Using the data in the table, determine which employee has the highest average number of records coded per hour. Coder  Number of Hours Worked  Number of ER Records coded A            16              320 B            24              352 C            40              411

Which of the following is a FALSE statement regarding retention of health records?

When coding lacerations using CPT, if a patient has two lacerations of the leg that are repaired with simple closures, which of the following would apply to code the record correctly?

The patient is admitted to the hospital as an inpatient.  The chief complaint is fever.  After study, the physician is unable to establish the etiology.  He records the final diagnosis as “Fever, rule out viral meningitis”.  What action should a coder take?

Seashore Hospital, a 372 bed facility,  had a total of 4,320 service days,  3,380 discharge days, and 910 discharges for the month of July. What was the percentage of occupancy for July?

A  project management tool in which a critical path  is used to represent the longest amount of time required to complete the total project is called a:

In a relational database used at Sandy Clinic, the health record number is the unique identifier for each record.  The health record number is the:

Which of the following is not a reason to query a physician?

As part of her cancer registrar job responsibilities, Julie is reviewing the health record documentation of patients with reportable cancer diagnoses and entering the data required into the registry database.  This process is referred to as:

A physician performs a colectomy on an inpatient.  The physician is reimbursed for his services based on which of the following reimbursement systems?