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Which of the following contains a list of coding edits
developed by CMS in an effort to promote correct coding
nationwide and to prevent the inappropriate unbundling of
related services? - ✔ANASWER✔-National Correct
Coding Initiative (NCCI)
Which of the following could influence a facility's case
mix? - ✔ANASWER✔-accuracy of coding
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changes in DRG weights changes in the
services offered by a facility
A physician has come to the HIM department because he
wants a new smartphone to be able to access patient
records. This way he can enter orders when he is outside
of the hospital. You need to direct the IT department to -
✔ANASWER✔-encrypt the phone so access is protected.
You would expect to find documentation regarding the
assessment of an obstetric patient's lochia, fundus, and
perineum on the - ✔ANASWER✔-postpartum record.
Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) Edits review claims for
codes that report - ✔ANASWER✔-procedures that
cannot or should not be provided to the same patient on
the same day.
It is September 15th, and you have just received the
upcoming year's ICD-10-PCS code set updates. The next
step is to ________. - ✔ANASWER✔-put in a change
ticket for the hospital's chargemaster to be updated
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You are conducting an educational session on
benchmarking. You tell your audience that the key to
benchmarking is to use the comparison to -
✔ANASWER✔-improve your department's processes.
The APC payment system is based on what coding
system(s)? - ✔ANASWER✔-CPT/HCPCS codes
The Joint Commission requires that all medical records be
completed within ___________ following patient
discharge. - ✔ANASWER✔-30 days
You have been hired to work with a computer-assisted
coding (CAC) initiative. The technology that you will be
working with is - ✔ANASWER✔-natural language
processing.
External audits may be conducted by several
organizations in the federal government as well as the
private sector, including ________. -
✔ANASWER✔Humana Fraud Department