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RHIT PRACTICE EXAM Questions and
Answers
What data set would be most helpful in developing a hospital
trauma data registry? Ans: DEEDS
Treatment plans and instructions are an example of which of the
N.H.I.N, national health information system dimensions? Ans:
personal health
The hospital's HIM department conducted a random sample of 540
health records to determine the rate of filing accuracy. 13 misfiles
were identified. What percentage represents filing accuracy? Ans:
97.6%; 540-13=527; 527/540=97.6%
A.D.L's, activities of daily living are components of Ans: OASIS
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Managing an organization's data and those who enter it is an
ongoing challenge requiring active administration and oversight.
This can be accomplished by the a Ans: data dictionary
A hospital's electronic health system defines the expected values
of the gender data element as female, male and unknown. This
type of specificity is known as Ans: data precision or expected
value
What documentation must be included in a patient's medical
record prior to performing a surgical procedure? Ans: consent
for operative procedure, history and physical
What report includes names of the surgeon and assistants, date,
duration, and description of the procedure and any specimens
removed? Ans: operative report
A hospital HIM department want to move five years of medical
records to a remote storage location. The records will be stored in
boxes and will be filed an open shelves at the remote location.
What should be done so that the record location can be easily
identified in the remote storage area? Ans: provide a unique
identifier for each box and prepare a log that is cross indexed
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The HIM department has recently performed an audit of medical
records. The audit showed that for the 10,000 records filed there
was a 7 percent error rate. Given that the national average cost of
each misfile results in a $200 labor cost, what is the labor cost for
the department for handling these misfiles? Ans: $140,000;
$10,000 x 0.07 = $700; $700 x 200 = $140,000
Identify the acute care report where the following information
would be found: "HEENT: Reveals the tympanic membranes, nares,
and pharynx to be clear. No obvious head trauma. CHEST: Good
bilateral chest sounds." Ans: physical examination
Cancer registries are established by hospitals ___ or by ___. Ans:
voluntarily, state law
With the implementation of an electronic document storage
system, telecommuting has been suggested as an alternative.
Studies have reported that coding productivity can increase as
much as 20 percent with telecommuting. Give that discharges have
increased from 100 per day to 144, how many more Full Time
Employees would need to be hired if the department went to
telecommuting? Ans: 1 F.T.E; 100 discharges mean 100 charts;
add 20 or 20%; 120; divide by 5 to figure out how many charts
each of the 5 coders can do each day with the 20% increase;
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120/5=24; 24 charts a day each; since the increase is 144; 144-120
=24; so they will only need 1 more F.T.E
If an employee produces 2,080 hours of work in the course of a
year, how many more employees will be required for the coding
area if the codng time on average for one record is 30 minutes and
there are 12,500 records that must be coded each year? Ans:
answer; 3 employees required. Formula; 2 x 2,080 = 4,160 records
per F.T.E;
2-or the number of records per hour; the employee coded one
record every 30 minutes times the number of hours worked. divide
the total number of records coded for the year by the records per
F.T.E to find the number of employees required; 12,,160
=3.0; 3.0 employees required
The link that tracks patient, person, or member activity within
healthcare organizations and across patient care settings is known
as Ans: MPI
Patient name, zip code, and health record number are typical Ans:
data fields
In addition to case mix , other factors that may influence episode-
related data quality include: Ans: workflow issues
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RHIT PRACTICE EXAM Questions and
Answers
What data set would be most helpful in developing a hospital
trauma data registry? Ans: DEEDS
Treatment plans and instructions are an example of which of the
N.H.I.N, national health information system dimensions? Ans:
personal health
The hospital's HIM department conducted a random sample of 540
health records to determine the rate of filing accuracy. 13 misfiles
were identified. What percentage represents filing accuracy? Ans:
97.6%; 540-13=527; 527/540=97.6%
A.D.L's, activities of daily living are components of Ans: OASIS
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Managing an organization's data and those who enter it is an
ongoing challenge requiring active administration and oversight.
This can be accomplished by the a Ans: data dictionary
A hospital's electronic health system defines the expected values
of the gender data element as female, male and unknown. This
type of specificity is known as Ans: data precision or expected
value
What documentation must be included in a patient's medical
record prior to performing a surgical procedure? Ans: consent
for operative procedure, history and physical
What report includes names of the surgeon and assistants, date,
duration, and description of the procedure and any specimens
removed? Ans: operative report
A hospital HIM department want to move five years of medical
records to a remote storage location. The records will be stored in
boxes and will be filed an open shelves at the remote location.
What should be done so that the record location can be easily
identified in the remote storage area? Ans: provide a unique
identifier for each box and prepare a log that is cross indexed
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The HIM department has recently performed an audit of medical
records. The audit showed that for the 10,000 records filed there
was a 7 percent error rate. Given that the national average cost of
each misfile results in a $200 labor cost, what is the labor cost for
the department for handling these misfiles? Ans: $140,000;
$10,000 x 0.07 = $700; $700 x 200 = $140,000
Identify the acute care report where the following information
would be found: "HEENT: Reveals the tympanic membranes, nares,
and pharynx to be clear. No obvious head trauma. CHEST: Good
bilateral chest sounds." Ans: physical examination
Cancer registries are established by hospitals ___ or by ___. Ans:
voluntarily, state law
With the implementation of an electronic document storage
system, telecommuting has been suggested as an alternative.
Studies have reported that coding productivity can increase as
much as 20 percent with telecommuting. Give that discharges have
increased from 100 per day to 144, how many more Full Time
Employees would need to be hired if the department went to
telecommuting? Ans: 1 F.T.E; 100 discharges mean 100 charts;
add 20 or 20%; 120; divide by 5 to figure out how many charts
each of the 5 coders can do each day with the 20% increase;
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120/5=24; 24 charts a day each; since the increase is 144; 144-120
=24; so they will only need 1 more F.T.E
If an employee produces 2,080 hours of work in the course of a
year, how many more employees will be required for the coding
area if the codng time on average for one record is 30 minutes and
there are 12,500 records that must be coded each year? Ans:
answer; 3 employees required. Formula; 2 x 2,080 = 4,160 records
per F.T.E;
2-or the number of records per hour; the employee coded one
record every 30 minutes times the number of hours worked. divide
the total number of records coded for the year by the records per
F.T.E to find the number of employees required; 12,,160
=3.0; 3.0 employees required
The link that tracks patient, person, or member activity within
healthcare organizations and across patient care settings is known
as Ans: MPI
Patient name, zip code, and health record number are typical Ans:
data fields
In addition to case mix , other factors that may influence episode-
related data quality include: Ans: workflow issues
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