RHIA PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS - DOMAIN I
All states have a health department with a division required to
track and record communicable diseases. When a patient is
diagnosed with one of the diseases from the health
department's communicable disease list, the public health
department must be notified. Which of the following diseases
would be reportable to the public health department? -
ANSWER-Hepatitis B
The health information manager is conducting a patient
satisfaction survey in an outpatient clinic. Because the clinic
typically sees about 300 people per day, the manager decides
to have the interviewers administer the questionnaire on every
tenth patient. This is an example of what type of sampling: -
ANSWER-Systematic sampling
Bob Smith was admitted to Mercy Hospital on June 21. The
physical was completed on June 23. According to CMS
Conditions of Participation, which statement applies to this
situation? - ANSWER-The record is not in compliance, as the
physical exam must be completed within 24 hours of admission.
Facility-based cancer registries receive approval as part of the
facility cancer program from which of the following agencies? -
ANSWER-American College of Surgeons
Community Health System is experiencing a large number of
data entry errors at the time of patient registration. Which of
the following techniques would be the best first step in
, determining the potential causes of the errors? - ANSWER-
Conduct a stakeholder analysis
As part of his role at the local hospital, Jake is reviewing Joint
Commission standards in an effort to develop a policy to ensure
that the organization is meeting the accreditation requirements.
As part of the review, Jake is looking at a specific set of
standards that are primarily focused on documentation
requirements. Some of the standard requirements include care
provided, procedures that were done on the patient, and the
progress of the patient. Based on this scenario, which set of
Joint Commission standards is Jake reviewing? - ANSWER-
Record of care standards
If an analyst wishes to determine the root cause of claim
denials during June via a random sample, what is the sampling
unit? - ANSWER-Claim
What data set provides the underpinning of the home health
prospective payment system (HH PPS)? - ANSWER-OASIS
The primary purpose of a Minimum Data Set in healthcare is to:
- ANSWER-Recommend common data elements to be collected
in health records
The following graph of data security breaches shows a range of
breaches from year one (YR-1) to year seven (YR-7). In year four
(YR-4), a law came into effect for the mandatory reporting of
security breaches. Given this information, which of the
following is the best interpretation of the graph? - ANSWER-
The volume of security breaches cannot be adequately
estimated prior to YR-4.
Which of the following is an example of demographic data? -
ANSWER-125 Oak Street, Smallville, KS
All states have a health department with a division required to
track and record communicable diseases. When a patient is
diagnosed with one of the diseases from the health
department's communicable disease list, the public health
department must be notified. Which of the following diseases
would be reportable to the public health department? -
ANSWER-Hepatitis B
The health information manager is conducting a patient
satisfaction survey in an outpatient clinic. Because the clinic
typically sees about 300 people per day, the manager decides
to have the interviewers administer the questionnaire on every
tenth patient. This is an example of what type of sampling: -
ANSWER-Systematic sampling
Bob Smith was admitted to Mercy Hospital on June 21. The
physical was completed on June 23. According to CMS
Conditions of Participation, which statement applies to this
situation? - ANSWER-The record is not in compliance, as the
physical exam must be completed within 24 hours of admission.
Facility-based cancer registries receive approval as part of the
facility cancer program from which of the following agencies? -
ANSWER-American College of Surgeons
Community Health System is experiencing a large number of
data entry errors at the time of patient registration. Which of
the following techniques would be the best first step in
, determining the potential causes of the errors? - ANSWER-
Conduct a stakeholder analysis
As part of his role at the local hospital, Jake is reviewing Joint
Commission standards in an effort to develop a policy to ensure
that the organization is meeting the accreditation requirements.
As part of the review, Jake is looking at a specific set of
standards that are primarily focused on documentation
requirements. Some of the standard requirements include care
provided, procedures that were done on the patient, and the
progress of the patient. Based on this scenario, which set of
Joint Commission standards is Jake reviewing? - ANSWER-
Record of care standards
If an analyst wishes to determine the root cause of claim
denials during June via a random sample, what is the sampling
unit? - ANSWER-Claim
What data set provides the underpinning of the home health
prospective payment system (HH PPS)? - ANSWER-OASIS
The primary purpose of a Minimum Data Set in healthcare is to:
- ANSWER-Recommend common data elements to be collected
in health records
The following graph of data security breaches shows a range of
breaches from year one (YR-1) to year seven (YR-7). In year four
(YR-4), a law came into effect for the mandatory reporting of
security breaches. Given this information, which of the
following is the best interpretation of the graph? - ANSWER-
The volume of security breaches cannot be adequately
estimated prior to YR-4.
Which of the following is an example of demographic data? -
ANSWER-125 Oak Street, Smallville, KS
