MedCerts Study Guide Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass)

MedCerts Study Guide Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass) Office of National Coordination for Health Information Technology - Answers - ONCHIT ONCHIT - Answers - In 2004, President Bush recommended the use of Health Information Technology, and set a 10 year goal for all Americans to be using electronic health records. What organization was established to meet this goal? This organization identified standards for the electronic exchange of health information - Answers - What is the purpose of the HITSP This organization developed certification criteria for electronic health records software - Answers - What does CCHIT do? 1. Health information and data elements 2. Results management 3. Order management 4. Decision support 5. Electronic communications and connectivity 6. Patient support 7. Administrative processes 8. Reporting and population management - Answers - What core functions did the IOM suggest for EHRs, and how many are there? Computerized records of *one* physician's encounter with a patient over time. - Answers - An EMR is what? It reflects the data from all sources that have treated an individual - Answers - AN EHR is what? A record that is maintained and owned by the patient. - Answers - A PHR is what? Most often this refers to a hospital, treating patients with urgent problems that cannot otherwise be handled - Answers - Acute Care refers to what? Treatment without admission to hospital - Answers - Ambulatory care refers to what? Set of common definitions for medical terms to ease communication by decreasing ambiguity - Answers - Clinical vocabularies are what? This contains a clinical vocabulary designed to encompass all terms used in medicine - Answers - SNOMED-CT contains what? This contains terms and codes used for electronic exchange of lab results and clinical observations - Answers - What does the LOINC contain? Logical observation identifiers names and codes. - Answers - What does the acronym, LOINC stand for? Unified Medical Language System - Answers - What does the acronym UMLS stand for? National Library of Medicine - Answers - What does the acronym NLM stand for? It's a thesaurus database of medical terms - Answers - What is the UMLS? The World Health Organization - Answers - Who developed the National Classification of Diseases? Diagnosis--3-5 Alphanumeric--Inpatient and Outpatient--13.000 codes. Procedure Usage--*Inpatient*--3-4 Numeric--4.000 codes. - Answers - Usage for ICD-9-CM, number and kinds of characters, Inpatient or Outpatient oriented, and number of codes. Diagnosis--3-7 Alphanumeric--Inpatient and Outpatient--120.000 codes. Procedure Usage--None - Answers - Usage for ICD-10-CM, number and kinds of characters, Inpatient or Outpatient oriented, and number of codes. Diagnosis--None Procedure Usage--*Inpatient*--7 Alphanumeric--200,000 codes. - Answers - Usage for ICD-10-PCS, number and kinds of characters, Inpatient or Outpatient oriented, and number of codes. This acronym represents a coding procedural terminology developed and maintained by the AMA. It is a listing of descriptive terms and identifying codes for reporting medical services and procedures performed by health care providers *in an outpatient setting.* - Answers - What is the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) and what is its purpose? *The Healthcare Common procedure Coding System* (HCPCS) Level II contains codes for products, supplies and certain services not included in the CPT manual. - Answers - What is the HCPCS and what is its purpose? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Answers - Who maintains the CPT codes? They transfer data from systems such as laboratory or pharmacy systems. - Answers - What do messaging standards make possible?