RHIT Mock Exam Part 5
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Fred is recovering nicely, so he asks Dr. Jones if he can go home for the weekend. Dr.
Jones approves a two-night leave of absence (LOA). Chances are Fred is a patient in
a long-term care facility; his LOA will decrease the month's total inpatient service days
Community Hospital reported an average LOS in December of 3.7 days with a standard
deviation of 23. This information indicates that
there was a large variation in the LOS at Community Hospital.
Four HIT students are working on a LOS project at their clinical site. To describe the
variability of the data, Smithson suggests using range because it is the most exact.
Donaldson wants to use the mean because it is easy to calculate. Franklin recommends
variance because it is the most popular measure of variability. Howell proposes the use
of standard deviation because it is the most preferred and has better interpretive uses.
Who made the best suggestion?
Howell
Sun City reported 12 cases of chronic heart disease in a population of 8,000 in 2008. In
2011, Sun City reported there were still 12 cases of chronic heart disease, but its
population had decreased to 6,000. This represents an increase in the
prevalence of chronic heart disease in Sun City
Community Hospital Administration decided to change the number of adult and children
beds from 300 to 375 effective July 1. The total number of inpatient service days for
adults and children for the year was 111,963. What was the percentage of occupancy
rate for adults and children for the entire year?
90.8%
When checking the census data at South Beach Women's Center, you see that just
yesterday, there were four sets of triplets, five sets of twins, and eight single births.
Yesterday, South Beach Women's Center had
17 deliveries.
In preparing the retention schedule for health records, the most concrete guidance in
determining when records may be destroyed will be
the statute of limitations in your state
The Credentialing Committee reviewed Dr. Hernandez's application for renewal of his
medical staff privileges. They noted that Dr. Hernandez had a high incidence of
nosocomial infections after hip replacement surgery. The committee recommended
renewal of Dr. Hernandez's general medical staff privileges but suspended his
permission to perform hip replacement surgery until he completed an AMA-approved
course on infection control and successfully demonstrated improved technique to the
department chair.
The Credentialing Committee discovered the problems with Dr. Hernandez's hip
replacements by
reviewing Dr. Hernandez's physician profile.
You are starting your new job as the sole HIM professional at a small psychiatric
practice. The practice uses DSM for billing purposes. You find this "theoretically"
reasonable because DSM
codes are also valid ICD-10-CM codes
As the Information Security Officer at your facility, you have been asked to provide
examples of the physical safeguards used to manage data security measures
throughout the organization. Which of the following would you provide?
workstation use and location
The MS-DRG weight in a particular case is 2.0671 and the hospital's payment rate is
$3,027. How much would the hospital receive as reimbursement in this case?
$6,257.11
A patient's husband slipped and fell in your HIM reception area and now he is suing the
facility. You have to prepare detailed written answers to a long list of questions and send
them to your hospital attorney. You will spend the afternoon working on
interrogatories
Use the information on errors in indexing of scanned material that you have collected
and presented in the table below to answer this question.
If you want to begin with the type of material that has the highest error rate, you will start
by working on problems with
consultation reports
Use the information on errors in indexing of scanned material that you have collected
and presented in the table below to answer this question.
Referring again to the data collected on scanning errors, if you want to work on the type
of material with the highest volume, you will work on problems with
lab slips
You are providing an educational session to new hires at your hospital. You tell the new
employees that hospital records may be used as evidence in court even though hearsay
laws bar the use of most evidence that does not represent personal knowledge of the
witness. That is because the hospital record
was kept in the regular course of business
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