HIT-125-TEST 3-CHAPTER 7 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
The services provided by HIM departments in acute care hospitals usually include all of
the following except:
A: Medical Transcription
B: Medical Billing
C: Clinical Coding
D: Release of Information - Answers - B: Medical Billing
The first point of data collection and the area where the health record number is most
commonly assigned in an acute care hospital is the: - Answers - Patient Registration
Department
As an HIM professional, you would be directly responsible for tracking the compliance
with the Joint Commission's standard for the: - Answers - Averaged Quarterly Medical
Record Delinquency Rate
Which of the following tasks would the HIM department not perform in an electronic
health record system?
A: Document Imaging
B: Analysis
C: Assembly
D: Indexing - Answers - C: Assembly
The master patient index:
A: Is the most important index maintained by the HIM department.
B: Contains basic demographic information about the patient
C: Is commonly part of the admission, discharge, and transfer computer system
D: All of the above - Answers - D: All of the Above
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
38-45-99
A: Straight Numerical
B: Terminal Digit
C: Middle Digit
D: Unit - Answers - D: Unit
VERIFIED ANSWERS
The services provided by HIM departments in acute care hospitals usually include all of
the following except:
A: Medical Transcription
B: Medical Billing
C: Clinical Coding
D: Release of Information - Answers - B: Medical Billing
The first point of data collection and the area where the health record number is most
commonly assigned in an acute care hospital is the: - Answers - Patient Registration
Department
As an HIM professional, you would be directly responsible for tracking the compliance
with the Joint Commission's standard for the: - Answers - Averaged Quarterly Medical
Record Delinquency Rate
Which of the following tasks would the HIM department not perform in an electronic
health record system?
A: Document Imaging
B: Analysis
C: Assembly
D: Indexing - Answers - C: Assembly
The master patient index:
A: Is the most important index maintained by the HIM department.
B: Contains basic demographic information about the patient
C: Is commonly part of the admission, discharge, and transfer computer system
D: All of the above - Answers - D: All of the Above
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
38-45-99
A: Straight Numerical
B: Terminal Digit
C: Middle Digit
D: Unit - Answers - D: Unit
