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RHIT Mock Exam ALL sections Questions
and Answers
In the past, the Joint Commission standards focused on promoting
the use of a facility approved abbreviation list to be used by
hospital care providers. With the advent of the Commission's
national patient safety goals, the focus has shifted to Ans: use of
prohibited or "dangerous" abbreviations
A risk manager needs to locate a full report of a patient's fall from
his bed, including witness reports and probable reasons for the
fall. She would most likely find this information in the Ans:
incident report
For continuity of care, ambulatory care providers are more likely
than providers of acute care services to rely on the documentation
found in the Ans: problem list
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The federally mandated resident assessment instrument used in
long term care facilities consists of three basic components,
including the new care area assessments, utilization guidelines,
and the Ans: MDS or minimum data set
As Director of HIT program, your community college has been
selected to participate in the workforce develeopment of electronic
health specialits as outlined by ARRA and HITECH. In order to
keep abreast of changes in this program, you will need regular
access to the Web site of this governmental agency. Ans: ONC
A qualitative review of a health record reveals that the h and p for
a patient admitted on June 26 was performed on June 30 and
transcribed on July 1. Which of the following statements regarding
the h and p are true in the situation? Completion and charting of h
and p indicates Ans: noncompliance with JC standards. H and P
must be completed within 24 hours
The first patient with cancer seen in your facility on January 1,
2012, was diagnosed with colon cancer with no known history of
previous malignancies. The accession number assigned to this
patient is Ans: 12-0001/00 because in accession number 12
represents the year the patient first entered the database, 0001
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represents the first case entered that year, and 00 indicates no
previous known neoplasm.
Setting a drop down menu to make sure the registration clerk
collects gender as male or female is a method of ensuring data
Ans: Precision
Validity refers to the accuracy of data, while reliability refers to
the consistency of the data. Timeliness refers to the data being
available when needed, and precision refers to data values that are
just large enough to support the application process.
In determining your acute care facility's degree of compliance with
prospective payment requirements for Medicare, the best resource
to reference for recent certification standards is Ans: The Federal
Register
CMS publishes both proposed and final rules for the Conditions of
Participation for hospitals in the daily Federal Register.
In an acute care hospital, a complete history and physical may not
be required for a new admission when Ans: A legible copy of a
© 2025 All rights reserved
RHIT Mock Exam ALL sections Questions
and Answers
In the past, the Joint Commission standards focused on promoting
the use of a facility approved abbreviation list to be used by
hospital care providers. With the advent of the Commission's
national patient safety goals, the focus has shifted to Ans: use of
prohibited or "dangerous" abbreviations
A risk manager needs to locate a full report of a patient's fall from
his bed, including witness reports and probable reasons for the
fall. She would most likely find this information in the Ans:
incident report
For continuity of care, ambulatory care providers are more likely
than providers of acute care services to rely on the documentation
found in the Ans: problem list
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The federally mandated resident assessment instrument used in
long term care facilities consists of three basic components,
including the new care area assessments, utilization guidelines,
and the Ans: MDS or minimum data set
As Director of HIT program, your community college has been
selected to participate in the workforce develeopment of electronic
health specialits as outlined by ARRA and HITECH. In order to
keep abreast of changes in this program, you will need regular
access to the Web site of this governmental agency. Ans: ONC
A qualitative review of a health record reveals that the h and p for
a patient admitted on June 26 was performed on June 30 and
transcribed on July 1. Which of the following statements regarding
the h and p are true in the situation? Completion and charting of h
and p indicates Ans: noncompliance with JC standards. H and P
must be completed within 24 hours
The first patient with cancer seen in your facility on January 1,
2012, was diagnosed with colon cancer with no known history of
previous malignancies. The accession number assigned to this
patient is Ans: 12-0001/00 because in accession number 12
represents the year the patient first entered the database, 0001
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represents the first case entered that year, and 00 indicates no
previous known neoplasm.
Setting a drop down menu to make sure the registration clerk
collects gender as male or female is a method of ensuring data
Ans: Precision
Validity refers to the accuracy of data, while reliability refers to
the consistency of the data. Timeliness refers to the data being
available when needed, and precision refers to data values that are
just large enough to support the application process.
In determining your acute care facility's degree of compliance with
prospective payment requirements for Medicare, the best resource
to reference for recent certification standards is Ans: The Federal
Register
CMS publishes both proposed and final rules for the Conditions of
Participation for hospitals in the daily Federal Register.
In an acute care hospital, a complete history and physical may not
be required for a new admission when Ans: A legible copy of a
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