AHIMA CRM Cancer Registry Operations
Module 2 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
A sequence number of 00 means:
The patient has one and only one malignant primary cancer
This is the first of multiple malignant primaries for the patient
The patient has one and only one non-malignant primary tumor
This is the first of multiple non-malignant primaries for the patient -
correct answer ✅The patient has one and only one malignant
primary cancer
Which of the following CoC retention time frames is incorrect?
Cancer Conference documentation is five years
Results of studies are five years
Abstracts can be destroyed one year after the patient expires
Cancer Committee meeting minutes are five years -
correct answer ✅Abstracts can be destroyed one year after the
patient expires
A patient was abstracted into the cancer registry database in 2008.
In December 2009, the patient was diagnosed with a second
primary. In January 2010, the patient returned for treatment of this
, AHIMA CRM Cancer Registry Operations
Module 2 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
primary and an abstract was prepared. The accession number
should:
Be updated to an accession number beginning with 2009
Be updated to an accession number beginning with 2010
Not be changed or updated
Be 0 -
correct answer ✅Not be changed or updated
What is the hospital cancer registry's reference date?
Date the cancer committee was formed
Date the case was diagnosed
Date the patient was seen at the facility
Date the registry database started -
correct answer ✅Date the registry database started
The five (or more) digits which follow the year in the accession
number represent:
The sequential order in which the patient was entered into the
database for that year
The year the patient was first seen at the facility
Module 2 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
A sequence number of 00 means:
The patient has one and only one malignant primary cancer
This is the first of multiple malignant primaries for the patient
The patient has one and only one non-malignant primary tumor
This is the first of multiple non-malignant primaries for the patient -
correct answer ✅The patient has one and only one malignant
primary cancer
Which of the following CoC retention time frames is incorrect?
Cancer Conference documentation is five years
Results of studies are five years
Abstracts can be destroyed one year after the patient expires
Cancer Committee meeting minutes are five years -
correct answer ✅Abstracts can be destroyed one year after the
patient expires
A patient was abstracted into the cancer registry database in 2008.
In December 2009, the patient was diagnosed with a second
primary. In January 2010, the patient returned for treatment of this
, AHIMA CRM Cancer Registry Operations
Module 2 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
primary and an abstract was prepared. The accession number
should:
Be updated to an accession number beginning with 2009
Be updated to an accession number beginning with 2010
Not be changed or updated
Be 0 -
correct answer ✅Not be changed or updated
What is the hospital cancer registry's reference date?
Date the cancer committee was formed
Date the case was diagnosed
Date the patient was seen at the facility
Date the registry database started -
correct answer ✅Date the registry database started
The five (or more) digits which follow the year in the accession
number represent:
The sequential order in which the patient was entered into the
database for that year
The year the patient was first seen at the facility
