HIM 101 FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
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Medical staff coordinators usually report directly to the
health care facility's administrator. They are responsible
for managing the medical staff office and complying with
medical staff bylaws, which means they manage Correct
Answer the physician credentialing and recredentialing
process.
Quality managers coordinate a health care facility's quality
improvement program to Correct Answer improve patient
outcomes.
Privacy Officers oversee the development of,
implementation of, maintenance of, and adherence to an
organization's policies and procedures covering the
privacy of and access to protected health information
(PHI) in compliance with Correct Answer federal and state
laws.
Cancer registrars collect cancer data from a variety of
sources and report cancer statistics to government health
care agencies. The primary responsibility of cancer
registrars is to Correct Answer ensure the timely,
accurate, and complete collection and maintenance of
cancer data
,ne of the health information technician's core ethical
obligations is to Correct Answer ensure patient information
is maintained in a confidential manner.
The HIM profession was created to: Correct Answer
ensure accurate and complete health data
Coding specialists ensure that all diagnoses, services, and
procedures documented in patient records are coded
accurately Correct Answer to ensure proper
reimbursement, and for research and statistical purposes.
Health information managers organize, analyze, and
maintain patient data to Correct Answer ensure the
delivery of quality health care.
Registered Health Information Technicians (RHITs) must
complete a minimum of ____ continuing education hours
every two years. Correct Answer 20
AHIMA had its first beginning as an organization in 1928.
Correct Answer True
The need for qualified health information management
professionals can be justified by the fact that up to 40
percent of a hospital's operation cost is devoted to
handling patient information. Correct Answer True
How does the serial-unit system differ from the serial
system? Correct Answer Serial-unit records on the same
, patient are filed in one location in the health information
department files, while serial records on the same patient
are filed in multiple locations.
Terminal-digit filing is also called reverse numerical filing
because Correct Answer the last two numbers of the
patient number are considered primary.
In which numbering system does a pateint admitted to a
health care facility on three different occasions receive
three different health record numbers? Correct Answer
Serial
Six patients were admitted to the hospital between 9:00
and 10:00 a.m. on January 1. The following patient
numbers were entered, one after another, in the admission
register: 9010, 2053, 9011, 9012, 3155, 0381. Which
numbering system does the hospital use? Correct Answer
unit
Which of the following is a drawback of alphabetic filing?
Correct Answer No reliance on an authority file, i.e. MPI
Which name would be filed first in an alphabetical filling
system?
Olson
Olson, Peter
Olson, John
Olsen, Mary Correct Answer Olsen, Mary
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