Which committee acts on the reports and recommendations of the medical staff
committees? - Answer executive committee
Which of the following coding systems does the United States use for the collection of
data about diseases and injuries and for classifying diagnoses and procedures? -
Answer ICD-9-CM
Professionally-based standards to assess the compliance of health care organizations
since 1951 has been developed by the - Answer JCAHO.
Which joint state and federal program(s) help pay medical costs for people with low
incomes and limited resources? - Answer Medicaid
Dr. Jones has seen Tom Smith's eye and has decided that Tom has a questionable area
on the cornea. Dr. Jones wants to send Tom to an eye specialist in the specialty of -
Answer ophthalmology.
Pam Paper reviews inpatient admissions to evaluate patients who may require
posthospital services at discharge. She is employed by the - Answer case management
department.
Which credentials does AHIMA offer? - Answer RHIT, RHIA
A health care professional responsible for overseeing the creation, implementation,
maintenance of, and compliance with the organization's policies that address the
protection of patient health information is known as a - Answer privacy officer.
Suzy Staff's responsibilities include coordinating patient care to ensure that patients are
, discharged or transferred in a timely manner. Her title is: - Answer utilization manager.
The CPC, CPC-H, CPC-A and CPC-H-A certifications are sponsored by: - Answer AAPC
Critical access hospitals (CAHs) are located at a distance of ____ miles from any hospital
or another CAH. - Answer 35
An inpatient record is usually ____ in length. -Answer 60 and 100 pages
Between 1996 and 2006, the number of ambulatory care visits within the US has:
-Answer increased.
A form of authentication by a person in addition to the signature by the original author is
known as a(n) -Answer countersignature.
Initials of care providers are commonly used to validate entries on flow sheets and
medication records.
When an admission clerk processes a hospital inpatient, she/he must obtain the reason
for the admission; this is called the: - Answer provisional diagnosis.
What filing order saves time in processing discharged records? - Answer universal
chart order
Sunny Valley Hospital uses the SOAP format when documenting information in the
patient record. Observations made about the patient would be documented in the ____
portion of the progress note. - ANS objective
Which of the following record formats links all documentation to a specific problem? -
ANS problem-oriented
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