CEHRS Study Guide 2026
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📋 CEHRS Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CEHRS Topics to Study (69)
✍️ Sample CEHRS Questions & Answers
1. When a provider bills a higher-complexity service than was actually performed, this is known as:
Upcoding is the fraudulent practice of billing for a more expensive service than was rendered, inflating reimbursement.
2. What is 'social engineering' in the context of EHR cybersecurity?
Social engineering involves psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information, such as passwords or login credentials.
3. A 16-year-old patient requests portal access to their own record in a state where minors can consent to certain sensitive services. What is the correct approach?
Minor consent laws allow adolescents portal access limited to services they legally consented to, protecting sensitive information from parental view.
4. A patient is admitted for pneumonia and also has COPD. Which condition is the principal diagnosis?
The principal diagnosis is defined as the condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for causing the admission.
5. A covered entity discovers a breach affecting 600 patients. Within how many days must it notify the Secretary of HHS?
Under the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, covered entities must notify HHS of breaches affecting 500 or more individuals within 60 calendar days of discovery.
6. A provider documents 'GERD with esophagitis.' How should an EHR-based coder approach this in ICD-10-CM?
ICD-10-CM provides combination code K21.0 for GERD with esophagitis, which should be used instead of two separate codes.