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HCHenry

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An individual may take the CTR exam without ever working or completing a practicum in a cancer registry.
 
 Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

List four job functions that can be filled by a HIM position within a cancer registry.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 12, 2018
Answer to Question 1

False. (Both routes to the CTR exam require some type of experience in a cancer registryeither the equivalent of one year of work experience or completion of a 160-hour practicum, if the HIM graduate chooses to complete an NCRA-Accredited Certificate Program.)

Answer to Question 2

casefinding, abstracting and coding incident reports, follow-up on patients in the cancer database, quality control of cancer records, record linkage, management, supervision, maintenance of software and other databases, software and database design, development of edit sets, technical support for cancer registries, training, auditing, consolidation of duplicate records at the population-based registry, maintaining documentation for the hospital's CoC approval, data analysis, liaison with researchers interested in using cancer registry data, development of cancer registry standards, and geocoding


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HCHenry

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Reply #2 on: Jul 12, 2018
Thank you :)


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