CHDA Domain 4 (Data Interpretation and Reporting) Exam
You are developing a budget presentation to the board. They have requested a
presentation on the percent of salary budget spent on temp salary, hourly employees
and salary employees. What graph would be most suitable for presenting this
information?
Pie chart
3 choices
When evaluating mortality rates among hospitals it is also important to evaluate the ____.
Severity of illness
3 choices
Which of the following sets of data most support the development of an analyst's work
on a home health strategic plan?
OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set; standardized assessment used in
Medicare home health care to plan care, determine reimbursement, and measure
quality)
3 multiple choice options
Your facility is participating in a research study focused on patients with newly
diagnosed type 2 diabetes. The researchers discover that the older the patient, the
longer the stay.
They have identified a ____.
positive correlation between age and length of stay.
3 choices
When is it appropriate to utilize a nonprobability sample in an audit?
When one is not generalizing to the population
3 choices
When studying the cause of a trend in a hospital's Medicare CMI over a period of time,
the analyst extracts data from the information warehouse at what level of detail?
Discharge level, remember the CMI formula
, 3 answer choices
The Medicare CMI of the facility has declined but the rest of the stats remain unchanged.
The CFO believes coding errors have been made. What kind of coding quality review
should be conducted?
Focused audit (once the initial baseline review has been completed, the HIM department
may plan focused reviews around specific problem areas, this would be termed a
focused inpatient review)
3 multiple choice options
This type of data display tool is used to display frequency distribution of continuous
variables like age or LOS:
Histogram (displays frequency or density distribution of one numeric variable)
3 multiple choice options
ICD coding system was originally developed to be a ____.
Disease tracking system
3 choices
Patient payments and charges would most likely reside on a ____.
Patient accounting database
3 choices
If you wish to analyze the association of LOS with charge for a set of patients, which of
the following types of graph is the best type of graph to utilize?
Scatter diagram
3 choices
Which of the following situations might trigger a compliance audit?
High CC/MCC capture rate. - The CC capture rate is a useful tool in measuring the
overall acuity of patients served by the facility as a whole or by a particular physician or
specialty. Assuming coding is accurately completed the rate can help measure the
specificity of the physician documentation.)
3 multiple choice options
30-day mortality rates are considered a ____.
Outcome of care measure
3 multiple choice options
You are developing a budget presentation to the board. They have requested a
presentation on the percent of salary budget spent on temp salary, hourly employees
and salary employees. What graph would be most suitable for presenting this
information?
Pie chart
3 choices
When evaluating mortality rates among hospitals it is also important to evaluate the ____.
Severity of illness
3 choices
Which of the following sets of data most support the development of an analyst's work
on a home health strategic plan?
OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set; standardized assessment used in
Medicare home health care to plan care, determine reimbursement, and measure
quality)
3 multiple choice options
Your facility is participating in a research study focused on patients with newly
diagnosed type 2 diabetes. The researchers discover that the older the patient, the
longer the stay.
They have identified a ____.
positive correlation between age and length of stay.
3 choices
When is it appropriate to utilize a nonprobability sample in an audit?
When one is not generalizing to the population
3 choices
When studying the cause of a trend in a hospital's Medicare CMI over a period of time,
the analyst extracts data from the information warehouse at what level of detail?
Discharge level, remember the CMI formula
, 3 answer choices
The Medicare CMI of the facility has declined but the rest of the stats remain unchanged.
The CFO believes coding errors have been made. What kind of coding quality review
should be conducted?
Focused audit (once the initial baseline review has been completed, the HIM department
may plan focused reviews around specific problem areas, this would be termed a
focused inpatient review)
3 multiple choice options
This type of data display tool is used to display frequency distribution of continuous
variables like age or LOS:
Histogram (displays frequency or density distribution of one numeric variable)
3 multiple choice options
ICD coding system was originally developed to be a ____.
Disease tracking system
3 choices
Patient payments and charges would most likely reside on a ____.
Patient accounting database
3 choices
If you wish to analyze the association of LOS with charge for a set of patients, which of
the following types of graph is the best type of graph to utilize?
Scatter diagram
3 choices
Which of the following situations might trigger a compliance audit?
High CC/MCC capture rate. - The CC capture rate is a useful tool in measuring the
overall acuity of patients served by the facility as a whole or by a particular physician or
specialty. Assuming coding is accurately completed the rate can help measure the
specificity of the physician documentation.)
3 multiple choice options
30-day mortality rates are considered a ____.
Outcome of care measure
3 multiple choice options
