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HCMT 2061 Final Review Questions with
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
In the US which governing agencies set reporting standards for hospital and
pop-based registries?
A- ACoS's CoC
B- NPCR
C- SEER
D- all of the above Answer: D- all of the above
What is the casefinding completeness goal for central cancer registries?
A- 50%
B- 80%
C- 95%
D- 100% Answer: C- 95%
_____________________ Refers to the effective date on or after which all
reportable cases should be registered in a registry database. Answer: reference
date
A _____________ is a listing of patients seen in a hospital, both inpatient and
outpatient, with ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes. Answer: Disease Index
A case is included on a __________________ during the casefinding process
until appropriate hospital or physician officially reports the case. Answer:
suspense list
_____________________ is the process of identifying the cases that need to be
reported to central cancer registries and for CoC accredited facilities, the
NCDB. Answer: casefinding
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______________________ required the registry to abstract a case in as near real
time as possible. Answer: Concurrent Abstracting
A reportable list is developed by each facility and is composed of all the
reportable case types collected by a cancer registry.
-true
-false Answer: true
A hospital with an ACoS approved cancer program is not required to maintain
a cancer registry.
-true
-false Answer: false
It is common for a cancer registry to receive multiple types of casefinding
source documents that belong to the same patient, even if those source
documents have the same admission (or source) date.
-true
-false Answer: true
Hospital-based cancer registries conduct casefinding audits and manage a
process known as death clearance.
-true
-false Answer: false
The disease index is the primary casefinding source used by central registries to
identify incident cases.
-true
-false Answer: false
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Pathology reports can be used to identify potentially reportable cases for both
hospital and nonhospital facilities.
-true
-false Answer: true
Hospitals are responsible to identify the list of ICD-10 codes that are
mandatory to include on the disease index file to meet state reporting
requirements.
-true
-false Answer: true
_________________is responsible for providing to hospitals a list of the
mandatory and optional ICD-10-CM codes. Answer: central registries
Monitoring the volume of casefinding sources by facility by year is sufficient for
ensuring complete reporting of casefinding source records.
-true
-false Answer: false
Central registries use a process known as _________________ to ensure cases
are not captured more than once from different facilities. Answer:
consolidation
The process of casefinding begins with a clear understanding of which cases are
to be reported.
-true
-false Answer: true
The three primary casefinding sources for a cancer registry are:
A- pathology reports
HCMT 2061 Final Review Questions with
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
In the US which governing agencies set reporting standards for hospital and
pop-based registries?
A- ACoS's CoC
B- NPCR
C- SEER
D- all of the above Answer: D- all of the above
What is the casefinding completeness goal for central cancer registries?
A- 50%
B- 80%
C- 95%
D- 100% Answer: C- 95%
_____________________ Refers to the effective date on or after which all
reportable cases should be registered in a registry database. Answer: reference
date
A _____________ is a listing of patients seen in a hospital, both inpatient and
outpatient, with ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes. Answer: Disease Index
A case is included on a __________________ during the casefinding process
until appropriate hospital or physician officially reports the case. Answer:
suspense list
_____________________ is the process of identifying the cases that need to be
reported to central cancer registries and for CoC accredited facilities, the
NCDB. Answer: casefinding
,2
______________________ required the registry to abstract a case in as near real
time as possible. Answer: Concurrent Abstracting
A reportable list is developed by each facility and is composed of all the
reportable case types collected by a cancer registry.
-true
-false Answer: true
A hospital with an ACoS approved cancer program is not required to maintain
a cancer registry.
-true
-false Answer: false
It is common for a cancer registry to receive multiple types of casefinding
source documents that belong to the same patient, even if those source
documents have the same admission (or source) date.
-true
-false Answer: true
Hospital-based cancer registries conduct casefinding audits and manage a
process known as death clearance.
-true
-false Answer: false
The disease index is the primary casefinding source used by central registries to
identify incident cases.
-true
-false Answer: false
, 3
Pathology reports can be used to identify potentially reportable cases for both
hospital and nonhospital facilities.
-true
-false Answer: true
Hospitals are responsible to identify the list of ICD-10 codes that are
mandatory to include on the disease index file to meet state reporting
requirements.
-true
-false Answer: true
_________________is responsible for providing to hospitals a list of the
mandatory and optional ICD-10-CM codes. Answer: central registries
Monitoring the volume of casefinding sources by facility by year is sufficient for
ensuring complete reporting of casefinding source records.
-true
-false Answer: false
Central registries use a process known as _________________ to ensure cases
are not captured more than once from different facilities. Answer:
consolidation
The process of casefinding begins with a clear understanding of which cases are
to be reported.
-true
-false Answer: true
The three primary casefinding sources for a cancer registry are:
A- pathology reports
