Questions with Verified Answers
This is the amount the facility actually bills for the services it provides?
reimbursement
costs
charges
contractual allowance - ANSWERScharges
The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) is a project sponsored by the?
Office of Inspector General.
CMS.
National Library of Medicine.
World Health Organization. - ANSWERSNational Library of Medicine
In which registry would you expect to find an Injury Severity Score (ISS)?
trauma registry
cancer registry
transplant registry
birth defects registry - ANSWERStrauma registry
One of the most common manifestations of Zika virus exposure in utero is severe fetal
brain malformation due to the virus attacking and destroying the neurons. This condition
is called?
myelomeningocele.
encephalitis.
microcephaly.
meningitis. - ANSWERSmicrocephaly.
If a participating provider's usual fee for a service is $700.00 and Medicare's allowed
amount is $450.00, what amount is written off by the physician?
$391.00
$250.00
$340.00
none of it is written off - ANSWERS$250.00
Under which of the following conditions can an original paper-based patient health
record be physically removed from the hospital?
-when the patient is discharged by the physician and at the time of discharge is
transported to a long-term care facility with his health record
-when the director of health records is acting in response to a subpoena duces tecum
and takes the health record to court
, -when the patient is brought to the hospital emergency department following a motor
vehicle accident and, after assessment, is transferred with his health record to a
trauma-designated emergency department at another hospital
-when the record is taken to a physician's private office for a follow-up patient visit post
discharge - ANSWERSwhen the director of health records is acting in response to a
subpoena duces tecum and takes the health record to court
Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by? entrapment of the
medial nerve.
tibial nerve.
ulnar nerve.
radial nerve. - ANSWERSmedial nerve.
Which of the following conditions is NOT a predisposing risk associated with essential
hypertension?
cigarette smoking
age
obesity
low dietary sodium intake - ANSWERSlow dietary sodium intake
A procedure performed with an instrument that freezes and destroys abnormal tissues
(including seborrheic keratoses, basal cell carcinomas, and squamous cell carcinomas)
is?
photocautery.
electrodesiccation.
phacoemulsification.
cryosurgery. - ANSWERScryosurgery
The Quality Payment Program was implemented as part of ________?
HIPAA 5010 regulations.
MACRA
APMs
UCR - ANSWERSMACRA
Which of the four distinct components of the problem-oriented record serves to help
index documentation throughout the record?
problem list
initial plan
progress notes
database - ANSWERSproblem list
The following services are excluded under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment
System (OPPS) Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) methodology?
radiology/radiation therapy
surgical procedures
durable medical equipment