AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1:

  Dale is admitted with emphysematous nodules. He undergoes, without complication, a wedge resection of the right upper lobe. Dale developed atelectasis post-operatively that required monitoring with portable chest x-rays and extended his length of stay.

  

  A. 518.89, 997.3, 32.3
  B. 997.3, 518.0, 518.89, 32.29
  C. 492.8, 997.3, 518.0, 32.29
  D. 518.89, 518.0, 32.29
  C. 492.8, 997.3, 518.0, 32.29

• Question 2:

  Cesarean delivery with antepartum and postpartum care

  A. 59610
  B. 59514
  C. 59400
  D. 59510
  D. 59510

• Question 3:

  A record documentation requirement shared by BOTH acute care and emergency departments

  A. condition on discharge.
  B. time and means of arrival.
  C. known advance directive.
  D. problem list.
  A. condition on discharge.

• Question 4:

  Medical record information may be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act requirements if the request for information meets the test of being an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Which of the following is NOT one of the conditions of the test?

  A. The information must be contained in a personal, medical, or similar file.
  B. The information is generated from federally funded research conducted by a private health care organization.
  C. Disclosure of the information constitutes an invasion of personal privacy.
  D. The severity of the invasion must outweigh the public's interest in disclosure.
  B. The information is generated from federally funded research conducted by a private health care organization.

• Question 5:

  The steps in developing a record retention program include all but which one of the following?

  A. determining the format and location of storage
  B. notifying the courts of the destruction
  C. assigning each record a retention period
  D. destroying records that are no longer needed
  B. notifying the courts of the destruction

• Question 6:

  A bee stung little Bobby. He experiences itching, erythema, and respiratory distress caused by laryngeal edema and vascular collapse. In the emergency department, Bobby is diagnosed with

  A. allergic rhinitis.
  B. allergic sinusitis.
  C. anaphylactic shock.
  D. asthma.
  C. anaphylactic shock.

• Question 7:

  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's because the hospital record

  A. is written rather than spoken.
  B. was kept in the regular course of business.
  C. has not been tampered with in any way.
  D. is accurate and complete.
  B. was kept in the regular course of business.

• Question 8:

  There are times when documentation is incomplete or insufficient to support the diagnoses found in the chart. The most common way of communicating with the physician for answers is by

  A. emailing physicians.
  B. using physician query forms.
  C. calling the physician's office.
  D. leaving notes in the chart.
  B. using physician query forms.

• Question 9:

  Most health care facilities use this type of screening criteria for utilization review purposes to determine the need for inpatient services and justification for continued stay.

  A. severity of illness/intensity of service criteria (SI/IS)
  B. critical pathways
  C. Joint Commission defined and developed criteria
  D. HEDIS measures
  A. severity of illness/intensity of service criteria (SI/IS)

• Question 10:

  Excision of thyroid adenoma

  

  A. 60210
  B. 60200
  C. 60280
  D. 60100
  B. 60200