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WGU C810 DATA MANAGEMENT EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE QUESTION
BANK COMPLETE 350+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS – LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
WGU C810 - DATA MANAGEMENT ACTUAL TEST
QUESTION: 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? - ANSWER-A)
National Practitioner Data Bank
B) RxNorm
C) Vital statistics
D) MEDPAR
D) MEDPAR
QUESTION: 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 - ANSWER-A) Validity
B) Timeliness
C) Reliability
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D) Completeness
D) Completeness
QUESTION: 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? - ANSWER-A) Aggregate data
B) MPI data
C) Protocol data
D) Patient - identifiable data
A) Aggregate data
QUESTION: 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 -
ANSWER-A) Timeliness
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B) Completeness
C) Validity
D) Reliability
D) Reliability
QUESTION: 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 -
ANSWER-A) Emergency record
B) Medical consultation
C) Pharmacy consultation
D) Physical exam
C) Pharmacy consultation
Case definition is important for all types of registries. Age will certainly be an important
criterion for accessing a case in a __________________ registry - ANSWER-A) Implant
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B) HIV/AIDS
C) Birth defects
D) Trauma
C) Birth defects
QUESTION: 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: - ANSWER-A)
Completeness
B) Consistency
C) Clarity
D) Precision
D) Precision
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WGU C810 DATA MANAGEMENT EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE QUESTION
BANK COMPLETE 350+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS – LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
WGU C810 - DATA MANAGEMENT ACTUAL TEST
QUESTION: 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? - ANSWER-A)
National Practitioner Data Bank
B) RxNorm
C) Vital statistics
D) MEDPAR
D) MEDPAR
QUESTION: 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 - ANSWER-A) Validity
B) Timeliness
C) Reliability
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D) Completeness
D) Completeness
QUESTION: 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? - ANSWER-A) Aggregate data
B) MPI data
C) Protocol data
D) Patient - identifiable data
A) Aggregate data
QUESTION: 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 -
ANSWER-A) Timeliness
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B) Completeness
C) Validity
D) Reliability
D) Reliability
QUESTION: 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 -
ANSWER-A) Emergency record
B) Medical consultation
C) Pharmacy consultation
D) Physical exam
C) Pharmacy consultation
Case definition is important for all types of registries. Age will certainly be an important
criterion for accessing a case in a __________________ registry - ANSWER-A) Implant
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B) HIV/AIDS
C) Birth defects
D) Trauma
C) Birth defects
QUESTION: 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: - ANSWER-A)
Completeness
B) Consistency
C) Clarity
D) Precision
D) Precision
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