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AHIMA RHIT EXAM/ RHIT CERTIFICATION EXAM 2
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE 200
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+| AHIMA
REGISTERED HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNICIAN
2025 (BRAND NEW!!)
Data found on sites such as Hospital Compare use aggregated data to
describe the experiences of unique types of patients with one or more
aspects of their care. This data collection is called?
a. Patient-specific
b. Administrative
c. Comparative
d. Detailed - Correct Answer - c. Comparative
Comparative data uses aggregate data to describe the experiences of
unique types of patients with one or more aspects of their care
The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any given
time is called a ________.
a. Survey
b. Census
c. Sample
d. Enumeration - Correct Answer - b. Census
Healthcare facilities have a census, which is the count of patients present
at a specific time and in a particular place
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Your administrator has asked you to generate a report that gives the
number of hypertension patients last year. This is an example of
________.
a. Descriptive analytics
b. Predictive analytics
c. Prescriptive analytics
d. Real-time analysis - Correct Answer - a. Descriptive analytics
Data analytics is the science of examining raw data with the purpose of
drawing conclusions about that information. Analytics can be
descriptive, predictive, or prescriptive. Descriptive analytics is just the
summarization of data
On October 1st, a hurricane hit a small coastal community, which has a
community hospital licensed for 50 beds. Hospital staff set up 10
additional beds around the facility and used three labor room beds and
two treatment room beds in order to help take care of patients. Which of
the following would be the denominator used to determine the
percentage of occupancy for October 1st?
a. 50
b. 60
c. 63
d. 65 - Correct Answer - a. 50
A bed count, also called an inpatient bed count, is the number of
available hospital inpatient beds, both occupied and vacant, on any given
day. Temporary beds are not included in the bed count for percentage of
occupancy
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Which term is used to describe the number of calendar days that a
patient is hospitalized?
a. Average length of stay
b. Length of stay
c. Occupancy rate
d. Level of service - Correct Answer - b. Length of stay
Length of stay (LOS) is calculated for each patient after he or she is
discharged from the hospital. It is the number of calendar days from the
day of patient admission to the day of discharge. When the patient is
admitted and discharged in the same month, the LOS is determined by
subtracting the date of admission from the date of discharge
Case finding is a method used to:
a. Identify patients who have been seen or treated in a facility for a
particular disease or condition for inclusion in a registry
b. Define which cases are to be included in a registry
c. Identify trends and changes in the incidence of disease
d. Identify facility-based trends - Correct Answer - a. Identify patients
who have been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease or
condition for inclusion in a registry
Case finding is a method used to identify the patients who have been
seen or treated in the facility for the particular disease or condition of
interest to the registry. After cases have been identified, extensive
information is abstracted from the patients' paper-based health records
into the registry database or extracted from other databases and
automatically entered into the registry database
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Which rate describes the probability or risk of illness in a population
over a period of time?
a. Mortality
b. Prevalence
c. Incidence
d. Morbidity - Correct Answer - c. Incidence
An incidence rate is used to compare the frequency of disease in
different populations. Populations are compared using rates instead of
raw numbers because rates adjust for differences in population size. The
incidence rate is the probability or risk of illness in a population over a
period of time
A consumer nonprofit organization wants to conduct studies on the
quality of care provided to Medicare patients in a specific region. An
HIT professional has been hired to manage this project. The nonprofit
organization asks the HIT professional about the viability of using
billing data as the basis for its analysis. Which of the following would
not be a quality consideration in using billing data?
a. Accuracy of the data
b. Consistency of the data
c. Appropriateness of the data elements
d. Cost to process the data - Correct Answer - d. Cost to process the data
Several factors must be addressed when assessing data quality. These
include: data accuracy, consistency, comprehensiveness, and timeliness.
Cost to process the data does not influence the quality
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AHIMA RHIT EXAM/ RHIT CERTIFICATION EXAM 2
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM| COMPLETE 200
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+| AHIMA
REGISTERED HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNICIAN
2025 (BRAND NEW!!)
Data found on sites such as Hospital Compare use aggregated data to
describe the experiences of unique types of patients with one or more
aspects of their care. This data collection is called?
a. Patient-specific
b. Administrative
c. Comparative
d. Detailed - Correct Answer - c. Comparative
Comparative data uses aggregate data to describe the experiences of
unique types of patients with one or more aspects of their care
The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any given
time is called a ________.
a. Survey
b. Census
c. Sample
d. Enumeration - Correct Answer - b. Census
Healthcare facilities have a census, which is the count of patients present
at a specific time and in a particular place
pg. 1
,2|Page
Your administrator has asked you to generate a report that gives the
number of hypertension patients last year. This is an example of
________.
a. Descriptive analytics
b. Predictive analytics
c. Prescriptive analytics
d. Real-time analysis - Correct Answer - a. Descriptive analytics
Data analytics is the science of examining raw data with the purpose of
drawing conclusions about that information. Analytics can be
descriptive, predictive, or prescriptive. Descriptive analytics is just the
summarization of data
On October 1st, a hurricane hit a small coastal community, which has a
community hospital licensed for 50 beds. Hospital staff set up 10
additional beds around the facility and used three labor room beds and
two treatment room beds in order to help take care of patients. Which of
the following would be the denominator used to determine the
percentage of occupancy for October 1st?
a. 50
b. 60
c. 63
d. 65 - Correct Answer - a. 50
A bed count, also called an inpatient bed count, is the number of
available hospital inpatient beds, both occupied and vacant, on any given
day. Temporary beds are not included in the bed count for percentage of
occupancy
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,3|Page
Which term is used to describe the number of calendar days that a
patient is hospitalized?
a. Average length of stay
b. Length of stay
c. Occupancy rate
d. Level of service - Correct Answer - b. Length of stay
Length of stay (LOS) is calculated for each patient after he or she is
discharged from the hospital. It is the number of calendar days from the
day of patient admission to the day of discharge. When the patient is
admitted and discharged in the same month, the LOS is determined by
subtracting the date of admission from the date of discharge
Case finding is a method used to:
a. Identify patients who have been seen or treated in a facility for a
particular disease or condition for inclusion in a registry
b. Define which cases are to be included in a registry
c. Identify trends and changes in the incidence of disease
d. Identify facility-based trends - Correct Answer - a. Identify patients
who have been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease or
condition for inclusion in a registry
Case finding is a method used to identify the patients who have been
seen or treated in the facility for the particular disease or condition of
interest to the registry. After cases have been identified, extensive
information is abstracted from the patients' paper-based health records
into the registry database or extracted from other databases and
automatically entered into the registry database
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, 4|Page
Which rate describes the probability or risk of illness in a population
over a period of time?
a. Mortality
b. Prevalence
c. Incidence
d. Morbidity - Correct Answer - c. Incidence
An incidence rate is used to compare the frequency of disease in
different populations. Populations are compared using rates instead of
raw numbers because rates adjust for differences in population size. The
incidence rate is the probability or risk of illness in a population over a
period of time
A consumer nonprofit organization wants to conduct studies on the
quality of care provided to Medicare patients in a specific region. An
HIT professional has been hired to manage this project. The nonprofit
organization asks the HIT professional about the viability of using
billing data as the basis for its analysis. Which of the following would
not be a quality consideration in using billing data?
a. Accuracy of the data
b. Consistency of the data
c. Appropriateness of the data elements
d. Cost to process the data - Correct Answer - d. Cost to process the data
Several factors must be addressed when assessing data quality. These
include: data accuracy, consistency, comprehensiveness, and timeliness.
Cost to process the data does not influence the quality
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