HIT 101 - Lesson 7, Ch. 8 Quiz

1. The future role of the HIM professional is expected to change due to ___________.

Advances in technology

Implementation of new clinical coding system

Evolution of the EHR

All of the above

2. In which department/unit does the health record typically begin?

HIM department

Patient registration/Admitting

Nursing unit

Billing department

3. Removing health records from the storage area to allow space for more current records is called ___.

Purging records.

Assembling records.

Logging records.

Cycling records.

4. Which of the typical HIM functions assist in monitoring and compliance of the health care facility with the Joint Commission standards?

Release of information

Record processing

Transcription

All of the above

5. Which of the following is the key to the identification and location of a patient’s health record?

Disease index

Outguide

Deficiency slip

MPI

6. A health record with deficiencies that is not complete within the timeframe specified in the medical staff rules and regulations is called a/an _________.

Suspended record.

Delinquent record.

Pending record.

Illegal record.

7. Which of the following is not usually a part of quantitative analysis review?

Checking that all forms contain the patient’s name and health record number

Checking that all forms and reports are present

Checking that every word in the record is spelled correctly

Checking that reports requiring authentication have signatures

8. Which system records the location of health records removed from the filing system and documents the return of the health records?

Chart deficiency system

Chart tracking system

Abstracting system

None of the above

9. “Loose” reports are health record forms that ___.

Are maintained separately from the health record.

Are not part of the legal health record.

Are received by the HIM department and added to the health record after it has been processed.

Are misfiled.

10. In which numbering system does a patient admitted to a healthcare facility on three different occasions receive three different health record numbers?

Unit

Serial

Terminal-digit

Alphabetic

11. When a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission is considered to be in compliance with Medicare’s Conditions of Participation, this is called ___________.

Adjuvant accreditation

Deemed status

Conditional accreditation

Dual accreditation

12. In which of the following systems are all encounters or patient visits kept in one folder?

Serial numbering system

Unit numbering system

Straight numerical filing system

Middle-digit filing system

13. Which of the following is a disadvantage of alphabetic filing?

Easy to train new personnel to file

Uneven expansion of file shelves or cabinets

Ease of creation

No reliance on an index or authority file

14. Which of the following is not true of good forms design for paper forms?

Every form should have a unique identification number.

Every form should have a clear, concise title.

Bright colors should be used to identify forms.

15. A quantitative review of the health record for missing reports and signatures that occurs when the patient is in the hospital is referred to as a _____

Prospective review

Retrospective review

Concurrent review

Peer review

16. What would be the linear filing inch capacity for a shelving unit with 6 shelves, each measuring 36 inches?

42 inches

3600 inches

252 inches

216 inches

17. Specific performance expectations and/or structures and processes that provide detailed information for each Joint Commission standard are called__________.

Elements of performance.

Fact sheets.

Ad hoc reports

Registers.