AHIMA AHIMA Certifications RHIA Questions & Answers

• Question 1061:

  A surgeon requests the name of a patient he admitted on January 4, 2009. Which of the following would be used to retrieve this information?

  A. master patient index

  B. number index

  C. admission register

  D. operation index

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1062:

  The HIM Department receives a request for a certified copy of a birth certificate on a patient born in the hospital 30 years ago. The Department should

  A. issue a copy of the birth certificate from the patient's record.

  B. direct the request to the state's office of vital records.

  C. direct the request to the attending physician.

  D. issue a copy of the newborn's record.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1063:

  If the file clerks are having trouble locating the terminal digit sections quickly, the filing supervisor could add more

  A. outguides.

  B. file guides.

  C. requisitions.

  D. file maintenance staff.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1064:

  Technologies that can make data capture easier include all but which one of the following?

  A. digital dictation

  B. direct data capture from a medical device attached to the HIM employee

  C. handheld wireless devices

  D. speech recognition

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1065:

  The main advantage of phonetic filing is

  A. typographical errors are eliminated.

  B. spelling accuracy is encouraged.

  C. emphasis is placed on a foreign language.

  D. names that sound alike are filed together.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1066:

  Which of the following is a DISADVANTAGE of terminal digit filing as compared to straight numeric filing?

  A. File personnel are crowded in the highest numbers.

  B. Inactive records are pulled from one common area.

  C. The training period is slightly longer.

  D. Files expand at the end of the number series, requiring backshifting.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1067:

  When a health care facility makes a decision to destroy computerized data, AHIMA recommends all but which one of the following as methods of destruction?

  A. overwriting data with a series of characters

  B. reformatting the disk

  C. deleting the file on the disk

  D. overwriting the backup tapes

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1068:

  Which of the following statements would be found in the laboratory report section of the health record?

  A. BUN reported as 20 mg

  B. Morphine sulfate gr. ?q.4h. for pain

  C. IV sodium Pentothal 1% started at 9:05 AM

  D. TPR recorded q.h. for 12 hr.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1069:

  Unless state or federal laws require longer time periods, AHIMA recommends that patient health information for minors be retained for at least how long?

  A. age of majority plus statute of limitation

  B. 10 years after the most recent encounter

  C. 120 years after the age of majority

  D. permanently

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1070:

  Which one of the following master patient index core data elements is OPTIONAL, NOT RECOMMENDED by AHIMA?

  A. internal patient identification

  B. discharge date

  C. martial status

  D. ethnicity

  Correct Answer: C