AHIC Healthcare Terminologies and Vocabulary Standards 2

Question 1

Which clinical vocabulary standard uses a description logic–based formalism and is considered the most semantically rich for representing clinical concepts?

Accepted Answer

SNOMED CT

Answer

ICD-10-CM

Answer

LOINC

Answer

CPT-4

Question 2

National Drug Codes (NDC) are used primarily for which purpose in healthcare information systems?

Accepted Answer

Identifying specific packaged drug products for dispensing and inventory

Answer

Encoding drug allergy alerts in clinical decision support

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Classifying drugs by pharmacological category in formularies

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Billing Medicare Part B for outpatient drug administration

Question 3

HCPCS Level II codes extend CPT codes to cover which additional billing scenarios?

Accepted Answer

Durable medical equipment, supplies, and non-physician services billed to Medicare/Medicaid

Answer

Inpatient hospital procedures not in ICD-10-PCS

Answer

Outpatient mental health and behavioral health services

Answer

International diagnosis codes not covered by ICD-10-CM

Question 4

Which federal agency maintains the NCI Thesaurus, a reference vocabulary for cancer-related clinical and research data?

Accepted Answer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Answer

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Answer

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Answer

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Question 5

In the context of HL7 CDA and FHIR, 'value set binding' means:

Accepted Answer

Specifying which set of codes from a terminology is valid for a given data element

Answer

Hardcoding a single code into a document template

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Translating codes from one terminology to another at runtime

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Encrypting coded data to protect PHI during transmission

Question 6

The Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) is the authoritative repository for value sets used in which US health IT program?

Accepted Answer

ONC Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT) quality measures

Answer

HIPAA transaction code sets

Answer

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

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FDA adverse event reporting system (FAERS)

Question 7

A 'concept orientation' in a clinical terminology means that:

Accepted Answer

Each code maps to exactly one unique clinical meaning with no ambiguity

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Concepts are organized alphabetically for easy lookup

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All synonyms share a single preferred term in every language

Answer

Codes are grouped by organ system or body location