RHIT Mock Assessment Questions and
Answers 2026|2027 Accurate|Verified
In the past, the Joint Commission standards focused on promoting the use of a
facility approved abbreviation list to be used by hospital care providers. With the
advent of the Commission's national patient safety goals, the focus has shifted to -
ANS-use of prohibited or "dangerous" abbreviations
A risk manager needs to locate a full report of a patient's fall from his bed,
including witness reports and probable reasons for the fall. She would most likely
find this information in the - ANS-incident report
For continuity of care, ambulatory care providers are more likely than providers of
acute care services to rely on the documentation found in the - ANS-problem list
The federally mandated resident assessment instrument used in long term care
facilities consists of three basic components, including the new care area
assessments, utilization guidelines, and the - ANS-MDS or minimum data set
As Director of HIT program, your community college has been selected to
participate in the workforce develeopment of electronic health specialits as outlined
by ARRA and HITECH. In order to keep abreast of changes in this program, you will
need regular access to the Web site of this governmental agency. - ANS-ONC
A qualitative review of a health record reveals that the h and p for a patient
admitted on June 26 was performed on June 30 and transcribed on July 1. Which of
the following statements regarding the h and p are true in the situation?
Completion and charting of h and p indicates - ANS-noncompliance with JC
standards. H and P must be completed within 24 hours
The first patient with cancer seen in your facility on January 1, 2012, was
diagnosed with colon cancer with no known history of previous malignancies. The
accession number assigned to this patient is - ANS-12-0001/00 because in
accession number 12 represents the year the patient first entered the database,
0001 represents the first case entered that year, and 00 indicates no previous
known neoplasm.
Setting a drop down menu to make sure the registration clerk collects gender as
male or female is a method of ensuring data - ANS-Precision
Validity refers to the accuracy of data, while reliability refers to the consistency of
the data. Timeliness refers to the data being available when needed, and precision
refers to data values that are just large enough to support the application process.
In determining your acute care facility's degree of compliance with prospective
, payment requirements for Medicare, the best resource to reference for recent
certification standards is - ANS-The Federal Register
CMS publishes both proposed and final rules for the Conditions of Participation for
hospitals in the daily Federal Register.
In an acute care hospital, a complete history and physical may not be required for a
new admission when - ANS-A legible copy of a recent h and p performed in the
attending physician's ofice is available.
An interval h and p can be used when a patient is readmitted for the same or
related problem within the 30 days, and no matter how long the patient stays an h
and p is required.
The authors of all entries in a health care record should be - ANS-clearly identified
In creating a new form or computer view, the designer should be most driven by -
ANS-needs of the users
According to the following data, the most serious record delinquecy problem
occurred in which month?
Record Delinquency Mo. April May June
% incomplete records 70% 88% 79%
%delinquent records 51% 43% 61%
% delinquent DT minssing H&P 3% 1.4% .05% - ANS-April, because JC
reccommendation for improvement is indicated if the number of delinquent records
is greater than 50% or if the % of delinquent records DT missing H&P exceeds 2%
of average monthly discharges. The % of incomplete records is irrelevant
An example of objective entry in the health record supplied by a health care
practitioner is the - ANS-Physical Assessment.
The medical history, including a review of systems and chief complaint, is
information supplied by the patient.
As Chair of the Health Record Committee you have been asked to reccommend a
time limited documentation standard for inclusion in medical staff bylaws, rules,
and regulations. that must meet standards of both JC and Medicare COP. For H&P
you advise the time period for completion should be set at - ANS-24 hours after
admission or prior to surgery
An example of a primary data source for health care statistics is the - ANS-hospital
census
Which of the following is LEAST likely to be identified by a definciency analysis
technician - ANS-Discrepancy between post-op diagnosis by the surgeon and
pathology diagnosis by the pathologist
Answers 2026|2027 Accurate|Verified
In the past, the Joint Commission standards focused on promoting the use of a
facility approved abbreviation list to be used by hospital care providers. With the
advent of the Commission's national patient safety goals, the focus has shifted to -
ANS-use of prohibited or "dangerous" abbreviations
A risk manager needs to locate a full report of a patient's fall from his bed,
including witness reports and probable reasons for the fall. She would most likely
find this information in the - ANS-incident report
For continuity of care, ambulatory care providers are more likely than providers of
acute care services to rely on the documentation found in the - ANS-problem list
The federally mandated resident assessment instrument used in long term care
facilities consists of three basic components, including the new care area
assessments, utilization guidelines, and the - ANS-MDS or minimum data set
As Director of HIT program, your community college has been selected to
participate in the workforce develeopment of electronic health specialits as outlined
by ARRA and HITECH. In order to keep abreast of changes in this program, you will
need regular access to the Web site of this governmental agency. - ANS-ONC
A qualitative review of a health record reveals that the h and p for a patient
admitted on June 26 was performed on June 30 and transcribed on July 1. Which of
the following statements regarding the h and p are true in the situation?
Completion and charting of h and p indicates - ANS-noncompliance with JC
standards. H and P must be completed within 24 hours
The first patient with cancer seen in your facility on January 1, 2012, was
diagnosed with colon cancer with no known history of previous malignancies. The
accession number assigned to this patient is - ANS-12-0001/00 because in
accession number 12 represents the year the patient first entered the database,
0001 represents the first case entered that year, and 00 indicates no previous
known neoplasm.
Setting a drop down menu to make sure the registration clerk collects gender as
male or female is a method of ensuring data - ANS-Precision
Validity refers to the accuracy of data, while reliability refers to the consistency of
the data. Timeliness refers to the data being available when needed, and precision
refers to data values that are just large enough to support the application process.
In determining your acute care facility's degree of compliance with prospective
, payment requirements for Medicare, the best resource to reference for recent
certification standards is - ANS-The Federal Register
CMS publishes both proposed and final rules for the Conditions of Participation for
hospitals in the daily Federal Register.
In an acute care hospital, a complete history and physical may not be required for a
new admission when - ANS-A legible copy of a recent h and p performed in the
attending physician's ofice is available.
An interval h and p can be used when a patient is readmitted for the same or
related problem within the 30 days, and no matter how long the patient stays an h
and p is required.
The authors of all entries in a health care record should be - ANS-clearly identified
In creating a new form or computer view, the designer should be most driven by -
ANS-needs of the users
According to the following data, the most serious record delinquecy problem
occurred in which month?
Record Delinquency Mo. April May June
% incomplete records 70% 88% 79%
%delinquent records 51% 43% 61%
% delinquent DT minssing H&P 3% 1.4% .05% - ANS-April, because JC
reccommendation for improvement is indicated if the number of delinquent records
is greater than 50% or if the % of delinquent records DT missing H&P exceeds 2%
of average monthly discharges. The % of incomplete records is irrelevant
An example of objective entry in the health record supplied by a health care
practitioner is the - ANS-Physical Assessment.
The medical history, including a review of systems and chief complaint, is
information supplied by the patient.
As Chair of the Health Record Committee you have been asked to reccommend a
time limited documentation standard for inclusion in medical staff bylaws, rules,
and regulations. that must meet standards of both JC and Medicare COP. For H&P
you advise the time period for completion should be set at - ANS-24 hours after
admission or prior to surgery
An example of a primary data source for health care statistics is the - ANS-hospital
census
Which of the following is LEAST likely to be identified by a definciency analysis
technician - ANS-Discrepancy between post-op diagnosis by the surgeon and
pathology diagnosis by the pathologist
