FREE RHIA Trivia Questions and Answers

Question 1

You are completing a complete facility inventory of all currently in use forms in preparation for a HER.
For bar coding and indexing into a document management system, each form needs a name.
The nameless document in front of you describes tissue removed during surgery from a microscopic perspective.
You are most likely to submit a document of the following type to this form:

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pathology report

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operative report

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discharge summary

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recovery room record

Question 2

The standards for collecting patient data differ depending on the setting for healthcare. Among the data elements you could anticipate being gathered in the MDS but not in the UHDDS is

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cognitive patterns

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principal diagnosis

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procedures and dates

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personal identification

Question 3

Taking the following actions would be a good first step in ensuring the security of the data in a health information computer system:

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define levels of security for different types of information, depending on sensitivity

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provide internet access to facility records

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establish a good record tracking system

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provide remote terminals for improved access to the record

Question 4

What does the prefix "99" stand for in the number "99-0001" listed in a tumor registry accession register?

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the sequence number of the case

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the number of primary cancers reported for that patient

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the stage of the tumor based upon the TNM system of staging

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the year the case was entered into the database of the registry

Question 5

The full report of a patient's fall from his bed, including witness accounts and likely causes of the incident, must be located by a risk manager. She would probably discover this data in the

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incident report

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doctors’ progress notes

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nurses’ notes

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integrated progress notes

Question 6

Who is responsible for creating and updating the data in a patient's progress note?

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Provider

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Registration staff

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Health information management (HIM) professional

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Administrator

Question 7

Acute care service providers are less likely than ambulatory care providers to depend on the documentation contained in the

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problem list

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transfer record

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interdisciplinary patient care plan

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discharge summary