NHA CEHRS Practice Test Questions with
Correct Answers
An EHR specialist is generating a pt statement. Which of the following types of
information will be included?
Date of service
An EHR specialist is explaining yo a new provider the process of entering a new
prescription for a pt discharge. In which of the following EHR locations should the
EHR specialist direct the provider to enter the information?
E-prescribing
Which of the following is an EHR documentation tool that a provider can use to add
comments for increasing the specificity of a physical examination finding?
Free-text box
Which of the following features of the clinical decision support system presents a
provider with standard plans of therapy for a documented diagnosis or condition?
Protocols
An EHR specialist is assisting a certified coder with providing and in-service about the
purpose of CPT codes for a group of staff members. Which of the following staff
member statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?
"CPT codes are used to classify services to the patients."
Which of the following information recorded by a provider during a patient's visit is
required during electronic transmission of an order to an outside laboratory?
Diagnosis code
,Which of the following reporting tools is commonly used in EHRs to aggregate data for
monitoring milestones during well-child visits?
Growth chart
An EHR specialist is reviewing the record of a patient who is in a coma. Which of the
following entries documented in the records signals a data discrepancy?
"The patient reports a headache"
A neighbor of the EHR specialist is admitted to the facility where the EHR specialist
works. Which of the following HIPAA standards monitors control for accessing the
neighbors PHI without purpose for treatment, payment, and health care operations?
Technical safeguards
A pt arrives at an initial health care visit for an occupational injury covered under
worker's compensation plans. An administrative professional collects proof of identity
and demographic information. Which of the following additional documentations
should the administrative professional request?
A medical service order
A provider requests that an EHR specialist enter a comorbidity of depression into the
EHR to allow the provider to complete a medication order for the clinic visit. A
comorbidity should be entered into which of the following sections of the record?
Secondary diagnosis
When recording information in a pt's health record, an EHR specialist should
understand that the consent forms represent which category of data in the EHR?
Legal data
, In which of the following instances can a health care organization release PHI without
patient authorization?
The CDC requests health records of patients who have a reportable communicative disease
Which of the following is a messaging standard that translates and interfaces health
care data among the EHR system?
Health Level 7 (HL7)
An EHR specialist is assisting with training a new provider on adding progress notes.
Which of the following statements should the EHR specialist make about cloning
progress notes?
"Cloning progress notes can save time but can also cause inaccuracies in documentation"
An EHR specialist must comply with the requirements of an EHR incentive program.
Which of the following data is the EHR specialist required to submit to public health
agencies?
Reportable laboratory results
Which of the following types of data exchanges between a health care facility and its
diagnostic laboratory can generate a visual representation of trends in a patient's
laboratory results over time?
Fielded and coded data
Before running an electronic report, a staff member seeks clarification from the EHR
specialist by asking, "what is the purpose of the patient aging report?" Which of the
following statements should the EHR specialist make?
"It shows how long patients have owed money to the practice"
Correct Answers
An EHR specialist is generating a pt statement. Which of the following types of
information will be included?
Date of service
An EHR specialist is explaining yo a new provider the process of entering a new
prescription for a pt discharge. In which of the following EHR locations should the
EHR specialist direct the provider to enter the information?
E-prescribing
Which of the following is an EHR documentation tool that a provider can use to add
comments for increasing the specificity of a physical examination finding?
Free-text box
Which of the following features of the clinical decision support system presents a
provider with standard plans of therapy for a documented diagnosis or condition?
Protocols
An EHR specialist is assisting a certified coder with providing and in-service about the
purpose of CPT codes for a group of staff members. Which of the following staff
member statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?
"CPT codes are used to classify services to the patients."
Which of the following information recorded by a provider during a patient's visit is
required during electronic transmission of an order to an outside laboratory?
Diagnosis code
,Which of the following reporting tools is commonly used in EHRs to aggregate data for
monitoring milestones during well-child visits?
Growth chart
An EHR specialist is reviewing the record of a patient who is in a coma. Which of the
following entries documented in the records signals a data discrepancy?
"The patient reports a headache"
A neighbor of the EHR specialist is admitted to the facility where the EHR specialist
works. Which of the following HIPAA standards monitors control for accessing the
neighbors PHI without purpose for treatment, payment, and health care operations?
Technical safeguards
A pt arrives at an initial health care visit for an occupational injury covered under
worker's compensation plans. An administrative professional collects proof of identity
and demographic information. Which of the following additional documentations
should the administrative professional request?
A medical service order
A provider requests that an EHR specialist enter a comorbidity of depression into the
EHR to allow the provider to complete a medication order for the clinic visit. A
comorbidity should be entered into which of the following sections of the record?
Secondary diagnosis
When recording information in a pt's health record, an EHR specialist should
understand that the consent forms represent which category of data in the EHR?
Legal data
, In which of the following instances can a health care organization release PHI without
patient authorization?
The CDC requests health records of patients who have a reportable communicative disease
Which of the following is a messaging standard that translates and interfaces health
care data among the EHR system?
Health Level 7 (HL7)
An EHR specialist is assisting with training a new provider on adding progress notes.
Which of the following statements should the EHR specialist make about cloning
progress notes?
"Cloning progress notes can save time but can also cause inaccuracies in documentation"
An EHR specialist must comply with the requirements of an EHR incentive program.
Which of the following data is the EHR specialist required to submit to public health
agencies?
Reportable laboratory results
Which of the following types of data exchanges between a health care facility and its
diagnostic laboratory can generate a visual representation of trends in a patient's
laboratory results over time?
Fielded and coded data
Before running an electronic report, a staff member seeks clarification from the EHR
specialist by asking, "what is the purpose of the patient aging report?" Which of the
following statements should the EHR specialist make?
"It shows how long patients have owed money to the practice"
