WGU C810 Study Guide Questions
and Answers (Latest) 100% PASS
A) Implant
B) HIV/AIDS
C) Birth defects
D) Trauma
C) Birth defects—ANSWER--Case definition is important for all types of registries. Age will
certainly be an important criterion for accessing a case in a __________________ registry
A) Completeness
B) Consistency
C) Clarity
D) Precision
,D) Precision—ANSWER--A coder came across a medical record where a sputum culture
indicated bacterial pneumonia but the diagnosis did not indicate the cause of the
pneumonia. Documentation in the patient's record failed to meet which one of the following
criteria:
A) National Practitioner Data Bank
B) RxNorm
C) Vital statistics
D) MEDPAR
D) MEDPAR—ANSWER--You need to analyze data on the types of care provided to Medicare
patients in your geographic area by DRG. Which of the following would be most helpful?
A) Validity
B) Timeliness
C) Reliability
D) Completeness
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,D) Completeness—ANSWER--The coding supervisor notices that the coders are routinely
failing to code all possible diagnoses and procedures for a patient encounter. This indicates
to the supervisor that there is a problem with
A) Aggregate data
B) MPI data
C) Protocol data
D) Patient - identifiable data
A) Aggregate data—ANSWER--You are looking at statistics for your facility that include
average length of stay and discharge data by DRG/ What type of data are you reviewing?
A) Timeliness
B) Completeness
C) Validity
D) Reliability
, D) Reliability—ANSWER--In regard to quality of coding, the degree to which the same results
(same codes) are obtained by different coders or on multiple attempts by the same coders
refers to
A) Emergency record
B) Medical consultation
C) Pharmacy consultation
D) Physical exam
C) Pharmacy consultation—ANSWER--Determine which of the following is a form or view
that is typically seen in the health record of a long term care patient but is rarely seen in
records of acute care patients
A) The quality of follow up care
B) Whether a postoperative infection occurred and how it was treated
C) Whether the severity of illness and intensity of service warranted acute level care
D) The presence or absence of such items as preoperative and postoperative diagnosis,
description of findings, and specimens removed
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and Answers (Latest) 100% PASS
A) Implant
B) HIV/AIDS
C) Birth defects
D) Trauma
C) Birth defects—ANSWER--Case definition is important for all types of registries. Age will
certainly be an important criterion for accessing a case in a __________________ registry
A) Completeness
B) Consistency
C) Clarity
D) Precision
,D) Precision—ANSWER--A coder came across a medical record where a sputum culture
indicated bacterial pneumonia but the diagnosis did not indicate the cause of the
pneumonia. Documentation in the patient's record failed to meet which one of the following
criteria:
A) National Practitioner Data Bank
B) RxNorm
C) Vital statistics
D) MEDPAR
D) MEDPAR—ANSWER--You need to analyze data on the types of care provided to Medicare
patients in your geographic area by DRG. Which of the following would be most helpful?
A) Validity
B) Timeliness
C) Reliability
D) Completeness
© 2026 Copyright. All Rights Reserved. This document is
protected by copyright law, Copyrighted By Brittie Donald
,D) Completeness—ANSWER--The coding supervisor notices that the coders are routinely
failing to code all possible diagnoses and procedures for a patient encounter. This indicates
to the supervisor that there is a problem with
A) Aggregate data
B) MPI data
C) Protocol data
D) Patient - identifiable data
A) Aggregate data—ANSWER--You are looking at statistics for your facility that include
average length of stay and discharge data by DRG/ What type of data are you reviewing?
A) Timeliness
B) Completeness
C) Validity
D) Reliability
, D) Reliability—ANSWER--In regard to quality of coding, the degree to which the same results
(same codes) are obtained by different coders or on multiple attempts by the same coders
refers to
A) Emergency record
B) Medical consultation
C) Pharmacy consultation
D) Physical exam
C) Pharmacy consultation—ANSWER--Determine which of the following is a form or view
that is typically seen in the health record of a long term care patient but is rarely seen in
records of acute care patients
A) The quality of follow up care
B) Whether a postoperative infection occurred and how it was treated
C) Whether the severity of illness and intensity of service warranted acute level care
D) The presence or absence of such items as preoperative and postoperative diagnosis,
description of findings, and specimens removed
© 2026 Copyright. All Rights Reserved. This document is
protected by copyright law, Copyrighted By Brittie Donald
