PARCA CPAS Clinical revision questions &
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What asserted that certain diseases were caused by the body being attacked by micro
organisms That were undetectable to the naked eye - ✔✔Germ Theory
What suffix indicated disease process or condition? - ✔✔Osis
How is reimbursement calculated - ✔✔Reimbursement is calculated according to the
assigned diagnostic codes and is more standardized and therefore the cost is contained
What is a patient classification system that describes the case mix of a hospital? -
✔✔DRG-Diagnosis Related Groups
HCPCS - ✔✔Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System: Codes used for outpaint
services and supplies
CDT - ✔✔Current Dental Terminology
NDC - ✔✔National Drug Code-A classification system for identifying a specific drug
product; used nationally for reimbursement and for identification of drug products.
DRG - ✔✔Diagnosis-related Groups: created by Medicare in 1983 as an attempt to
contain health care costs. A hospital receives a set amount of money for a patient with a
certain diagnosis.
What is the required standard for EDI? - ✔✔ASCx12N
, What represents the value of individual physician services - ✔✔RVU - Relative Value
Units
What recommends reimbursement values to HCFA based on data collected by medical
societies on the going rate of services described in the code? - ✔✔RUC - Relative
value Update Committee
Allows modification of procedure codes to provide more granular representation of
services rendered - ✔✔Clinical Modifiers
What do Clinicians need to describe patient or practice? - ✔✔Interface Vocabulary
NCVHS - ✔✔National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics : An advisory body to
HHS that deals with health data, statistics and national health information policy.
PCDS - ✔✔Patient Care Data Set
OASIS - ✔✔Outcome and Assessment Information Set
HEDIS - ✔✔Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
UHDDS - ✔✔Uniform health discharge data set. Needed for Medicare reporting
Where does UMLS retrieve info from? - ✔✔Bibliographic Material
Clinical Records
Data Repositories
ANSWERS 100% RATED CORRECT | Newest 2025
What asserted that certain diseases were caused by the body being attacked by micro
organisms That were undetectable to the naked eye - ✔✔Germ Theory
What suffix indicated disease process or condition? - ✔✔Osis
How is reimbursement calculated - ✔✔Reimbursement is calculated according to the
assigned diagnostic codes and is more standardized and therefore the cost is contained
What is a patient classification system that describes the case mix of a hospital? -
✔✔DRG-Diagnosis Related Groups
HCPCS - ✔✔Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System: Codes used for outpaint
services and supplies
CDT - ✔✔Current Dental Terminology
NDC - ✔✔National Drug Code-A classification system for identifying a specific drug
product; used nationally for reimbursement and for identification of drug products.
DRG - ✔✔Diagnosis-related Groups: created by Medicare in 1983 as an attempt to
contain health care costs. A hospital receives a set amount of money for a patient with a
certain diagnosis.
What is the required standard for EDI? - ✔✔ASCx12N
, What represents the value of individual physician services - ✔✔RVU - Relative Value
Units
What recommends reimbursement values to HCFA based on data collected by medical
societies on the going rate of services described in the code? - ✔✔RUC - Relative
value Update Committee
Allows modification of procedure codes to provide more granular representation of
services rendered - ✔✔Clinical Modifiers
What do Clinicians need to describe patient or practice? - ✔✔Interface Vocabulary
NCVHS - ✔✔National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics : An advisory body to
HHS that deals with health data, statistics and national health information policy.
PCDS - ✔✔Patient Care Data Set
OASIS - ✔✔Outcome and Assessment Information Set
HEDIS - ✔✔Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
UHDDS - ✔✔Uniform health discharge data set. Needed for Medicare reporting
Where does UMLS retrieve info from? - ✔✔Bibliographic Material
Clinical Records
Data Repositories
