RHIT Data Integrity and Quality 5

Question 1

Which standard terminology is most commonly used to capture clinical concepts for interoperability across health systems?

Accepted Answer

SNOMED CT

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ICD-10-CM

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CPT

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DRG

Question 2

What is the purpose of a 'data quality dashboard' in a health system?

Accepted Answer

To provide ongoing visual monitoring of key data quality metrics across departments

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To display real-time patient census by unit

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To generate claims for submission to payers

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To alert coders when queries are pending

Question 3

Which regulatory requirement most directly drives the need for data integrity controls in electronic health records?

Accepted Answer

HIPAA Security Rule

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OSHA safety standards

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EMTALA regulations

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Stark Law provisions

Question 4

Which technique helps identify relationships and patterns in health data that may indicate data quality problems?

Accepted Answer

Data profiling

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Data encryption

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Data archiving

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Data masking

Question 5

A hospital's coding team notices that certain diagnosis codes are never used despite being clinically relevant for their patient population. This may indicate a problem with:

Accepted Answer

Data completeness in code assignment

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Data currency of the billing system

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Data granularity of the lab interface

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Data accessibility for remote coders

Question 6

In the context of EHR data integrity, what does a 'hash value' (checksum) verify?

Accepted Answer

That a data record has not been altered since the hash was generated

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That a user has the proper access privileges

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That a patient's identity has been verified with a government ID

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That a document has been co-signed by an attending physician

Question 7

Which of the following BEST describes the role of clinical documentation improvement (CDI) in data quality?

Accepted Answer

CDI specialists work with physicians to ensure documentation accurately and completely reflects the patient's clinical status

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CDI specialists assign final ICD codes to inpatient records

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CDI programs focus on reducing the length of patient progress notes

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CDI auditors review records only after final billing has been submitted