Networking and Health Information Exchange: Basic Health Data Standards

Self-assessment

1. Which of the following is not a component of semantic interoperability?

a. Context understood
b. Meaning precise
c. Secure
d. Reusable

2. Codes assigned to data elements should include some meaning about the term. For
example, m = male.

a. True
b. False

3. The U.S. has identified a single controlled vocabulary for use in health care.

a. True
b. False

4. By using all the major controlled vocabularies we can achieve semantic

interoperability.

a. True
b. False

5. The U.S. currently uses ICD 10.

a. True
b. False

6. ICD is sponsored by ISO.

a. True
b. False

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Version 3.0/Spring 2012 Basic Health Data Standards
Lectures a,b,c,d,e,and f

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7. The advantage of a polyhierarchy is that a data element can be linked to multiple
higher level concepts.

a. True
b. False

8. CPT is owned and developed by _______.

a. HL7
b. NLM
c. AMA
d. IHTSDO

9. DRG is based on common diseases.

a. True
b. False

10. NDC codes are used to report ___________.

a. Diagnoses
b. Drugs
c. Lab tests
d. None of the above

11. LOINC is widely used in the US for the names of laboratory tests.

a. True
b. False

12. Daily Med is derived from Structured Product Labeling.

a. True
b. False

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Version 3.0/Spring 2012 Basic Health Data Standards
Lectures a,b,c,d,e,and f

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13. SNOMED CT is developed and owned by __________.

a. CAP
b. NLM
c. IHTSDO
d. AMA

14. Use of SNOMED CT is available for free in the US.

a. True
b. False

15. Post-coordinated terms are defined as an explicit part of a controlled vocabulary.

a. True
b. False

16. Nursing terminologies support all of these concepts except ___________.

a. Diagnoses
b. Interventions
c. Outcomes
d. Length of stay

17. MeSH is used to index medical literature by NLM.

a. True
b. False

18. UMLS is a product of _________.

a. ANSI
b. FDA
c. NLM
d. WHO

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Version 3.0/Spring 2012 Basic Health Data Standards
Lectures a,b,c,d,e,and f

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19. A licensing fee is not required to use which of the following controlled terminologies.

a. ICD
b. CPT
c. MedDRA
d. LOINC

20. What terminology is likely to be used for drug data elements?

a. IDC
b. CPT
c. DRG
d. RxNorm

21. Mothers maiden name would not be classified as a data element.

a. True
b. False

22. Which is not an attribute of a data element?

a. Synonym
b. Cost
c. Units
d. Data type

23. Which of the following is not a data type?

a. Numeric
b. Character
c. Synonym
d. Date-time

24. ISO 11179 is a standard for imaging.

a. True
b. False

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Version 3.0/Spring 2012 Basic Health Data Standards
Lectures a,b,c,d,e,and f

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25. The following has a metadictionary (caDSR) that is based on ISO 11179:

a. NCI
b. NLM
c. CDISC
d. None of the above

26. CDISC creates data elements for billing clinical charges.

a. True
b. False

27. Which of the below is an example of a compound data element?

a. Heart murmur
b. Blood pressure
c. Person name
d. All of the above

28. A complex data element might contain ____________.

a. A logic statement
b. A calculation
c. A comparison of the value of two data elements
d. All of the above

29. A CMET is a clinical measurement using electronic technology.

a. True
b. False

30. A template is similar in function to a paper form.

a. True
b. False

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Version 3.0/Spring 2012 Basic Health Data Standards
Lectures a,b,c,d,e,and f

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31. CDAs are encoded with ___________.

a. UML
b. HTTP
c. XML
d. Symbolic delimiters

32. The main parts of a CDA are a header and the body.

a. True
b. False

33. All data in a CDA must be structured and coded.

a. True
b. False

34. CCR is a product of __________.

a. HL7
b. ASTM
c. ANSI
d. ONC

35. The CCR may be used for the following __________.

a. Discharge summary
b. Claims attachment
c. Patient summary record
d. None of the above

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Version 3.0/Spring 2012 Basic Health Data Standards
Lectures a,b,c,d,e,and f

This material Comp9_Unit4 was developed by Duke University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000024.