CHIM NCE PRACTICE BOOKLET
3_Chapters 1 Biomedical, 2 Health Info.
Science, 3 Health Info Analysis and
Presentation ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1.1) The coder notes the patient is taking prescribed Haldol. The final diagnoses on the
progress notes include diabetes mellitus, acute pharyngitis, and malnutrition. What condition
might the coder suspect the patient has?
1. Hypertension
2. Insomnia
3. Rheumatoid arthritis
4. Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅4. Schizophrenia
Haldol is an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia
2. QUESTION
1.2) The warning signs for cancer include:
1. a new solid lump, often painless
2. a change in bowel habits
3. a change in the color of a wart or mole
4. unusual bleeding
5. all the above - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅5. all the above
1.3) According to the rule of nines, the anterior trunk is approximately _____ of an adult's
body.
1. 9%
2. 18%
3. 27%
4. 36% - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2. 18%
,1.4) Which of these is not a role of Health Information Management professionals?
1. Allowing patients to review their own records
2. Deciding on treatment for patients
3. Making decisions to release information based on regulations governing disclosure
4. Releasing information to a consumer-authorized third party payor who provides the
consumer's insurance coverage - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2. Deciding on treatment for
patients
1.5) What does an "exacerbation" of disease mean?
1. The patient is feeling unhealthy, even though he has no active disease at the present time
2. The patient is showing a group of symptoms
3. The patient is showing a worsening of the signs of his disease
4. The patient is showing no symptoms of his disease at the present time - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅3. The patient is showing a worsening of the signs of his disease
1.6) Which type code is NEVER used on a newborn abstract?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅D. 3
1.7) Statutory law is also referred to as:
1. an act
2. common law
3. federal law
4. regulations - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. an act
1.8) A missed abortion describes the circumstance in which early fetal death occurs before
completion of ____ weeks gestation without spontaneous expulsion of conception.
1. 12 weeks
2. 20 weeks
,3. 30 weeks
4. 35 weeks - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2. 20 weeks
1.9) What is Lou Gehrig's disease?
1. A condition where the thyroid gland doesn't produce enough hormones
2. A persistent ringing noise inside the ear
3. A progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills
4. The progressive loss of the motor neurons that control voluntary muscles - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅4. The progressive loss of the motor neurons that control voluntary muscles
1.10) The cells of a grade 1 tumor:
1. look like normal cells and are growing more quickly than normal
2. look like normal cells and are growing slowly
3. look like normal cells and are not growing at all
4. look very abnormal and are growing quickly - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2. look like
normal cells and are growing slowly
1.11) Workflow analysis is a component of what cycle?
1.Continuous quality improvement
2. LEAN
3. Six Sigma
4. Utilization management - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1.Continuous quality improvement
1.12) How many principles does the CSA Model Code contain?
1. 8
2. 9
3. 10
4. 12 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3. 10
1.13) Nitroglycerin is a:
1. anti-hypertensive
, 2. cardiotonic
3. diuretic
4. vasodilator - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅4. vasodilator
1.14) A bronchodilator used to treat asthma is:
1. cetirizine
2. fluticasone
3. mometasone
4. salbutamol - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅4. salbutamol
1.15) Pernicious anemia (PA) is a type of:
1. hemolytic anemia
2. iron deficiency anemia
3. myelopathic anemia
4. vitamin B12 deficiency anemia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅4. vitamin B12 deficiency
anemia
1.16) The final step of Glover's 7-step ethical decision-making process is to ask:
1. how many people will be affected by the decision
2. how the problem could be prevented in the future
3. whether a third-party should check your decision
4. whether the decision was the right one - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2. how the problem
could be prevented in the future
1.17) Which of the following are all determinants of health?
1. Birth order, income, education, and gender
2. Income, education, gender, and physical environment
3. Medication, education, gender, and physical environment
4. Physical environment, education, religion, and gender - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2.
Income, education, gender, and physical environment
3_Chapters 1 Biomedical, 2 Health Info.
