AHIMA QUIZ
6th type of member Emeritus
- answersIn recognition of their service to the profession, AHIMA members that are age
65 and over are eligible for recognition as a member Emeritus and shall be eligible for
senior member dues status.
A member of the AHIMA board of directors is:
- answersElected
Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS)
- answersA set of numbers used in a trauma registry to indicate the nature and severity
of injuries by body system.
Abstracting
- answersThe process of extracting information from a document to create a brief
summary of a patient's illness, treatment, and outcome (2) The process of extracting
elements of data from a source document or database and entering them into an
automated system.
Accession registry
- answersA list of cases in a cancer registry in the order in which they were entered
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
- answersA professional organization that offers accreditation programs for ambulatory
and outpatient organizations such as single- and multi specialty group practices,
ambulatory surgery centers, college/university health services, and community health
centers
Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
- answersA private nonprofit accreditation organization offering accreditation services
for home health, hospice, and alternative site healthcare such as infusion nursing, and
home/durable medical equipment supplies.
Accreditation organization
- answersA professional organization that establishes the standards against which
healthcare organizations are measured and conducts periodic assessments of the
performance of individual healthcare organizations
, Active membership
- answersIndividuals interested in the AHIMA purpose and willing to abide by the Code
of Ethics are eligible for active membership. Active Members in good standing shall be
entitled to all membership privileges including the right to vote.
Administrative controls
- answersPolicies and procedures that address the management of computer resources
Administrative simplification
- answersA term referring to HIPAA's attempt to streamline and standardize the
healthcare industry's nonuniform and seemingly chaotic business practices, such as
billing
Admission utilization review
- answersA review of planned services (intensity of service) and/or a patient's condition
(severity of illness) to determine whether care must be delivered in an acute care setting
Admission-discharge transfer (ADT)
- answersThe name given to the computer systems in healthcare facilities that register
and track patterns
Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN)
- answersA statement signed by the patient when he or she is notified by the provider,
prior to a service or procedure being down, that Medicare may not reimburse the
provider for the service, wherein the patient indicates that he will be responsible for any
charges
Advanced directive
- answersA legal, written document that describes the patient's preferences regarding
future healthcare or stipulates the person who is authorized to make medical decisions
in the event the patient is incapable of communicating his or her preferences
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- answersThe branch of the United States Public Health Service that supports general
health research and distributes research findings and treatment guidelines with the goal
of improving the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of healthcare services
Aggregate Data
- answersData extracted from individual health records and combined to form de-
identified information about groups of patients that can be compared and analyzed
Aggregate information system
- answersThe combining of various data sets in order to compile overview or summary
statistics
6th type of member Emeritus
- answersIn recognition of their service to the profession, AHIMA members that are age
65 and over are eligible for recognition as a member Emeritus and shall be eligible for
senior member dues status.
A member of the AHIMA board of directors is:
- answersElected
Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS)
- answersA set of numbers used in a trauma registry to indicate the nature and severity
of injuries by body system.
Abstracting
- answersThe process of extracting information from a document to create a brief
summary of a patient's illness, treatment, and outcome (2) The process of extracting
elements of data from a source document or database and entering them into an
automated system.
Accession registry
- answersA list of cases in a cancer registry in the order in which they were entered
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
- answersA professional organization that offers accreditation programs for ambulatory
and outpatient organizations such as single- and multi specialty group practices,
ambulatory surgery centers, college/university health services, and community health
centers
Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
- answersA private nonprofit accreditation organization offering accreditation services
for home health, hospice, and alternative site healthcare such as infusion nursing, and
home/durable medical equipment supplies.
Accreditation organization
- answersA professional organization that establishes the standards against which
healthcare organizations are measured and conducts periodic assessments of the
performance of individual healthcare organizations
, Active membership
- answersIndividuals interested in the AHIMA purpose and willing to abide by the Code
of Ethics are eligible for active membership. Active Members in good standing shall be
entitled to all membership privileges including the right to vote.
Administrative controls
- answersPolicies and procedures that address the management of computer resources
Administrative simplification
- answersA term referring to HIPAA's attempt to streamline and standardize the
healthcare industry's nonuniform and seemingly chaotic business practices, such as
billing
Admission utilization review
- answersA review of planned services (intensity of service) and/or a patient's condition
(severity of illness) to determine whether care must be delivered in an acute care setting
Admission-discharge transfer (ADT)
- answersThe name given to the computer systems in healthcare facilities that register
and track patterns
Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN)
- answersA statement signed by the patient when he or she is notified by the provider,
prior to a service or procedure being down, that Medicare may not reimburse the
provider for the service, wherein the patient indicates that he will be responsible for any
charges
Advanced directive
- answersA legal, written document that describes the patient's preferences regarding
future healthcare or stipulates the person who is authorized to make medical decisions
in the event the patient is incapable of communicating his or her preferences
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- answersThe branch of the United States Public Health Service that supports general
health research and distributes research findings and treatment guidelines with the goal
of improving the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of healthcare services
Aggregate Data
- answersData extracted from individual health records and combined to form de-
identified information about groups of patients that can be compared and analyzed
Aggregate information system
- answersThe combining of various data sets in order to compile overview or summary
statistics