HEALTH DATA CONCEPTS HIM1110| ACTUAL QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWER
| GERADED A+ LATEST 2025 UPDATE.
1. Which of the following indexes and databases includes patient-identifiable
information? ANS >> Master patient/population index
2. Which of the following is an external use of data ANS >> Public health
department (example)
3. Review of disease indexes, pathology report, and radiation therapy reports
is part of which function in the cancer registry? ANS >> Case finding
4. What is the information identifying the patient (such as name, health record
number, address, and telephone number) called? ANS >> Demographic data
5. Cancer registries receive approval as part of the facility cancer program
from which of the following agencies? ANS >> American College of Surgeons
6. Which national database includes data on all discharged patients regard-
less of payer? ANS >> Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
7. Two clerks are abstracting data for a registry. When their work is checked,
discrepancies are found. Which data quality component is lacking? ANS >>
Reliability
8. What does an audit trail check for? ANS >> Unauthorized access to a system
9. Which law requires the reporting of deaths and severe complications due
to devices? ANS >> Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990
10. Which of the following is a database from the National Health Care Survey
that uses the patient health as a data source? ANS >> National Ambulatory Medical
Care Survey
11. Which of the following contains a list maintained in diagnosis code number
order of patients discharged from a facility during a particular time period?
ANS >> - Disease index
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, 12. Which of the following contains a list maintained in procedure code
number order of patients discharged from a facility during a particular time
period? ANS >> Operation index
13. Which of the following is a collection of secondary data related to patients
with a specific diagnosis, condition, or procedures? ANS >> Disease registry
14. Case finding is a method used to ANS >> ANS >> Identify patients who have
been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease or condition for inclusion
in a registry
15. In a cancer registry, the accession number ANS >> Is the number assigned to
each case as it is entered into a cancer registry
16. A population-based registry ANS >> Includes information from more than one
facility in a particular geopolitical area, such as a state or region
17. Which of the following is made up of claims data from Medicare claims
submitted by acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities? ANS >>
MEDPAR
18. The Medicare Provider Analysis and Review file is made up of ANS >>
Medicare claims submitted by acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities
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| GERADED A+ LATEST 2025 UPDATE.
1. Which of the following indexes and databases includes patient-identifiable
information? ANS >> Master patient/population index
2. Which of the following is an external use of data ANS >> Public health
department (example)
3. Review of disease indexes, pathology report, and radiation therapy reports
is part of which function in the cancer registry? ANS >> Case finding
4. What is the information identifying the patient (such as name, health record
number, address, and telephone number) called? ANS >> Demographic data
5. Cancer registries receive approval as part of the facility cancer program
from which of the following agencies? ANS >> American College of Surgeons
6. Which national database includes data on all discharged patients regard-
less of payer? ANS >> Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
7. Two clerks are abstracting data for a registry. When their work is checked,
discrepancies are found. Which data quality component is lacking? ANS >>
Reliability
8. What does an audit trail check for? ANS >> Unauthorized access to a system
9. Which law requires the reporting of deaths and severe complications due
to devices? ANS >> Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990
10. Which of the following is a database from the National Health Care Survey
that uses the patient health as a data source? ANS >> National Ambulatory Medical
Care Survey
11. Which of the following contains a list maintained in diagnosis code number
order of patients discharged from a facility during a particular time period?
ANS >> - Disease index
https://www.stuvia.com/user/Mboffin 1/9
, 12. Which of the following contains a list maintained in procedure code
number order of patients discharged from a facility during a particular time
period? ANS >> Operation index
13. Which of the following is a collection of secondary data related to patients
with a specific diagnosis, condition, or procedures? ANS >> Disease registry
14. Case finding is a method used to ANS >> ANS >> Identify patients who have
been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease or condition for inclusion
in a registry
15. In a cancer registry, the accession number ANS >> Is the number assigned to
each case as it is entered into a cancer registry
16. A population-based registry ANS >> Includes information from more than one
facility in a particular geopolitical area, such as a state or region
17. Which of the following is made up of claims data from Medicare claims
submitted by acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities? ANS >>
MEDPAR
18. The Medicare Provider Analysis and Review file is made up of ANS >>
Medicare claims submitted by acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities
https://www.stuvia.com/user/Mboffin 2/9
