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RHIT EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
RHIT EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
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An authorization must be obtained for uses and disclosures for treatment, payment, and operations.
Under the Privacy Rule, healthcare providers are not required to obtain patient consent to use or
disclose personal identifiable information for trea...
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RHIT EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
An authorization must be obtained for uses and disclosures for treatment, payment, and operations.
Under the Privacy Rule, healthcare providers are not required to obtain patient consent to use or
disclose personal identifiable information for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations -
ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following statements is false with regard to the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
Cause and effect diagram
A cause and effect diagram is an investigational technique that facilitates the identification of the various
factors that contribute to a problem - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following is an investigational technique
that facilitates the identification of the various factors that contribute to a problem?
99212, Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient,
which requires at least two of these three key components: problem focused history and examination,
straightforward medical decision. - ANSWER✔✔-Date of service: 1/3/2017. Last date of treatment:
2/12/2016. The patient is seen in the physician's office for a cough and sore throat. The physician
performs a problem-focused history, expanded problem-focused examination, and medical decision
making is straightforward. What is the correct E/M code for this service?
D23.11 - ANSWER✔✔-When coding a hydrocystoma of the right eyelid, which of the following codes
should be used?
State retention requirements.
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Health record retention policies depend on a number of factors. They must comply with state and
federal statutes and regulations. Retention regulations vary by state and possibly by organization type.
Health records should be retained for at least the period specified by the state's statute of limitations for
malpractice, and other claims must be taken into consideration when determining the length of time to
retain records as evidence - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following should be considered first when
establishing health record retention policies?
Performance measurement in healthcare provides an indication of an organization's performance in
relation to a specified process or outcome. Healthcare performance improvement philosophies most
often focus on measuring performance in the areas of systems, processes, and outcomes. Outcomes
should be scrutinized whether they are positive and appropriate or negative and diminishing -
ANSWER✔✔-The hospital's Performance Improvement Council has compiled the following data on the
volume of procedures performed. Given this data, which procedures should the council scrutinize in
evaluating performance?
Policies and procedures to control which version(s) is displayed
The health record may have multiple versions of the same document; for example, a signed and an
unsigned copy of a document. To address the issues that result from having multiple versions of the
same document, policies and procedures addressing version control must be developed - ANSWER✔✔-
Version control of documents in the EHR requires:
Master patient index (MPI)
The MPI is a list or database created or maintained by a healthcare facility to record the name and
identification number of every patient and activity that has ever been admitted or treated in the facility -
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ANSWER✔✔-The link that tracks patient, person, or member activity within healthcare organizations and
across patient care settings is known as:
Identifying the performance measures
Most quality improvement methodologies recognize that the organization must identify and
continuously monitor the important organizational and patient-focused functions that they perform. The
first step in this process is to identify performance measures - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following
should be the first step in any quality improvement process?
Compliance
Compliance is the process of establishing an organizational culture that promotes the prevention,
detection, and resolution of instances of conduct that do not conform to federal, state, or private payer
healthcare program requirements or the healthcare organization's ethical and business policies. In other
words, compliance actively prevents fraud and abuse - ANSWER✔✔-Which of the following is the
process of establishing an organizational culture that promotes the prevention, detection, and resolution
of instances of conduct that do not conform to federal, state, or private payer healthcare program
requirements or the healthcare organization's ethical and business policies?
Behavior
One way hiring managers can improve effectiveness of job interviews includes using job-related
situational or behavioral questions based on job description. An example of a behavioral question would
be to ask a candidate to relate behavior from the past to a job situation (for example, describe a
situation where you had to deal with a subordinate's chronic tardiness, and explain how you handled it) -
ANSWER✔✔-When interviewing candidates for a job, Angela likes to get a feel for how their experiences
will shape their future actions. She likes to ask the question, "Tell me about a time when you had to
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