AHIMA RHIT Practice Exam
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1. Database: A collection of data organized for rapid search and retrieval is called a
2. Sharing of patient information between providers: Health Information Exchange provides
3. Human populations: Demographics is the study of statistical information and
4. Provider query form: The main communication for between physicians and clinical documentation im-
provement programs is
5. Clinical Data: Which of the following would be used to locate a patient's health information?
6. Core performance: 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?
7. Legal health record: Documents and data elements that a healthcare provider may include in response to
legally permissible requests for patient information is defined as the:
8. Family history: The UHDDS does not require the following items
9. All conditions that coexist at the time of admission: The UHDDS defines "other diagnosis"
as
10. Master patient index: 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 health record number?
11. National Practitioner Data Bank: The database used to gather information about medical mal-
practice payments, sanctions taken by boards of medical examiners, and certain professional review actions taken by
healthcare entities is the
12. Surgical in nature: The UHDDS requires that all significant procedures be reported. A significant procedure
is defined as
13. Data standards: The specifications for the values acceptable for specific data fields is referred to as
14. Clinical data: Documentation such as physician orders and progress note are considered which of the
following types of data
15. All non-outpatient settings: The UHDDS application of definitions was expanded to includes which
type of healthcare facilities
16. Hospital quality measures: 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
17. Tracer: Which of the following is The Joint Commission's methodology for following a patient through organi-
zational systems and processes as the patient experiences care?
18. Processing mortality statistics: In addition to promoting international comparability, International
Classification of Diseases was originally designed as a means for
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19. Health Level Seven: 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?
20. Data repositories: Which of the following best describes the database used in every industry to store large
amounts of information?
21. Psychotherapy Notes: 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?
22. Confidentiality: The responsibility to use, disclose, or release information related to private matters is called
23. Risk Analysis: 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
24. privacy screen: What is a safeguard that is used to prevent incidental disclosures of PHI when an employee
is working on a computer in a public area?
25. Protected Health Information: Individually identifiable health information that is transmitted by
electronic media, maintained in any electronic medium, or in any other form or medium is defined as
26. Designated record set: The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires which of the following to describe what is
maintained as part of the health record
27. Audit Trails and Audit Logs: Covered entities must perform security audits using which of the following
tools?
28. Flashing pagers (such as ones which are used in restaurants): Which of the following
is an example of a way to decrease the risk of violating HIPAA Privacy Rules in a patient waiting area?
29. privacy: The right of an individual to have freedom from observation or intrusion into their private affairs and
rights to maintain control over certain personal health information is defined as
30. healthcare operations: When in-house counsel is conducting the defense of a malpractice claim, an
authorization is not required because review of the record would be covered under
31. Right to Request Confidential Communication: What is it called under HIPAA when a patient
requests medical and/or billing information be mailed to an alternate address?
32. ethical: Violations of the need-to-know principle, misuse of blanket authorizations, and violations of privacy that
occur because of secondary release of information are what type of issue?
33. Firewalls: Proxy servers, packet filters, and application gateways are examples of
34. Need to know: What type of control is used to determine access granted to a user?
35. release is for the purses of treatment, payment and operations: A healthcare
provider releases portions of the health record to a third party without consent when the
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1. Database: A collection of data organized for rapid search and retrieval is called a
2. Sharing of patient information between providers: Health Information Exchange provides
3. Human populations: Demographics is the study of statistical information and
4. Provider query form: The main communication for between physicians and clinical documentation im-
provement programs is
5. Clinical Data: Which of the following would be used to locate a patient's health information?
6. Core performance: 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?
7. Legal health record: Documents and data elements that a healthcare provider may include in response to
legally permissible requests for patient information is defined as the:
8. Family history: The UHDDS does not require the following items
9. All conditions that coexist at the time of admission: The UHDDS defines "other diagnosis"
as
10. Master patient index: 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 health record number?
11. National Practitioner Data Bank: The database used to gather information about medical mal-
practice payments, sanctions taken by boards of medical examiners, and certain professional review actions taken by
healthcare entities is the
12. Surgical in nature: The UHDDS requires that all significant procedures be reported. A significant procedure
is defined as
13. Data standards: The specifications for the values acceptable for specific data fields is referred to as
14. Clinical data: Documentation such as physician orders and progress note are considered which of the
following types of data
15. All non-outpatient settings: The UHDDS application of definitions was expanded to includes which
type of healthcare facilities
16. Hospital quality measures: 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
17. Tracer: Which of the following is The Joint Commission's methodology for following a patient through organi-
zational systems and processes as the patient experiences care?
18. Processing mortality statistics: In addition to promoting international comparability, International
Classification of Diseases was originally designed as a means for
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, AHIMA RHIT Practice Exam
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hws8xl
19. Health Level Seven: 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?
20. Data repositories: Which of the following best describes the database used in every industry to store large
amounts of information?
21. Psychotherapy Notes: 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?
22. Confidentiality: The responsibility to use, disclose, or release information related to private matters is called
23. Risk Analysis: 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
24. privacy screen: What is a safeguard that is used to prevent incidental disclosures of PHI when an employee
is working on a computer in a public area?
25. Protected Health Information: Individually identifiable health information that is transmitted by
electronic media, maintained in any electronic medium, or in any other form or medium is defined as
26. Designated record set: The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires which of the following to describe what is
maintained as part of the health record
27. Audit Trails and Audit Logs: Covered entities must perform security audits using which of the following
tools?
28. Flashing pagers (such as ones which are used in restaurants): Which of the following
is an example of a way to decrease the risk of violating HIPAA Privacy Rules in a patient waiting area?
29. privacy: The right of an individual to have freedom from observation or intrusion into their private affairs and
rights to maintain control over certain personal health information is defined as
30. healthcare operations: When in-house counsel is conducting the defense of a malpractice claim, an
authorization is not required because review of the record would be covered under
31. Right to Request Confidential Communication: What is it called under HIPAA when a patient
requests medical and/or billing information be mailed to an alternate address?
32. ethical: Violations of the need-to-know principle, misuse of blanket authorizations, and violations of privacy that
occur because of secondary release of information are what type of issue?
33. Firewalls: Proxy servers, packet filters, and application gateways are examples of
34. Need to know: What type of control is used to determine access granted to a user?
35. release is for the purses of treatment, payment and operations: A healthcare
provider releases portions of the health record to a third party without consent when the
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