Science, 3 Health Info Analysis and
Presentation ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1.1) The coder notes the patient is taking prescribed Haldol. The final diagnoses on the
progress notes include diabetes mellitus, acute pharyngitis, and malnutrition. What condition
might the coder suspect the patient has?
1. Hypertension
2. Insomnia
3. Rheumatoid arthritis
4. Schizophrenia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅4. Schizophrenia
Haldol is an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia
2. QUESTION
1.2) The warning signs for cancer include:
1. a new solid lump, often painless
2. a change in bowel habits
3. a change in the color of a wart or mole
4. unusual bleeding
5. all the above - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅5. all the above
1.3) According to the rule of nines, the anterior trunk is approximately _____ of an adult's
body.
1. 9%
2. 18%
3. 27%
4. 36% - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2. 18%
,1.4) Which of these is not a role of Health Information Management professionals?
1. Allowing patients to review their own records
2. Deciding on treatment for patients
3. Making decisions to release information based on regulations governing disclosure
4. Releasing information to a consumer-authorized third party payor who provides the
consumer's insurance coverage - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2. Deciding on treatment for
patients
1.5) What does an "exacerbation" of disease mean?
1. The patient is feeling unhealthy, even though he has no active disease at the present time
2. The patient is showing a group of symptoms
3. The patient is showing a worsening of the signs of his disease
4. The patient is showing no symptoms of his disease at the present time - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅3. The patient is showing a worsening of the signs of his disease
1.6) Which type code is NEVER used on a newborn abstract?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅D. 3
1.7) Statutory law is also referred to as:
1. an act
2. common law
3. federal law
4. regulations - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. an act
1.8) A missed abortion describes the circumstance in which early fetal death occurs before
completion of ____ weeks gestation without spontaneous expulsion of conception.
1. 12 weeks
2. 20 weeks
,3. 30 weeks
4. 35 weeks - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2. 20 weeks
1.9) What is Lou Gehrig's disease?
1. A condition where the thyroid gland doesn't produce enough hormones
2. A persistent ringing noise inside the ear
3. A progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills
4. The progressive loss of the motor neurons that control voluntary muscles - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅4. The progressive loss of the motor neurons that control voluntary muscles
1.10) The cells of a grade 1 tumor:
1. look like normal cells and are growing more quickly than normal
2. look like normal cells and are growing slowly
3. look like normal cells and are not growing at all
4. look very abnormal and are growing quickly - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2. look like
normal cells and are growing slowly
1.11) Workflow analysis is a component of what cycle?
1.Continuous quality improvement
2. LEAN
3. Six Sigma
4. Utilization management - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1.Continuous quality improvement
1.12) How many principles does the CSA Model Code contain?
1. 8
2. 9
3. 10
4. 12 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3. 10
1.13) Nitroglycerin is a:
1. anti-hypertensive
, 2. cardiotonic
3. diuretic
4. vasodilator - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅4. vasodilator
1.14) A bronchodilator used to treat asthma is:
1. cetirizine
2. fluticasone
3. mometasone
4. salbutamol - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅4. salbutamol
1.15) Pernicious anemia (PA) is a type of:
1. hemolytic anemia
2. iron deficiency anemia
3. myelopathic anemia
4. vitamin B12 deficiency anemia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅4. vitamin B12 deficiency
anemia
1.16) The final step of Glover's 7-step ethical decision-making process is to ask:
1. how many people will be affected by the decision
2. how the problem could be prevented in the future
3. whether a third-party should check your decision
4. whether the decision was the right one - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2. how the problem
could be prevented in the future
1.17) Which of the following are all determinants of health?
1. Birth order, income, education, and gender
2. Income, education, gender, and physical environment
3. Medication, education, gender, and physical environment
4. Physical environment, education, religion, and gender - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2.
Income, education, gender, and physical environment
