Cengage RHIT Mock Exam_2
Questions and 100% Correct
Answers
A _________uses a private tunnel through the Internet as a transport medium between locations for secure
access and transmission.
VPN
TCP/IP
hub
firewall - Answer-VPN
.A 16-year-old male was treated at your facility for a closed head injury. The patient's 18-year-old wife
accompanied him to the hospital and signed the consent for admission and treatment because of the patient's
incapacity at the time. The patient has requested that copies of his medical records be sent to his attorney.
Who should sign the authorization to release the records?
the patient
either of the patient's parents
the patient's wife
the patient's parent or legal guardian - Answer-the patient
.A 19-year-old former patient has completed an authorization requesting all of his medical records be released
to the army. The release of information clerk should
send a letter informing him that faxed requests are not accepted.
deny the request.
,send the records as requested.
inform the young man that specific reports must be identified in his request. - Answer-send the records as
requested.
.A 335-bed hospital opened a new wing on June 1 of a nonleap year, increasing its bed count to 350 beds. The
total bed count days for the year at the hospital was
125,485.
127,750.
The answer cannot be calculated with the information provided.
122,275. - Answer-125,485.
.A 4-year-old child had a repair of an incarcerated inguinal hernia. This is the first time this child had been
treated for this condition.
49496Repair initial inguinal hernia full-term infant, under age 6 months, or preterm infant over 50 weeks' post
conception age and under 6 months at the time of surgery, with or without hydrocelectomy; incarcerated or
strangulated49501Repair initial inguinal hernia, age 6 months to under 5 years, with or without
hydrocelectomy; incarcerated or strangulated49521Repair recurrent inguinal hernia, any age; incarcerated or
strangulated49553Repair initial femoral hernia, any age; incarcerated or strangulated
49496
49521
49553
49501 - Answer-49501
.A clerical-level employee reports an incident in which the clerk felt the first-line supervisor discriminated on
the basis of the clerk's gender. The best action for you to take at this time is to
ask the clerk to provide objective evidence of the discrimination.
ask the other clerical level staff if they have had similar experiences.
talk with the first-line supervisor to determine what happened.
,thoroughly investigate the matter and document your findings. - Answer-thoroughly investigate the matter and
document your findings.
.A Clinical Documentation Specialist performs many duties. These include reviewing the data, and looking for
trends or patterns over time, as well as noting any variances that require further investigation. In this role, the
CDS professional is acting as a(n)
reviewer.
ambassador.
educator.
analyst. - Answer-analyst.
.A major drug company wants to promote a fundraiser targeting patients with congestive heart failure. The
drug company representative has requested a list of patients treated at your facility. As privacy and security
officer, you tell them that
if the fundraising was conducted by a business associate without authorization, and the funds were to benefit
your facility (the covered entity), that you could disclose the information.
a prior authorization is required before any PHI can be released.
they just need to send a written request for the list.
you will need to confer with the medical director. - Answer-a prior authorization is required before any PHI can
be released.
.A number of key elements for your facility's electronic patient record are still input by clerical staff from
handwritten data entry sheets. You are concerned about the transfer of data. If the vital signs stored in the
database are not what were originally recorded, the impact on patient care could be severe. You are concerned
about the
granularity of the data.
validity of the data.
, stability of the data.
timeliness of the data. - Answer-validity of the data.
.A p value of less than 0.05 is what researchers commonly use to reject the null hypothesis. A smaller p value
may place interpretation of the results of the study at risk for a
type 2 (b) error.
sampling error.
stratification error.
type 1 (a) error. - Answer-sampling error.
.A patient has written to request a copy of his own record. When the clerk checked the record, it was noted
that the patient was last admitted to the psychiatric unit of the facility. You advise the clerk to
ask the patient to send the required fee prior to the release.
comply with the request immediately.
contact the patient's attending physician before complying.
ignore the request and to advise you if it is repeated. - Answer-contact the patient's attending physician before
complying.
.A patient initially consulted with Dr. Vasseur at the request of Dr. Meche, the patient's primary care physician.
Dr. Vasseur examined the patient, prescribed medication, and ordered tests. Additional visits to Dr. Vasseur's
office for continuing care would be assigned from which E/M section?
confirmatory consultations, new or established patient
office or other outpatient consultations, new or established patient
office and other outpatient services, established patient
office and other outpatient services, new patient - Answer-office and other outpatient services, established
patient
.A patient is admitted through the emergency department. Three days after admission, the physician
documents uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. What is the "present on admission" (POA) indicator for
uncontrolled diabetes mellitus?
