RHIT Full Exam Prep: All Domains Practice
Questions
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 - correct answer ✔✔use of prohibited or
"dangerous" abbreviations
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 -
correct answer ✔✔incident report
For continuity of care, ambulatory care providers are more likely than providers of acute care
services to rely on the documentation found in the - correct answer ✔✔problem list
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 - correct answer ✔✔MDS or minimum data set
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. - correct answer ✔✔ONC
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 -
correct answer ✔✔noncompliance with JC standards. H and P must be completed within 24
hours
, 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 - correct answer ✔✔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.
Setting a drop down menu to make sure the registration clerk collects gender as male or female
is a method of ensuring data - correct answer ✔✔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.
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 -
correct answer ✔✔The Federal Register
CMS publishes both proposed and final rules for the Conditions of Participation for hospitals in
the daily Federal Register.
In an acute care hospital, a complete history and physical may not be required for a new
admission when - correct answer ✔✔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.
The authors of all entries in a health care record should be - correct answer ✔✔clearly
identified
Questions
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 - correct answer ✔✔use of prohibited or
"dangerous" abbreviations
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 -
correct answer ✔✔incident report
For continuity of care, ambulatory care providers are more likely than providers of acute care
services to rely on the documentation found in the - correct answer ✔✔problem list
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 - correct answer ✔✔MDS or minimum data set
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. - correct answer ✔✔ONC
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 -
correct answer ✔✔noncompliance with JC standards. H and P must be completed within 24
hours
, 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 - correct answer ✔✔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.
Setting a drop down menu to make sure the registration clerk collects gender as male or female
is a method of ensuring data - correct answer ✔✔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.
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 -
correct answer ✔✔The Federal Register
CMS publishes both proposed and final rules for the Conditions of Participation for hospitals in
the daily Federal Register.
In an acute care hospital, a complete history and physical may not be required for a new
admission when - correct answer ✔✔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.
The authors of all entries in a health care record should be - correct answer ✔✔clearly
identified
