Certified Coding Associate (CCA) Exam Preparation Domain V - Information Technologies

Certified Coding Associate (CCA) Exam Preparation Domain V - Information Technologies A hospital is planning on allowing coding professionals to work at home. The hospital is in the process of identifying agencies to minimize the security risks associated with this practice. Which of the following would be best to ensure that data breaches are minimized when the home computer is unattended? - User name and password - Automatic session termination - Cable locks - Encryption - Answer-Automatic session termination A coding analyst consistently enters the wrong code for patient gender in the electronic billing system. What data quality or data integrity measures should be in place to ensure that only allowable code numbers are entered? - Access controls - Audit trails - Edit checks - Password controls - Answer-Edit Checks Which of the following would be the best technique to ensure that registration clerks consistently use the correct notation for assigning admission date in an electronic health record (EHR)? - Make admission date a required field - Provide an input mask for entering data in the field - Make admission date a numeric field - Provide sufficient space for input of data - Answer-Provide an input mask for entering data in the field Which of the following is not an element of data quality? - Accessibility - Data Backup - Precision - Relevancy - Answer-Data backup The protection measures and tools for safeguarding information and information systems is a definition of: - Confidentiality - Data security - Informational privacy - Informational access control - Answer-data security Computer software programs that assist in the assignment of codes used with diagnostic and procedural classifications are called: - Natural-language processing systems - monitoring/audit programs - Encoders - Concept, description, and relationship tables - Answer-encoders A special webpage that offers secure access to data is called a(n): - access control - home page - intranet - portal - Answer-portal One form of ____________ uses software to aid the physician in selecting the correct code with processes such as drop-down boxes or the use of touch-screen terminals - integrated workflow process - computer-assisted coding - electronic document management system - speech recognition system - Answer-computer-assisted coding One form of ________ computer assisted coding may use, which means that digital text from online documents stored in the information system is read directly by the software, which then suggests codes to match the documentation - encoded vocabulary - natural-language processing - data exchange standards - structured reports - Answer-natural-language processing Which of the following tasks may not be performed in an electronic health record system?... Continues...