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The services provided by HIM departments in acute care usually include all
the following except: - ✔✔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: -
✔✔Patient registration department
As an HIM professional, you would be directly responsible for tracking the
compliance with the Joint Commission's standard for the: - ✔✔Averaged
quarterly medical record
Which of the following tasks would the HIM department not perform in an
electronic health record system? - ✔✔Assembly
The mast patient index: - ✔✔Is the most important index maintained by the
HIM department; contains basic demographic information about the patient;
is commonly part of the admission, discharge, and transfer computer
system
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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 - ✔✔Terminal Digit
The annual volume statistics for New Town Hospital are noted below. How
many shelving units will be required to store this year's inpatient discharge
records?
a. Aver inpatient discharges=12000
b. Average inpatient record thickness= ¾ inch
c. Shelving units shelf width= 36 inches
d. Number of shelves per unit= 6 - ✔✔42
Reviewing the health record for missing signatures, missing medical
reports and ensuring that all documents belong in the health record is an
example of___review. - ✔✔Quantitative
The coding of clinical diagnoses and healthcare procedures and services
after the patient is discharged is___review. : - ✔✔Retrospective
The release of information function requires the HIM professional to have
knowledge of: - ✔✔Federal and state confidentiality laws
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In which of the following systems does an individual receive a unique
numerical identifier for each encounter with a healthcare facility? -
✔✔Serial number system
In which of the following systems does an individual receive a unique
numerical identifier at the time of first encounter with a healthcare facility
and maintain that identifier for all subsequent encounters? - ✔✔Unit
numbering system
A record not completed within the time frame specified in the medical staff
rule and regulations is called a: - ✔✔Delinquent record
Which of the following should be taken into consideration when designing a
health record form? - ✔✔Assigning a unique identifying number to form,
using a concise title that identifies the form's purpose, including original and
revised dates for tracking purposes
Which of the following statements describes alphabetical filling? - ✔✔File
the record alphabetically by the last name, followed by the first name, and
then the middle initial
Which of the following lists of names is in correct order for alphabetical
filing? - ✔✔Smith, Carl J., Smith, Mary A., Smith, Paul M., Smith, Thomas