AHIMA RHIT Exam Prep – Practice Questions,
HIPAA, UHDDS, Coding & Quality Measures -
Complete Study Resource
A collection of data organized for rapid search and retrieval is called a - answer✔✔Database
Health Information Exchange provides - answer✔✔Sharing of patient information between
providers Demographics is the study of statistical information and - answer✔✔Human
populations The main communication for between physicians and clinical documentation
improvement programs is - answer✔✔Provider query form Which of the following would be used
to locate a patient's health information? - answer✔✔Clinical Data Which of the following is a
measurement used by The Joint Commission, CMS, and other healthcare plans to assess how well
healthcare organizations provide care? - answer✔✔Core performance Documents and data
elements that a healthcare provider may include in response to legally permissible requests for
patient information is defined as the: - answer✔✔Legal health record The UHDDS does not
require the following items - answer✔✔Family history The UHDDS defines "other diagnosis" as -
answer✔✔All conditions that coexist at the time of admission Which of the following contains
patient-identifiable information such as the patient's name and address, date of birth, the dates the
patient was hospitalized or outpatient encounters, the name of the attending physician, and the
1
health record number? - answer✔✔Master patient index The database used to gather
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, information about medical malpractice payments, sanctions taken by boards of medical examiners,
and certain professional review actions taken by healthcare entities is the - answer✔✔National
Practitioner Data Bank The UHDDS requires that all significant procedures be reported. A significant
procedure is defined as - answer✔✔Surgical in nature The specifications for the values acceptable
for specific data fields is referred to as - answer✔✔Data standards Documentation such as
physician orders and progress note are considered which of the following types of data -
answer✔✔Clinical data The UHDDS application of definitions was expanded to includes which
type of healthcare facilities - answer✔✔All non-outpatient settings The effort made by The Joint
Commission and CMS in 2004 to align current and future measures common to both and prevent
duplication of effort is know as - answer✔✔Hospital quality measures Which of the following is
The Joint Commission's methodology for following a patient through organizational systems and
processes as the patient experiences care? - answer✔✔Tracer In addition to promoting
international comparability, International Classification of Diseases was originally designed as a
means for - answer✔✔Processing mortality statistics Which of the following is a set of standards
that governs the exchange of clinical data for the purpose of exchange, integration, sharing and
retrieval of electronic health information? - answer✔✔Health Level Seven Which of the following
best describes the database used in every industry to store large amounts of information? -
answer✔✔Data repositories Under HIPAA privacy regulations, which part of the health record
does a patient not have the right to access within his/her own health record? -
answer✔✔Psychotherapy Notes The responsibility to use, disclose, or release information related
to private matters is called - answer✔✔Confidentiality Under the HIPAA security rule an
organization must identify potential risks and vulnerabilities to the confidentiality, integrity and
availability of electronic protected health information. This process is referred as a -
answer✔✔Risk Analysis What is a safeguard that is used to prevent incidental disclosures of PHI
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when an employee is working on a computer in a public area? - answer✔✔privacy screen
HIPAA, UHDDS, Coding & Quality Measures -
Complete Study Resource
A collection of data organized for rapid search and retrieval is called a - answer✔✔Database
Health Information Exchange provides - answer✔✔Sharing of patient information between
providers Demographics is the study of statistical information and - answer✔✔Human
populations The main communication for between physicians and clinical documentation
improvement programs is - answer✔✔Provider query form Which of the following would be used
to locate a patient's health information? - answer✔✔Clinical Data Which of the following is a
measurement used by The Joint Commission, CMS, and other healthcare plans to assess how well
healthcare organizations provide care? - answer✔✔Core performance Documents and data
elements that a healthcare provider may include in response to legally permissible requests for
patient information is defined as the: - answer✔✔Legal health record The UHDDS does not
require the following items - answer✔✔Family history The UHDDS defines "other diagnosis" as -
answer✔✔All conditions that coexist at the time of admission Which of the following contains
patient-identifiable information such as the patient's name and address, date of birth, the dates the
patient was hospitalized or outpatient encounters, the name of the attending physician, and the
1
health record number? - answer✔✔Master patient index The database used to gather
Page
, information about medical malpractice payments, sanctions taken by boards of medical examiners,
and certain professional review actions taken by healthcare entities is the - answer✔✔National
Practitioner Data Bank The UHDDS requires that all significant procedures be reported. A significant
procedure is defined as - answer✔✔Surgical in nature The specifications for the values acceptable
for specific data fields is referred to as - answer✔✔Data standards Documentation such as
physician orders and progress note are considered which of the following types of data -
answer✔✔Clinical data The UHDDS application of definitions was expanded to includes which
type of healthcare facilities - answer✔✔All non-outpatient settings The effort made by The Joint
Commission and CMS in 2004 to align current and future measures common to both and prevent
duplication of effort is know as - answer✔✔Hospital quality measures Which of the following is
The Joint Commission's methodology for following a patient through organizational systems and
processes as the patient experiences care? - answer✔✔Tracer In addition to promoting
international comparability, International Classification of Diseases was originally designed as a
means for - answer✔✔Processing mortality statistics Which of the following is a set of standards
that governs the exchange of clinical data for the purpose of exchange, integration, sharing and
retrieval of electronic health information? - answer✔✔Health Level Seven Which of the following
best describes the database used in every industry to store large amounts of information? -
answer✔✔Data repositories Under HIPAA privacy regulations, which part of the health record
does a patient not have the right to access within his/her own health record? -
answer✔✔Psychotherapy Notes The responsibility to use, disclose, or release information related
to private matters is called - answer✔✔Confidentiality Under the HIPAA security rule an
organization must identify potential risks and vulnerabilities to the confidentiality, integrity and
availability of electronic protected health information. This process is referred as a -
answer✔✔Risk Analysis What is a safeguard that is used to prevent incidental disclosures of PHI
2
Page
when an employee is working on a computer in a public area? - answer✔✔privacy screen
