RHIT Practice Test Questions with
Correct Answers
A member of the hospital's documentation improvement team consistently interrupts
others during team meetings. This practice hinders the efficiency of the team. Which of
the following would be the best action to take to remedy this situation? - Answer-
Develop team ground rules for team communication
Which of the following is a technique used to generate a large number of creative ideas
from a group? - Answer-Brainstorming
The risk manger's principal tool for capturing the facts about potentially compensable
events is the: - Answer-Occurrence report
Which of the following statements does not apply to systems thinking? - Answer-
Variations in the way a system works are always caused by factors outside the system.
The medical staff is the aggregate of physicians who have been granted permission to
provide clinical services in the hospital. What is this permission called? - Answer-
Clinical privileges
The national patient safety goals score organizations on areas that: - Answer-
Commonly lead to patient injury
An audit of the document imaging process reveals that the HIM department staff is
scanning 250 pages per hour and indexing 114 pages per hour. If the department is
meeting its productivity standard for scanning, but is only meeting 60 percent of the
indexing standard, how many more pages per hour must be indexed to meet the
indexing standard? - Answer-76 pages
The HIM director has put together a group of department employees to develop coding
benchmarks for the number and types of charts to be coded per work hours. The group
includes seven employees from the analysis, transcription, release of information, and
coding sections. No managers are included on the team because the HIM director
wants a bottom-up approach to benchmark development. What fundamental team
leadership mistake is the HIM director making with composition of the team? - Answer-
Insufficient knowledge of team members
The quality improvement organization (QIOs) use peer review, data analysis, and other
tools to : - Answer-Identify areas that need improvement
, Which of the following is an example of an advance directive? - Answer-Living will
Community Hospital is terminating its business associate relationship with a medical
transcription company. The transcription company has no further need for any
identifiable information that it may have obtained in the course of its business with the
hospital. The CFO of the hospital believes that to be HIPAA compliant all that is
necessary is for the termination to be in a formal letter signed by the CEO. In this case,
how should the director of HIM advise the CFO? - Answer-Confirm that a formal letter of
termination is required and that the transcription company must provide the hospital with
a certification that all PHI that it had in its possession has been destroyed or returned
The Medical Record Committee is reviewing the privacy policies for a large outpatient
clinic. One of the members of the committee remarks that he feels that the clinic's
practice of calling out a patient's full name in the waiting room is not in compliance with
HIPAA regulations and that only the patient's first name should be used. Other
committee members disagree with this assessment. What should the HIM director
advise the committee? - Answer-There is no violation of HIPAA in announcing a
patient's name, but the committee may want to consider implementing practices that
might reduce this practice.
The admissions director maintains that a notice of privacy practices must be provided to
the patient on each admission. How should the HIM director respond? - Answer-Notice
of privacy practices is required on the first provision of service.
A hospital receives a valid request from a patient for copies of her health records. The
HIM clerk who is preparing the records removes copies of the patient's records from
another hospital where the patient was previously treated. According to HIPAA
regulations was this action correct? - Answer-No; the records from the previous hospital
are considered to be included in the designated record set and should be given to the
patient.
A patient requests copies of her medical records in an electronic format. The hospital
does not maintain all of the designated records in an electronic format. How should the
hospital respond? - Answer-Provide the records in paper format only
A patient requests a copy of his health records. When the request is received, the HIM
clerk finds that the records are stored off-site. Which of the following actions must the
hospital take to be in compliance with HIPAA regulations? - Answer-Provide copies of
the records within 60 days
Which of the following definitions best describes the concept of confidentiality? -
Answer-The expectation that personal information shared by an individual with a
healthcare provider during the course of care will be used only for its intended purpose
Correct Answers
A member of the hospital's documentation improvement team consistently interrupts
others during team meetings. This practice hinders the efficiency of the team. Which of
the following would be the best action to take to remedy this situation? - Answer-
Develop team ground rules for team communication
Which of the following is a technique used to generate a large number of creative ideas
from a group? - Answer-Brainstorming
The risk manger's principal tool for capturing the facts about potentially compensable
events is the: - Answer-Occurrence report
Which of the following statements does not apply to systems thinking? - Answer-
Variations in the way a system works are always caused by factors outside the system.
The medical staff is the aggregate of physicians who have been granted permission to
provide clinical services in the hospital. What is this permission called? - Answer-
Clinical privileges
The national patient safety goals score organizations on areas that: - Answer-
Commonly lead to patient injury
An audit of the document imaging process reveals that the HIM department staff is
scanning 250 pages per hour and indexing 114 pages per hour. If the department is
meeting its productivity standard for scanning, but is only meeting 60 percent of the
indexing standard, how many more pages per hour must be indexed to meet the
indexing standard? - Answer-76 pages
The HIM director has put together a group of department employees to develop coding
benchmarks for the number and types of charts to be coded per work hours. The group
includes seven employees from the analysis, transcription, release of information, and
coding sections. No managers are included on the team because the HIM director
wants a bottom-up approach to benchmark development. What fundamental team
leadership mistake is the HIM director making with composition of the team? - Answer-
Insufficient knowledge of team members
The quality improvement organization (QIOs) use peer review, data analysis, and other
tools to : - Answer-Identify areas that need improvement
, Which of the following is an example of an advance directive? - Answer-Living will
Community Hospital is terminating its business associate relationship with a medical
transcription company. The transcription company has no further need for any
identifiable information that it may have obtained in the course of its business with the
hospital. The CFO of the hospital believes that to be HIPAA compliant all that is
necessary is for the termination to be in a formal letter signed by the CEO. In this case,
how should the director of HIM advise the CFO? - Answer-Confirm that a formal letter of
termination is required and that the transcription company must provide the hospital with
a certification that all PHI that it had in its possession has been destroyed or returned
The Medical Record Committee is reviewing the privacy policies for a large outpatient
clinic. One of the members of the committee remarks that he feels that the clinic's
practice of calling out a patient's full name in the waiting room is not in compliance with
HIPAA regulations and that only the patient's first name should be used. Other
committee members disagree with this assessment. What should the HIM director
advise the committee? - Answer-There is no violation of HIPAA in announcing a
patient's name, but the committee may want to consider implementing practices that
might reduce this practice.
The admissions director maintains that a notice of privacy practices must be provided to
the patient on each admission. How should the HIM director respond? - Answer-Notice
of privacy practices is required on the first provision of service.
A hospital receives a valid request from a patient for copies of her health records. The
HIM clerk who is preparing the records removes copies of the patient's records from
another hospital where the patient was previously treated. According to HIPAA
regulations was this action correct? - Answer-No; the records from the previous hospital
are considered to be included in the designated record set and should be given to the
patient.
A patient requests copies of her medical records in an electronic format. The hospital
does not maintain all of the designated records in an electronic format. How should the
hospital respond? - Answer-Provide the records in paper format only
A patient requests a copy of his health records. When the request is received, the HIM
clerk finds that the records are stored off-site. Which of the following actions must the
hospital take to be in compliance with HIPAA regulations? - Answer-Provide copies of
the records within 60 days
Which of the following definitions best describes the concept of confidentiality? -
Answer-The expectation that personal information shared by an individual with a
healthcare provider during the course of care will be used only for its intended purpose
