HIIM 215 QUIZZES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
________ was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in 1996. Its goal was
to make health insurance portable from one job to another and to secure the privacy of
medical records. - Answer -HIPAA
Administrative applications of computers include ________. - Answer -scheduling,
coding, and accounting
________ is the use of computers and software to enter prescriptions and send them to
pharmacies electronically. - Answer -e-prescribing
Medical offices must use ________ billing to accommodate two or three insurers, who
must be billed in a timely fashion before the patient is billed. - Answer -bucket
________ has the task of overseeing the adoption and meaningful use of EHRs, setting
standards, and judging the impact. - Answer -ONCHIT
________ uses computers to solve biological problems. - Answer -computerized
biology
In ICD-10-CM, the use of the 7th character is optional. - Answer -True
CPT is required for billing purposes for which of the following visits? - Answer -
Physician office visits and hospital outpatient visits
___ uses computers and telecommunication equipment to deliver medical care at a
distance - Answer -Telemedicine
In ___, the pathologist sees images on a monitor instead of under a microscope -
Answer -telepathology
___ involves the delivery of therapy using teleconferencing - Answer -Telepsychiarty
____ or teleconferencing allows doctors to consult with each other and with patients in
real time, at a distance - Answer -Interactive videoconferencing
____ technology can link devices such as a pacemaker and a cell phone - Answer -
Bluetooth
________ models are the programs that create the simulations. - Answer -
Computational
, ________ refers to "the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related
states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control
of health problems." - Answer -Epidemiology
________ are organized "system[s] for the collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, and
dissemination of information" on people with a disease, a predisposition toward a
disease, and an exposure to anything thought to cause ill health. - Answer -Registries
Which of the following are obstacles in the way of adopting electronic records? -
Answer -cost, privacy concerns, and lack of interoperability
Which code set was just adopted on October 1st of 2015? - Answer -ICD-10-CM
ICD-10-PCS codes can consist of 3-7 characters. - Answer -False
A patient is seen after falling from a tree. An x-ray of the upper arm reveals a humeral
fracture. Which code set will be used to identify the diagnosis of fractured humerus? -
Answer -ICD-10-CM
Information technology can help infection control practitioners in the task of ________. -
Answer -all of these
________ is a microbiology information system developed at Brigham and Women's
Hospital in Massachusetts. - Answer -WHONET
________ use radioisotope technology to create a picture of the body in action. -
Answer -PET scans
________ is "a system that transmits, stores, retrieves, and displays digital images . . .
and communicates the information over a network." - Answer -PACS
Digital images ________. - Answer -are immediately available on a network, do not
have to be developed, and can be transmitted over telephone lines
________ are used to image brain tumors and in helping to diagnose disorders of the
nervous system such as multiple sclerosis (MS). - Answer -MRIs
If a doctor suspects that you have a broken bone, which of the following imaging
techniques is likely to be used? - Answer -X-ray
With ________ reality technology, the computer can create simulations and an
environment that seems real, but is not. - Answer -virtual
In the ________, images from all sources will be integrated and available to surgeons
and other personnel displayed on one central screen. - Answer -operating room of the
future
________ was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in 1996. Its goal was
to make health insurance portable from one job to another and to secure the privacy of
medical records. - Answer -HIPAA
Administrative applications of computers include ________. - Answer -scheduling,
coding, and accounting
________ is the use of computers and software to enter prescriptions and send them to
pharmacies electronically. - Answer -e-prescribing
Medical offices must use ________ billing to accommodate two or three insurers, who
must be billed in a timely fashion before the patient is billed. - Answer -bucket
________ has the task of overseeing the adoption and meaningful use of EHRs, setting
standards, and judging the impact. - Answer -ONCHIT
________ uses computers to solve biological problems. - Answer -computerized
biology
In ICD-10-CM, the use of the 7th character is optional. - Answer -True
CPT is required for billing purposes for which of the following visits? - Answer -
Physician office visits and hospital outpatient visits
___ uses computers and telecommunication equipment to deliver medical care at a
distance - Answer -Telemedicine
In ___, the pathologist sees images on a monitor instead of under a microscope -
Answer -telepathology
___ involves the delivery of therapy using teleconferencing - Answer -Telepsychiarty
____ or teleconferencing allows doctors to consult with each other and with patients in
real time, at a distance - Answer -Interactive videoconferencing
____ technology can link devices such as a pacemaker and a cell phone - Answer -
Bluetooth
________ models are the programs that create the simulations. - Answer -
Computational
, ________ refers to "the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related
states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control
of health problems." - Answer -Epidemiology
________ are organized "system[s] for the collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, and
dissemination of information" on people with a disease, a predisposition toward a
disease, and an exposure to anything thought to cause ill health. - Answer -Registries
Which of the following are obstacles in the way of adopting electronic records? -
Answer -cost, privacy concerns, and lack of interoperability
Which code set was just adopted on October 1st of 2015? - Answer -ICD-10-CM
ICD-10-PCS codes can consist of 3-7 characters. - Answer -False
A patient is seen after falling from a tree. An x-ray of the upper arm reveals a humeral
fracture. Which code set will be used to identify the diagnosis of fractured humerus? -
Answer -ICD-10-CM
Information technology can help infection control practitioners in the task of ________. -
Answer -all of these
________ is a microbiology information system developed at Brigham and Women's
Hospital in Massachusetts. - Answer -WHONET
________ use radioisotope technology to create a picture of the body in action. -
Answer -PET scans
________ is "a system that transmits, stores, retrieves, and displays digital images . . .
and communicates the information over a network." - Answer -PACS
Digital images ________. - Answer -are immediately available on a network, do not
have to be developed, and can be transmitted over telephone lines
________ are used to image brain tumors and in helping to diagnose disorders of the
nervous system such as multiple sclerosis (MS). - Answer -MRIs
If a doctor suspects that you have a broken bone, which of the following imaging
techniques is likely to be used? - Answer -X-ray
With ________ reality technology, the computer can create simulations and an
environment that seems real, but is not. - Answer -virtual
In the ________, images from all sources will be integrated and available to surgeons
and other personnel displayed on one central screen. - Answer -operating room of the
future
