AHIC Healthcare Terminologies and Vocabulary Standards

Question 1

What does SNOMED CT stand for?

Accepted Answer

Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine — Clinical Terms

Answer

Standard Nomenclature of Medical — Clinical Terminology

Answer

Systematized Network of Medical — Clinical Taxonomy

Answer

Standard Nomenclature of Medicine — Clinical Terms

Question 2

Which terminology system is primarily used for inpatient diagnosis and procedure coding for billing and reimbursement in the United States?

Accepted Answer

ICD-10-CM/PCS

Answer

CPT

Answer

LOINC

Answer

SNOMED CT

Question 3

LOINC codes are primarily used to identify which type of clinical data?

Accepted Answer

Laboratory tests and clinical observations

Answer

Medications and drug interactions

Answer

Surgical procedures and CPT billing

Answer

Diagnoses and problem lists

Question 4

RxNorm is a clinical drug terminology that provides what key function?

Accepted Answer

Provides normalized names and unique identifiers for clinical drugs

Answer

Assigns billing codes for pharmaceutical claims

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Categorizes drugs by therapeutic class for formulary management

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Encodes drug allergy and adverse event reactions

Question 5

Which organization is responsible for maintaining and publishing the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)?

Accepted Answer

World Health Organization (WHO)

Answer

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Answer

American Medical Association (AMA)

Answer

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Question 6

The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) serves what primary purpose in health informatics?

Accepted Answer

Linking multiple biomedical vocabularies and standards to enable interoperability

Answer

Providing a single standardized coding system for all clinical data

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Replacing legacy terminology systems with a unified standard

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Governing the use of clinical terminologies in EHR certification

Question 7

CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes are maintained by which organization?

Accepted Answer

American Medical Association (AMA)

Answer

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Answer

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Answer

American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)