RHIT CERTIFICATION EXAM COMPLETE 200

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RHIT CERTIFICATION EXAM COMPLETE 200

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(1) A critical early step in designing an EHR is to develop a(n) ________in which the characteristics of each data element are defined.

• Accreditation manual
• Core content
• Continuity of care record
• Data dictionary

- The correct ANSWER is: D) Data dictionary

(2) Once hospital discharge abstract systems were developed and their ability to provide comparative data to hospitals was

established, it became necessary to develop:

• Data sets
• Data elements
• Electronic data interchange
• Bills of mortality

- The correct ANSWER is: A) Data sets

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(3) In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify data elements to be collected about each patient. The

second is to:

• Provide uniform data definitions
• Guide efforts toward computerization
• Determine statistical formulas
• Provide a research database

- The correct ANSWER is: A) Provide uniform data

definitions

(4) A health information technician is responsible for designing a data collection form to collect data on patients in an acute-care

hospital. The first resource that she should use is:

- A) UHDDS

- B) UACDS

- C) MDS

- D) ORYX

- The correct ANSWER is: A) UHDDS

(5) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common healthcare data sets such as UHDDS and UACDS?

• They define minimum data elements to be collected

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• They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data

elements that must be collected

• They provide a framework for data collection to which an

individual facility can add data items

• The federal government recommends, but does not

mandate, implementation of most of the data sets

- The correct ANSWER is: B) They provide a complete and

exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected

(6) In a paper-based system, the completion of the chart is monitored in a special area of the HIM department called the ______ file.

• Incomplete record
• Permanent
• Temporary
• Remote storage

- The correct ANSWER is: A) Incomplete record

(7) Consider the following sequence of numbers. What filing system is being used if these numbers represent the health record numbers of three records filed together within the filing system?

36-45-99

37-45-99

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38-45-99

• Straight numerical
• Terminal digit
• Middle digit
• Unit

- The correct ANSWER is: B) Terminal digit

(8) The MPI is necessary to physically locate health records within the paper-based storage system for all types of filing

systems, EXCEPT:

• Alphabetical
• Middle digit
• Terminal digit
• Straight numerical

- The correct ANSWER is: A) Alphabetical

(9) The RHIT supervisor for the filing and retrieval section of Community Clinic is developing a staffing schedule for the year. The clinic is open 260 days per year and has an average of 600 clinic visits per day. The standard for filing records is 60 per hour. The standard for retrieval of records is 40 records per hour. Given these standards, how many filing hours will be required daily to retrieve and file records for each clinic day?