Question 20 The HIM department is responsible for generating reports and statist

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Question 20

The HIM department is responsible for generating reports and statistics on the types of patients treated by the facility. This function is called:

patient record abstracting

utilization review

quality management

case mix analysis

2 points

Question 21

The newborn death rate is calculated by dividing the number of newborn deaths by _____ and multiplying by 100.

number of pregnant women admitted

number of newborn patients

number of mothers discharged

number of fetal deaths

2 points

Question 22

Dr. Smith is applying for health care privileges at Hilltop Hospital. As part of the process Sally Jones, medical staff coordinator, needs to obtain information about Dr. Smith’s licensure, medical malpractice history, and record of clinical privileges. This information can best be obtained from the:

National Practitioner Data Bank

Medical Information Bureau

American Medical Association

medical staff director

2 points

Question 23

The type of file that resembles a file cabinet and stores records in a drawer is known as:

vertical files

open files

lateral file

visible files

2 points

Question 24

A disadvantage of the serial numbering system is that:

computer software must be purchased to manage the system

multiple locations must be accessed to retrieve patient records

staff training is difficult and time consuming

previous folders must remain in the file system

2 points

Question 25

Susan Clerk works in the admissions office at Hillcrest Medical Center, a large teaching hospital. She would like to obtain a job in the HIM department entering and abstracting data from the disease and procedure indexes for various projects. The hospital offers “minicourses” on a variety of topics. Which course topics would apply to the job she hopes to obtain?

Medicare regulations

ICD-9-CM/ICD-10-CM and CPT/HCPCS coding

health care finance

ICD-9-CM/ICD-10-CM coding

2 points

Question 26

Sally Jones presents to the department (ED) with lower-left abdominal pain. The ED physician asks the ED clerk to determine if the patient was previously seen in the facility. The quickest way for the ED clerk to obtain this information is to reference the:

ED log

disease index

master patient index

patient’s record

2 points

Question 27

The director of the HIM department at Sunny Valley Hospital needs to prepare a presentation for the finance committee to convince them to fund an automated MPI system. Which statement would best support her argument?

Staff training time is decreased when an automated MPI is implemented.

An automated MPI is less expensive than a manual master patient index.

The security of information is increased when an automated MPI is implemented.

An automated MPI allows for rapid retrieval of patient information.

2 points

Question 28

Which of the following describes alphabetic filing systems?

Files expand at an even rate.

Record security is high.

A master patient index is required.

Changed patient names are cross-referenced.

2 points

Question 29

Ms. HIT files the following records: 13-40-05, 14-40-05, 14-41-05, 15-41-05, and 16-41-05. Which system is being used?

straight numeric filing

terminal digit filing

middle digit filing

numeric filing

2 points

Question 30

The process of translating data into information utilized for an application is known as:

data warehousing

data collection

data application

data analysis

2 points

Question 31

Sunny Valley Hospital uses the serial numbering system. The master patient index card should contain:

the most recent number issued to the patient

all the numbers issued to the patient

the first number issued to the patient

the one number issued to the patient

2 points

Question 32

Which of the following is true with regard to terminal digit filing?

Files expand unevenly.

Inactive records are difficult to retrieve.

It provides a high degree of record security.

Large gaps in files occur.

2 points

Question 33

During the month of May there were 130 births, of which 127 were full-term births and three were premature births. There were five newborn deaths. The newborn death rate is:

5.4%

3.8%

2.3%

7.2%

2 points

Question 34

For the month of June there were six newborn deaths and 260 newborn patients. What is the newborn death rate?

2.3%

1.3%

.86%

1.86%

2 points

Question 35

The health information department is purchasing new filing equipment. Currently, 6,500 linear filing inches are used to store records. The new filing equipment selected has six shelves with 44 linear inches each. The total filing inches in one unit would be

147

264

1,084

2 points

Question 36

Hillcrest Hospital is conducting research on Alzheimer’s disease and wishes to obtain information from its state’s registry. Which information below would be unavailable from the registry?

patient names

number of cases

incidence of disease

types of patients

2 points

Question 37

Hillcrest Hospital uses terminal-digit numbering to file records and color codes only the primary number. Using the table below, what would be the color pattern for record number 39-09-15?

Number

Color Bar

Orange

Red

Yellow

Purple

Light pink

Dark green

Dark pink

Light green

Brown

Black

red, dark green

purple, black

orange, black

dark green, light green

2 points

Question 38

Hillcrest Hospital is writing a retention policy for the health information management (HIM) department. Which index must be retained permanently?

procedure index

master patient index

disease index

operative index

2 points

Question 39

Sunny View Hospital is purchasing new filing equipment. The number of linear filing inches storing current patient records is 1,600. The projected five-year expansion of the files is 600. The shelving unit to be purchased has five shelves with 30 inches of storage on each shelf. How many units are needed?

14.66

2 points

Question 40

Ms. RHIT is given an alphabetical listing of patients who had surgery during the time period January 2 through March 1. She needs to determine their patient numbers and pull the records. Her first step would be to reference the:

surgery index

number index

surgery schedule

master patient index

patient record abstracting

utilization review

quality management

case mix analysis

Explanation / Answer

Question 20.

(c) quality management

Question 21.

(c) number of mothers discharged

Question 22.

(a) National Practitioner Data Bank

Question 23.

(b) Open files

Question 24.

(b) Multiple locations must be accessed to retrive patient records

Question 25.

(b) ICD-9-CM/ICD-10 CM and CPT/HCPCS coding

Question 26.

(a) ED log

Question 27.

(d) an automated MPI allows for rapid retrival of patient information

question 28.

(a) Files expand at an even rate

Question 29.

(b) Terminal digit files

Question 30.

(d) Data analysis

Question 31.

(b) all the numbers issued to the patient

Question 32.

Question 33

(b) 3.8%

Question 34.

(a) 2.3%

Question 35.

Question 36.

(d) type of patients

Question 37.

(a) Red,Dark green

Question 38.

(b) Master patient index

Question 39.

(d) 13

Question 40.

(d) Master patient index..

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