CHIMA EXAM PREP - Clinical
Classifications, Nomenclatures,
Terminologies and Health Information
Standards
Which of the following would be considered a collection of concepts with a set of standardized
terms?
a. Aggregated data
b. Classification system
c. Nomenclature
d. Terminologies - verified answer d. Terminologies
Which of the following describes physically choosing a code from a computer generated list?
a. Automatic coding
b. Coding Process
c. Data Quality process
d. Semi - automatic coding - verified answer d. Semi - automatic coding
Which of the following sections form the Canadian Classification of Interventions (CCI) would contain
diagnostic imaging interventions?
a. Section 1
b. Section 2
c. Section 3
d. Section 4 - verified answer c. Section 3
Which of the following would be considered administrative data?
a. Birth date, postal code, health care number
b. Diagnosis, procedure, ICU units
,c. Health Care provider profile, date of admission, separation dates
d. Religion, gender, weight - verified answer c. Health Care provider profile, date of admission,
separation dates
What field of the Canadian classification of interventions (CCI) code refers to "the approach,
technique, reason" of what is being done?
a. Field 1
b. Field 2
c. Field 3
d. Field 4 - verified answer d. Field 4
Which of the following would be considered clinical data?
a. Birth Date
b. Diagnosis and interventions
c. Postal Code and registration number
d. Separation dates and separation disposition - verified answer b. Diagnosis and interventions
Which of the following developed the coding standards for ICD-10-CA
a. CHIMA
b. CIHI
c. DAD
d. NACRA - verified answer b. CIHI
Which of the following would be refereed to as a "block" in ICD-10-CA?
a. XIX
b. S40-S49
c. S41
d. S41.10 - verified answer b. S40-S49
, Which of the following would best describe a nomenclature
a. An ordered system of concepts based on classes or categories within a domain with implicit or
explicit ordered principals
b. An ordered system where all possible codes are predefined based on categories
c. A system of naming things where codes are assigned to medical concepts which can be combined
according to specific rules to form more complex concepts
d. a list of terms in alphabetical order with additional information for each term in the list - verified
answer c. A system of naming things where codes are assigned to medical concepts which can be
combined according to specific rules to form more complex concepts
Which of the following is a classification system that contains six fields?
a. CCI
b. ICD-10
c. ICD-10-CA
d. SNOMED CT - verified answer a. CCI
The first five characters of a Canadian Classification of Interventions (CCI) codes are refereed to as:
a. Blocks
b. Categories
c. Identifiers
d. Rubric - verified answer d. Rubric
Which of the following would be defined as a series of pathways triggered by the entry of a key word
that leads the user to the most appropriate ICD-10- Ca or CCI code?
a. Artifical intelligence
b. Block
c. Category
d. Encoder - verified answer d. Encoder
Classifications, Nomenclatures,
Terminologies and Health Information
Standards
Which of the following would be considered a collection of concepts with a set of standardized
terms?
a. Aggregated data
b. Classification system
c. Nomenclature
d. Terminologies - verified answer d. Terminologies
Which of the following describes physically choosing a code from a computer generated list?
a. Automatic coding
b. Coding Process
c. Data Quality process
d. Semi - automatic coding - verified answer d. Semi - automatic coding
Which of the following sections form the Canadian Classification of Interventions (CCI) would contain
diagnostic imaging interventions?
a. Section 1
b. Section 2
c. Section 3
d. Section 4 - verified answer c. Section 3
Which of the following would be considered administrative data?
a. Birth date, postal code, health care number
b. Diagnosis, procedure, ICU units
,c. Health Care provider profile, date of admission, separation dates
d. Religion, gender, weight - verified answer c. Health Care provider profile, date of admission,
separation dates
What field of the Canadian classification of interventions (CCI) code refers to "the approach,
technique, reason" of what is being done?
a. Field 1
b. Field 2
c. Field 3
d. Field 4 - verified answer d. Field 4
Which of the following would be considered clinical data?
a. Birth Date
b. Diagnosis and interventions
c. Postal Code and registration number
d. Separation dates and separation disposition - verified answer b. Diagnosis and interventions
Which of the following developed the coding standards for ICD-10-CA
a. CHIMA
b. CIHI
c. DAD
d. NACRA - verified answer b. CIHI
Which of the following would be refereed to as a "block" in ICD-10-CA?
a. XIX
b. S40-S49
c. S41
d. S41.10 - verified answer b. S40-S49
, Which of the following would best describe a nomenclature
a. An ordered system of concepts based on classes or categories within a domain with implicit or
explicit ordered principals
b. An ordered system where all possible codes are predefined based on categories
c. A system of naming things where codes are assigned to medical concepts which can be combined
according to specific rules to form more complex concepts
d. a list of terms in alphabetical order with additional information for each term in the list - verified
answer c. A system of naming things where codes are assigned to medical concepts which can be
combined according to specific rules to form more complex concepts
Which of the following is a classification system that contains six fields?
a. CCI
b. ICD-10
c. ICD-10-CA
d. SNOMED CT - verified answer a. CCI
The first five characters of a Canadian Classification of Interventions (CCI) codes are refereed to as:
a. Blocks
b. Categories
c. Identifiers
d. Rubric - verified answer d. Rubric
Which of the following would be defined as a series of pathways triggered by the entry of a key word
that leads the user to the most appropriate ICD-10- Ca or CCI code?
a. Artifical intelligence
b. Block
c. Category
d. Encoder - verified answer d. Encoder
