AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1091:

  Holly is the day supervisor who works from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Kim is the evening supervisor who works from 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Suni is a transcriptionist who works from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM which overlaps the day and evening shifts. Suni asked 1 lolly, the day supervisor, if she could leave early for personal reasons. Holly said she could leave early if Kim, the evening supervisor, agrees. This situation violates which theory of management?

  A. span of control
  B. formal theory of authority
  C. specialization of labor
  D. unity of command
  D. unity of command

• Question 1092:

  Medicare's Conditions of Participation for Hospitals requires that patient health records be retained for at least __________ years unless a longer period is required by state or local laws.

  A. 3
  B. 5
  C. 7
  D. 10
  B. 5

• Question 1093:

  De-identified information can be released

  A. only with patient consent.
  B. only with IRB approval.
  C. without patient consent.
  D. for public health purposes only.
  C. without patient consent.

• Question 1094:

  The average number of transcribed lines per month at Bent Tree Hospital is 142,500. The daily production standard is 950 lines per day. With 20 workdays in the month, calculate the minim number of FTEs needed for this volume.

  A. 13
  B. 8
  C. 6
  D. 7.5
  D. 7.5

• Question 1095:

  A disease of the ear that causes vertigo is

  A. labyrinthitis..
  B. mastoiditis.
  C. Meniere's disease.
  D. A and C
  D. A and C

• Question 1096:

  Patient is admitted for contact laser vaporization of the prostate. The physician performed a TURP and transurethral resection of the bladder neck at the same time.

  A. 52648
  B. 52648; 52450; 52500
  C. 52450; 53500
  D. 52648; 52450
  A. 52648

• Question 1097:

  The MS-DRG (Medicare Severity--Diagnosis-Related Group) system was designed to pay

  A. multiple groups of reimbursement based on each diagnosis.
  B. only one amount (group) of reimbursement per hospitalization.
  C. multiple group of reimbursement based on the per diem rates.
  D. multiple groups of reimbursement based on the principal diagnosis and the most substantial comorbidity
  B. only one amount (group) of reimbursement per hospitalization.

• Question 1098:

  Your administrator is concerned about the snuff study (see previous question #88). The administrator would like to consider using a case control study model rather than the prospective one you are planning. One of the biggest reasons the administrator is promoting the case control model is because case control is

  A. more likely to be free of design errors than a prospective study.
  B. the best way to analytically test the hypothesis of cause and effect.
  C. more likely to decrease recall bias errors than prospective studies.
  D. less expensive than prospective studies because it uses existing records.
  D. less expensive than prospective studies because it uses existing records.

• Question 1099:

  You are developing a list of functions needed by users of a release of information system. You also evaluating the current system to see what opportunities there are to improve the system. Which stage of the system developmental life cycle stages are you in?

  A. analysis
  B. implementation
  C. design
  D. obsolescence
  A. analysis

• Question 1100:

  Jessica is the leader of a project team working on the definition of the women's health service line. Several departments are so enthusiastic about the progress that they ask for additions to the project. This is not uncommon, and is known as

  A. add-ons.
  B. scope creep.
  C. effort expansion
  D. deliverable increase.
  B. scope creep.