AHIMA RHIT Practice Exam questions
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A collection of data organized for rapid search and retrieval is called a - correct answer
✔✔Database
Health Information Exchange provides - correct answer ✔✔Sharing of patient information
between providers
Demographics is the study of statistical information and - correct answer ✔✔Human
populations
The main communication for between physicians and clinical documentation improvement
programs is - correct answer ✔✔Provider query form
Which of the following would be used to locate a patient's health information? - correct answer
✔✔Clinical Data
Which of the following is a measurement used by The Joint Commission, CMS, and other
healthcare plans to assess how well healthcare organizations provide care? - correct answer
✔✔Core performance
Documents and data elements that a healthcare provider may include in response to legally
permissible requests for patient information is defined as the: - correct answer ✔✔Legal health
record
The UHDDS does not require the following items - correct answer ✔✔Family history
, The UHDDS defines "other diagnosis" as - correct answer ✔✔All conditions that coexist at the
time of admission
Which of the following contains patient-identifiable information such as the patient's name and
address, date of birth, the dates the patient was hospitalized or outpatient encounters, the
name of the attending physician, and the health record number? - correct answer ✔✔Master
patient index
The database used to gather information about medical malpractice payments, sanctions taken
by boards of medical examiners, and certain professional review actions taken by healthcare
entities is the - correct answer ✔✔National Practitioner Data Bank
The UHDDS requires that all significant procedures be reported. A significant procedure is
defined as - correct answer ✔✔Surgical in nature
The specifications for the values acceptable for specific data fields is referred to as - correct
answer ✔✔Data standards
Documentation such as physician orders and progress note are considered which of the
following types of data - correct answer ✔✔Clinical data
The UHDDS application of definitions was expanded to includes which type of healthcare
facilities - correct answer ✔✔All non-outpatient settings
The effort made by The Joint Commission and CMS in 2004 to align current and future measures
common to both and prevent duplication of effort is know as - correct answer ✔✔Hospital
quality measures
Which of the following is The Joint Commission's methodology for following a patient through
organizational systems and processes as the patient experiences care? - correct answer
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A collection of data organized for rapid search and retrieval is called a - correct answer
✔✔Database
Health Information Exchange provides - correct answer ✔✔Sharing of patient information
between providers
Demographics is the study of statistical information and - correct answer ✔✔Human
populations
The main communication for between physicians and clinical documentation improvement
programs is - correct answer ✔✔Provider query form
Which of the following would be used to locate a patient's health information? - correct answer
✔✔Clinical Data
Which of the following is a measurement used by The Joint Commission, CMS, and other
healthcare plans to assess how well healthcare organizations provide care? - correct answer
✔✔Core performance
Documents and data elements that a healthcare provider may include in response to legally
permissible requests for patient information is defined as the: - correct answer ✔✔Legal health
record
The UHDDS does not require the following items - correct answer ✔✔Family history
, The UHDDS defines "other diagnosis" as - correct answer ✔✔All conditions that coexist at the
time of admission
Which of the following contains patient-identifiable information such as the patient's name and
address, date of birth, the dates the patient was hospitalized or outpatient encounters, the
name of the attending physician, and the health record number? - correct answer ✔✔Master
patient index
The database used to gather information about medical malpractice payments, sanctions taken
by boards of medical examiners, and certain professional review actions taken by healthcare
entities is the - correct answer ✔✔National Practitioner Data Bank
The UHDDS requires that all significant procedures be reported. A significant procedure is
defined as - correct answer ✔✔Surgical in nature
The specifications for the values acceptable for specific data fields is referred to as - correct
answer ✔✔Data standards
Documentation such as physician orders and progress note are considered which of the
following types of data - correct answer ✔✔Clinical data
The UHDDS application of definitions was expanded to includes which type of healthcare
facilities - correct answer ✔✔All non-outpatient settings
The effort made by The Joint Commission and CMS in 2004 to align current and future measures
common to both and prevent duplication of effort is know as - correct answer ✔✔Hospital
quality measures
Which of the following is The Joint Commission's methodology for following a patient through
organizational systems and processes as the patient experiences care? - correct answer
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