Questions and 100% Correct
Answers
A _________uses a private tunnel through the Internet as a transport medium between locations for secure
access and transmission.
VPN
TCP/IP
hub
firewall - Answer-VPN
.A 16-year-old male was treated at your facility for a closed head injury. The patient's 18-year-old wife
accompanied him to the hospital and signed the consent for admission and treatment because of the patient's
incapacity at the time. The patient has requested that copies of his medical records be sent to his attorney.
Who should sign the authorization to release the records?
the patient
either of the patient's parents
the patient's wife
the patient's parent or legal guardian - Answer-the patient
.A 19-year-old former patient has completed an authorization requesting all of his medical records be released
to the army. The release of information clerk should
send a letter informing him that faxed requests are not accepted.
deny the request.
,send the records as requested.
inform the young man that specific reports must be identified in his request. - Answer-send the records as
requested.
.A 335-bed hospital opened a new wing on June 1 of a nonleap year, increasing its bed count to 350 beds. The
total bed count days for the year at the hospital was
125,485.
127,750.
The answer cannot be calculated with the information provided.
122,275. - Answer-125,485.
.A 4-year-old child had a repair of an incarcerated inguinal hernia. This is the first time this child had been
treated for this condition.
49496Repair initial inguinal hernia full-term infant, under age 6 months, or preterm infant over 50 weeks' post
conception age and under 6 months at the time of surgery, with or without hydrocelectomy; incarcerated or
strangulated49501Repair initial inguinal hernia, age 6 months to under 5 years, with or without
hydrocelectomy; incarcerated or strangulated49521Repair recurrent inguinal hernia, any age; incarcerated or
strangulated49553Repair initial femoral hernia, any age; incarcerated or strangulated
49496
49521
49553
49501 - Answer-49501
.A clerical-level employee reports an incident in which the clerk felt the first-line supervisor discriminated on
the basis of the clerk's gender. The best action for you to take at this time is to
ask the clerk to provide objective evidence of the discrimination.
ask the other clerical level staff if they have had similar experiences.
talk with the first-line supervisor to determine what happened.
,thoroughly investigate the matter and document your findings. - Answer-thoroughly investigate the matter and
document your findings.
.A Clinical Documentation Specialist performs many duties. These include reviewing the data, and looking for
trends or patterns over time, as well as noting any variances that require further investigation. In this role, the
CDS professional is acting as a(n)
reviewer.
ambassador.
educator.
analyst. - Answer-analyst.
.A major drug company wants to promote a fundraiser targeting patients with congestive heart failure. The
drug company representative has requested a list of patients treated at your facility. As privacy and security
officer, you tell them that
if the fundraising was conducted by a business associate without authorization, and the funds were to benefit
your facility (the covered entity), that you could disclose the information.
a prior authorization is required before any PHI can be released.
they just need to send a written request for the list.
you will need to confer with the medical director. - Answer-a prior authorization is required before any PHI can
be released.
.A number of key elements for your facility's electronic patient record are still input by clerical staff from
handwritten data entry sheets. You are concerned about the transfer of data. If the vital signs stored in the
database are not what were originally recorded, the impact on patient care could be severe. You are concerned
about the
granularity of the data.
validity of the data.
, stability of the data.
timeliness of the data. - Answer-validity of the data.
.A p value of less than 0.05 is what researchers commonly use to reject the null hypothesis. A smaller p value
may place interpretation of the results of the study at risk for a
type 2 (b) error.
sampling error.
stratification error.
type 1 (a) error. - Answer-sampling error.
.A patient has written to request a copy of his own record. When the clerk checked the record, it was noted
that the patient was last admitted to the psychiatric unit of the facility. You advise the clerk to
ask the patient to send the required fee prior to the release.
comply with the request immediately.
contact the patient's attending physician before complying.
ignore the request and to advise you if it is repeated. - Answer-contact the patient's attending physician before
complying.
.A patient initially consulted with Dr. Vasseur at the request of Dr. Meche, the patient's primary care physician.
Dr. Vasseur examined the patient, prescribed medication, and ordered tests. Additional visits to Dr. Vasseur's
office for continuing care would be assigned from which E/M section?
confirmatory consultations, new or established patient
office or other outpatient consultations, new or established patient
office and other outpatient services, established patient
office and other outpatient services, new patient - Answer-office and other outpatient services, established
patient
.A patient is admitted through the emergency department. Three days after admission, the physician
documents uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. What is the "present on admission" (POA) indicator for
uncontrolled diabetes mellitus?
