between age and length of stay
Under what circumstances is it acceptable to use a non-probability sample for an audit?
When not generalizing to the population
graph
In analyzing the reason for charges in a hospital's Medicare case-mix index over time, the analyst extract
data from the information warehouse at which level of detail?
Discharge level
chart
The facility's Medicare case-mix index has dropped, although other statistical measures appear constant.
The CFO suspects coding errors. What type of coding quality review should be performed?
focused audit
This type of data display tool is used to illustrate frequency distributions of continuous variables, such as
age and length of stay (LOS):
histogram
The ICD coding system was originally designed to be a ________________
disease tracking system
Patient payments and charges are likely to be found in a:
patient accounting database
, Which graph is the best choice to use when exploring the relationship between length of stay and
charge for a set of patients?
scatter diagram
Which of the following situations might result in a compliance audit?
High CC/MCC capture rate
30-day morality rates are considered a
outcome of care measure
A computer software program that assigns appropriate MS-DRGs according to the information provided
for each episode of care is referred to as a
grouper
The surgery department is evaluation its postoperative infection rate of 6 percent. The chief of surgery
asks the quality improvement coordinator to find the post-operation infection rates of 10 similar
hospitals in the same geographic region to see how the rates compare. The process is called ______
benchmarking
The capture of secondary diagnoses that increase the incidence of CCs and MCCs may be benchmarked
against other facilities by using which dataset?
MEDPAR
The science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information is
referred to as
data analytics
graph
Analyzing patterns of care can help identify
all of these
Which kind of data might be displayed on a pie chart?
percentage of discharges by third-party payer
In which of the following examples does the gender of the patient constitute information rather than a
data element?
in a study comparing the incidence of myocardial infarctions in black males as compared to white
females
The application of information science to the management of healthcare data and information through
computer technology is referred to as
healthcare informatics
(GRADED A+)
In comparing mortality rates between hospitals, it is important to also consider the
severity of illness
graph
An analyst has been asked to work on the development of a home health strategic plan. Which of the
following data sets would be most helpful in developing this analysis?
UACDS
Your facility is engaged in a research project concerning patients newly diagnosed with type 2
diabetes. The researchers notice older patients have a longer length of stay than younger patients.
They have seen a
positive correlation between age and length of stay
Under what circumstances is it acceptable to use a non-probability sample for an audit?
When not generalizing to the population
graph
In analyzing the reason for charges in a hospital's Medicare case-mix index over time, the analyst extract
data from the information warehouse at which level of detail?
Discharge level
chart
The facility's Medicare case-mix index has dropped, although other statistical measures appear constant.
The CFO suspects coding errors. What type of coding quality review should be performed?
focused audit
This type of data display tool is used to illustrate frequency distributions of continuous variables, such as
age and length of stay (LOS):
histogram
The ICD coding system was originally designed to be a ________________
disease tracking system
Patient payments and charges are likely to be found in a:
patient accounting database
, Which graph is the best choice to use when exploring the relationship between length of stay and
charge for a set of patients?
scatter diagram
Which of the following situations might result in a compliance audit?
High CC/MCC capture rate
30-day morality rates are considered a
outcome of care measure
A computer software program that assigns appropriate MS-DRGs according to the information provided
for each episode of care is referred to as a
grouper
The surgery department is evaluation its postoperative infection rate of 6 percent. The chief of surgery
asks the quality improvement coordinator to find the post-operation infection rates of 10 similar
hospitals in the same geographic region to see how the rates compare. The process is called ______
benchmarking
The capture of secondary diagnoses that increase the incidence of CCs and MCCs may be benchmarked
against other facilities by using which dataset?
MEDPAR
The science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information is
referred to as
data analytics
graph
Analyzing patterns of care can help identify
all of these
Which kind of data might be displayed on a pie chart?
percentage of discharges by third-party payer
In which of the following examples does the gender of the patient constitute information rather than a
data element?
in a study comparing the incidence of myocardial infarctions in black males as compared to white
females
The application of information science to the management of healthcare data and information through
computer technology is referred to as
healthcare informatics
