CPSI REGISTRATION EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
How do you know if a a number on a profile is a SSN or a profile number? - Answer-
SSN starts with a 0 followed by 8 digits, profile number starts with a 1.
What are the marital status codes? - Answer-M=married, D=divorced, s=single,
W=widowed, X=separated, P=life partner
What are the possibilities for the first character of a financial class? - Answer-B=blue
cross, M=medicare, X=medicaid, W=workman's comp, S=tricare/champus,
C=commercial, P=private pay, and any other character is considered commercial.
What are the possibilities for the second and third characters of a financial class? -
Answer-B=outpatient, S=swing, P=physician/1500, H=home health, EC=extended care,
BR=recurring
What does M stand for? - Answer-medicare inpatient
What does XH stand for? - Answer-medicaid home health
What does DB2 stand for? - Answer-commercial outpatient
What does MC stand for? - Answer-medicare outpatient
What does ESC stand for on the insurance/claim screen? - Answer-employment status
code
What is the patient portal authorized rep? - Answer-A person who can be given access
to the online patient portal to view medical information about a patient.
How will you know if there are notes on a profile? - Answer-It will be notated in red at
the top of the profile screen.
What does the visit history show? - Answer-All visits including old visits that have been
purged from the account.
What are the stay types and which ones can change for each site? - Answer-1=inpatient
(stays the same for all sites), 2=outpatient (stays the same for all sites), 3=ER patient
(stays the same for most sites), 4=SNF patients (changes from site to site), and 5=clinic
patients (changes from site to site)
What does SNF stand for? - Answer-skilled nursing facility, long term care
Which stay type(s) have subtypes? - Answer-inpatient only
, Why are subtypes important? - Answer-For revenue purposes.
Under the stay tab, what does Room req mean? - Answer-Has the patient requested a
room other than what's been given?
Under the stay tab, what does Pvt neces mean? - Answer-Is a private room necessary
for the patient?
What does ABN stand for? - Answer-advanced beneficiary notice
What does HIE stand for? - Answer-health info exchange, can the patient's info be
shared?
What are the admin codes? - Answer-NB=newborn, NBPRE=newborn premature,
EMER=emergency, URPR=urgent procedure, URER=urgent emergency,
ELPR=elective procedure
How do you admit an ER patient to a holding bed? - Answer-create new visit, stay tab,
ADT functions, select admit and fill out info
How do you admit an O/P? - Answer-create new visit, stay tab, fill out admission info
and discharge right after
What is the cycle code for recurring patients? - Answer-6
What is the cycle code for long term patients? - Answer-5
What is the MSP? - Answer-medicare questionnaire
How do you change an ER patient to an inpatient? - Answer-ADT functions, change
stay type, ADT functions again, transfer (if they were in an ER room) or reverse admit (if
they were not in a room), fill out new info, change stay type, subtype, and service code,
change insurance to reflect inpatient
What extra prompt will you receive when you back out of a visit when registering an
observation patient? - Answer-It will ask you if you want to post the observation
charges.
What stay type do observation patients get admitted as? - Answer-stay type 2/outpatient
Where can you control how auto observation rounds the hour? - Answer-from hospital
base menu, master selection, business office tables, business office table maintenance,
AHIS, P8, mark auto obs field with Y (will round to the nearest hour) or N (will round to
the next hour)