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RHIT EXAM (FINAL STUDY GUIDE)
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In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify
data elements to be collected about each patient. The second is to:
Ans: Provide uniform data definitions.
The primary purpose of a minimum data set in healthcare is to:
Ans: Recommend common data elements to be collected in health
records.
An audit of a hospital's electronic health system shows that
diagnostic codes are not being reported at the correct level of
detail. This indicates a problem with data: Ans: Granularity
What type of standards provide clear descriptors of data elements
to be included in a computer based patient record system? Ans:
Structure and content
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of high-quality
healthcare data? Ans: Data accountability
Which of the following best describes data comprehensiveness?
Ans: Data include all required elements.
Which of the following contains the physician's findings based on
an examination of the patient. Ans: Physical Exam
Which of the following elements of coding quality represent the
degree to which codes accurately reflect the patient's diagnoses
and procedures? Ans: Validity
This data set was developed by the National Committee for Quality
Assurance to aid consumers with health-related issues with
information to compare performance of clinical measures for
health plans: Ans: HEDIS
Authentication of a record refers to: Ans: Establishment of its
baseline trustworthiness.
Which of the following are data that have been filtered and put
into context? Ans: Information
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The statement, "the unique patient identifier must be numeric," is
an example of which of the following business rule categories?
Ans: Constraint
Which of the following statements represents knowledge? Ans:
Mary Jones' hemoglobin of 13 is within normal range.
What is the primary purpose of structured data entry? Ans:
Reduce documentation variability.
In data matching, which of the following describes an overlap?
Ans: When one entity has different unique identifiers in different
databases.
The protection measures and tools for safeguarding information
and information systems is a definition of: Ans: Data security
The director of health information services is allowed to access to
the health record tracking system when providing the proper log-
in and password. What is this access security mechanism called?
Ans: User-based
Mary's PHI was breached by her physician office when it was
disclosed in error to another patient. Which of the following
breach notification statements is correct regarding the physician
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RHIT EXAM (FINAL STUDY GUIDE)
Questions and Answers
In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify
data elements to be collected about each patient. The second is to:
Ans: Provide uniform data definitions.
The primary purpose of a minimum data set in healthcare is to:
Ans: Recommend common data elements to be collected in health
records.
An audit of a hospital's electronic health system shows that
diagnostic codes are not being reported at the correct level of
detail. This indicates a problem with data: Ans: Granularity
What type of standards provide clear descriptors of data elements
to be included in a computer based patient record system? Ans:
Structure and content
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of high-quality
healthcare data? Ans: Data accountability
Which of the following best describes data comprehensiveness?
Ans: Data include all required elements.
Which of the following contains the physician's findings based on
an examination of the patient. Ans: Physical Exam
Which of the following elements of coding quality represent the
degree to which codes accurately reflect the patient's diagnoses
and procedures? Ans: Validity
This data set was developed by the National Committee for Quality
Assurance to aid consumers with health-related issues with
information to compare performance of clinical measures for
health plans: Ans: HEDIS
Authentication of a record refers to: Ans: Establishment of its
baseline trustworthiness.
Which of the following are data that have been filtered and put
into context? Ans: Information
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The statement, "the unique patient identifier must be numeric," is
an example of which of the following business rule categories?
Ans: Constraint
Which of the following statements represents knowledge? Ans:
Mary Jones' hemoglobin of 13 is within normal range.
What is the primary purpose of structured data entry? Ans:
Reduce documentation variability.
In data matching, which of the following describes an overlap?
Ans: When one entity has different unique identifiers in different
databases.
The protection measures and tools for safeguarding information
and information systems is a definition of: Ans: Data security
The director of health information services is allowed to access to
the health record tracking system when providing the proper log-
in and password. What is this access security mechanism called?
Ans: User-based
Mary's PHI was breached by her physician office when it was
disclosed in error to another patient. Which of the following
breach notification statements is correct regarding the physician
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