AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1011:

  Case Study #2

  You are the director of the Health Information Management Department for Bayshore Hospital. A former patient of the hospital, Barbara Masters, is suing the hospital for negligent care of an infected decubitus ulcer. You are asked by

  Barbara's attorney to provide sworn verbal testimony and/or written answers to questions.

  Referring to Case Study #2, you are involved in what phase of the lawsuit?

  A. pretrial conference
  B. trial
  C. discovery
  D. appeal
  C. discovery

• Question 1012:

  Acute respiratory failure due to congestive heart failure. Patient is placed on the ventilator for 3 days following insertion of endotracheal tube.

  A. 518.81, 428.0, 96.71, 96.04
  B. 518.81, 428.0, 96.72, 96.04
  C. 428.0, 518.81, 96.71, 96.04
  D. 428.0, 518.83, 96.72, 96.04
  A. 518.81, 428.0, 96.71, 96.04

• Question 1013:

  Patient with Bell's palsy requiring a total facial nerve decompression

  A. 64742
  B. 64771
  C. 69955
  D. 64864
  C. 69955

• Question 1014:

  You have been assigned to code the cases listed below. Which one will you appropriately assign to Category 402, Hypertensive Heart Disease?

  

  A. Mallory
  B. Emma
  C. Taylor
  D. Trevor
  C. Taylor

• Question 1015:

  Margaret has signed an authorization to release information regarding her ER visit for a fractured finger to her attorney. Specifically, she says to release the ER history and physical, x-rays, and any procedure notes for finger fracture. Which of the following violates her privacy?

  A. release of face sheet used in ER as a history
  B. x-ray of chest
  C. x-ray of finger
  D. documentation of suturing of finger
  B. x-ray of chest

• Question 1016:

  You have made a list of the advantages and disadvantages of a measure of central tendency: The measure of central tendency you are describing is the

  

  A. mean.
  B. median.
  C. range.
  D. mode.
  D. mode.

• Question 1017:

  A hospital reported the following statistics during a nonleap year. Calculate the percentage of occupancy for the entire year.

  

  A. 85.2%
  B. 88%
  C. 90.0%
  D. 91.2%
  B. 88%

• Question 1018:

  Your job description states that as Assistant Director of the Health Information Management Department, you will supervise day-to-day operations for the record processing, transcription, and release of information areas. What principle of management is described?

  A. specialization
  B. centralized authority
  C. span of control
  D. delegation
  C. span of control

• Question 1019:

  In retrieval of optical image files, cache memory

  A. decreases access time for all users on the system.
  B. increases exchange time on the jukebox.
  C. is resident on the jukebox.
  D. is a way of defragmenting a WORM platter.
  A. decreases access time for all users on the system.

• Question 1020:

  Gina is the HIPAA Privacy and Security Officer and primary trainer for a regional health system. In determining how a person in a position in a department uses health information, she must 1 certainly review the A. past performance evaluations of persons in the position.

  B. position or job description.
  C. facility policy on protecting health information.
  D. facility policy and procedure on documenting training.
  B. position or job description.