HCMT 2061 Final Review Exam Updated
Actual Questions and 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 - CORRECT ANSWER D- all of the above
What is the casefinding completeness goal for central cancer registries?
A- 50%
B- 80%
C- 95%
D- 100% - CORRECT ANSWER C- 95%
_____________________ Refers to the effective date on or after which all reportable cases
should be registered in a registry database. - CORRECT ANSWER reference date
A _____________ is a listing of patients seen in a hospital, both inpatient and outpatient,
with ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes. - CORRECT ANSWER Disease Index
A case is included on a __________________ during the casefinding process until
appropriate hospital or physician officially reports the case. - CORRECT
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. - CORRECT
ANSWER casefinding
,______________________ required the registry to abstract a case in as near real time as
possible. - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER true
A hospital with an ACoS approved cancer program is not required to maintain a cancer
registry.
-true
-false - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER true
Hospital-based cancer registries conduct casefinding audits and manage a process known as
death clearance.
-true
-false - CORRECT ANSWER false
The disease index is the primary casefinding source used by central registries to identify
incident cases.
-true
-false - CORRECT ANSWER false
Pathology reports can be used to identify potentially reportable cases for both hospital and
nonhospital facilities.
, -true
-false - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER true
_________________is responsible for providing to hospitals a list of the mandatory and
optional ICD-10-CM codes. - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER false
Central registries use a process known as _________________ to ensure cases are not
captured more than once from different facilities. - CORRECT
ANSWER consolidation
The process of casefinding begins with a clear understanding of which cases are to be
reported.
-true
-false - CORRECT ANSWER true
The three primary casefinding sources for a cancer registry are:
A- pathology reports
B- medical and radiation oncology logs
C- HIM disease indices
D- all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER D- all of the above
Actual Questions and 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 - CORRECT ANSWER D- all of the above
What is the casefinding completeness goal for central cancer registries?
A- 50%
B- 80%
C- 95%
D- 100% - CORRECT ANSWER C- 95%
_____________________ Refers to the effective date on or after which all reportable cases
should be registered in a registry database. - CORRECT ANSWER reference date
A _____________ is a listing of patients seen in a hospital, both inpatient and outpatient,
with ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes. - CORRECT ANSWER Disease Index
A case is included on a __________________ during the casefinding process until
appropriate hospital or physician officially reports the case. - CORRECT
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. - CORRECT
ANSWER casefinding
,______________________ required the registry to abstract a case in as near real time as
possible. - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER true
A hospital with an ACoS approved cancer program is not required to maintain a cancer
registry.
-true
-false - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER true
Hospital-based cancer registries conduct casefinding audits and manage a process known as
death clearance.
-true
-false - CORRECT ANSWER false
The disease index is the primary casefinding source used by central registries to identify
incident cases.
-true
-false - CORRECT ANSWER false
Pathology reports can be used to identify potentially reportable cases for both hospital and
nonhospital facilities.
, -true
-false - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER true
_________________is responsible for providing to hospitals a list of the mandatory and
optional ICD-10-CM codes. - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER false
Central registries use a process known as _________________ to ensure cases are not
captured more than once from different facilities. - CORRECT
ANSWER consolidation
The process of casefinding begins with a clear understanding of which cases are to be
reported.
-true
-false - CORRECT ANSWER true
The three primary casefinding sources for a cancer registry are:
A- pathology reports
B- medical and radiation oncology logs
C- HIM disease indices
D- all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER D- all of the above
