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RHIT STUDY GUIDE!! WHITE BOARD NOTES Questions
with 100% Verified Answers 2025 | 2026
Utilization Review. - ANSWER Process of determining whether
the medical service provided to a specific Medicare or Medicaid
patient is necessary.
Daily inpatient census - ANSWER official count of inpatients
present at midnight, which is calculated each day Also included
are any patients who were admitted and discharged the same
day
Vocabulary standards - ANSWER provide consistent descriptions
of medical terms for an individual's condition in the health
record
Custodian Records - ANSWER When records for evidence is
involved at the trial, the records custodian is called a witness by
one party or other to testify as the authenticity of a record as
evidence. The records custodian verifies that it contains
information about the individual.
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flowchart - ANSWER a graphic tool that uses standard symbols
to visually display detailed information, including time and
distance, of the sequential flow of work of an individual or a
product as it progresses through a process
fish bone chart - ANSWER a performance improvement tool
used to identify or classify the root causes of a problem or
condition and to display the root causes graphically; also called
the cause and effect diagram
Aggregated Data - ANSWER Data that has been extracted from
individual health records and combined to form deidentified
information about groups of patients that can be compared.
Overlay - ANSWER Mistakenly assigned another persons health
record number.
Overlap - ANSWER When a patient has more than one health
record number at different locations within an enterprise.
Duplicate Record - ANSWER 2 or more medical record numbers.
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Security - ANSWER To control/protect access of health
information and records.
ROI Turnaround Time - ANSWER Time between receipt of
request and when the request is sent to the requester 30 days
on site, 60 days off site
Qualitative Analysis - ANSWER Reviewing a record and ensuring
that standards are being met. HIM professionals can review
legibility, timeliness of documentation, use of approved
abbreviations and other documentation standards.
Concurrent Review - ANSWER Ongoing review while patient is
in facility. From admission to discharge.
Retrospective Review - ANSWER Review after patient has been
discharged.
Prospective Review - ANSWER Review that takes place prior to
elective procedures and missions.
RHIT STUDY GUIDE!! WHITE BOARD NOTES Questions
with 100% Verified Answers 2025 | 2026
Utilization Review. - ANSWER Process of determining whether
the medical service provided to a specific Medicare or Medicaid
patient is necessary.
Daily inpatient census - ANSWER official count of inpatients
present at midnight, which is calculated each day Also included
are any patients who were admitted and discharged the same
day
Vocabulary standards - ANSWER provide consistent descriptions
of medical terms for an individual's condition in the health
record
Custodian Records - ANSWER When records for evidence is
involved at the trial, the records custodian is called a witness by
one party or other to testify as the authenticity of a record as
evidence. The records custodian verifies that it contains
information about the individual.
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flowchart - ANSWER a graphic tool that uses standard symbols
to visually display detailed information, including time and
distance, of the sequential flow of work of an individual or a
product as it progresses through a process
fish bone chart - ANSWER a performance improvement tool
used to identify or classify the root causes of a problem or
condition and to display the root causes graphically; also called
the cause and effect diagram
Aggregated Data - ANSWER Data that has been extracted from
individual health records and combined to form deidentified
information about groups of patients that can be compared.
Overlay - ANSWER Mistakenly assigned another persons health
record number.
Overlap - ANSWER When a patient has more than one health
record number at different locations within an enterprise.
Duplicate Record - ANSWER 2 or more medical record numbers.
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Security - ANSWER To control/protect access of health
information and records.
ROI Turnaround Time - ANSWER Time between receipt of
request and when the request is sent to the requester 30 days
on site, 60 days off site
Qualitative Analysis - ANSWER Reviewing a record and ensuring
that standards are being met. HIM professionals can review
legibility, timeliness of documentation, use of approved
abbreviations and other documentation standards.
Concurrent Review - ANSWER Ongoing review while patient is
in facility. From admission to discharge.
Retrospective Review - ANSWER Review after patient has been
discharged.
Prospective Review - ANSWER Review that takes place prior to
elective procedures and missions.
