Healthcare Accreditation Quiz

The best resource for checking out specific voluntary accreditation standards and guidelines for a rehabilitation facility is the:

• Joint Commission on Rehabilitation Standards Handbook

• National Rehabilitation Accreditation Guidelines

• American Rehabilitation Facilities Accreditation Guide

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) Manual

Answer explanation

The best resource for checking out specific voluntary accreditation standards and guidelines for a rehabilitation facility is the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) Manual.

A cancer program is surveyed for approval by the:

• American Cancer Society

• Oncology Standards Board

• National Cancer Institute

• Cancer Treatment Accreditation Council

You have been asked to identify every reportable case of cancer from the previous year. A key resource will be the facility’s:

• Disease index

• Patient registry

• Treatment log

• Medical records archive

As the director of a Health Information Technology Program, you are reviewing the workforce development forecast for electronic health record specialists as outlined by ARRA and HITECH. To keep abreast of changes in this program, you will need to regularly access the website of which governmental agency:

• Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

You have been asked to report the registry’s annual caseload to administration. The most efficient way to retrieve this information would be to use:

• Case Logbook

• Annual summary report

• Accession register

• Patient admission records

What follow-up rate does the American College of Surgeons mandate for all cancer cases to meet approval requirements as a cancer program?

• 85%

• 90%

• 95%

• 80%

The name of the root operation in ICD-10-PCS that describes “cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part” is:

• Excision

• Resection

• Amputation

• Extraction

A system of preferred terminology for naming disease processes is known as a:

• Classification

• Nomenclature

• Taxonomy

• Ontology

Parker has type 1 diabetes with hypertension that is currently controlled with medication. Parker was admitted through the ED for an emergency appendectomy. Following surgery, the patient developed an infection at the wound site that was treated with antibiotics. When making decisions about sequencing the codes for this case, the coder should rely on definitions found in the:

• UHDDS

• ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting

• AMA Manual of Style

• CMS Coding Policies

The Level II (national) codes also known as HCPCS is maintained by:

• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

• National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS)

• Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)