AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1221:

  You are the HIM Director at the hospital in Columbus, Georgia. Your administrator wan partner with a hospital across the river in Phoenix City, Alabama. This partnership would inv the use of telemedicine. What issue should you vocalize?

  A. the needed technology is not available
  B. telemedicine is only useful for rural facilities
  C. physicians are licensed by the state
  D. Joint Commission does not approve of telemedicine
  C. physicians are licensed by the state

• Question 1222:

  The term used to describe a diagram depicting grouper logic in assigning MS-DRGs is

  A. blended chart.
  B. case-mix index.
  C. decision tree.
  D. grouper hierarchy.
  C. decision tree.

• Question 1223:

  Your facility has the technology in place for physicians to log on to your website and enter a password. Once they have successfully logged into the system, they are able to view information that is not available to the general public. Which of the following are the physicians utilizing?

  A. intranet
  B. extranet
  C. Internet
  D. clinical information system
  B. extranet

• Question 1224:

  Patient had a cholecystectomy 6 days ago and is now coming back with evidence of staphylococcal cellulitis at the site of operative incision.

  A. 958.3, 682.2, 041.19
  B. 998.51, 682.8, 041.11
  C. 958.3, 682.8, 041.11
  D. 998.59, 682.2, 041.10
  D. 998.59, 682.2, 041.10

• Question 1225:

  The new information system that your facility just purchased requires having software loaded on' a server and also requires having software loaded on each individual workstation. This type of architecture is called

  A. peer network.
  B. file server.
  C. client server.
  D. dumb terminals.
  C. client server.

• Question 1226:

  Right arm paralysis due to poliomyelitis that patient suffered as a child.

  A. 045.11, 342.81
  B. 138, 344.41
  C. 344.40, 138
  D. 138, 344.41
  C. 344.40, 138

• Question 1227:

  A clerical-level employee reports an incident in which the clerk felt the first-line supervisor discriminated on the basis of the clerk's gender. The best action for you to take at this time is to

  A. thoroughly investigate the matter and document your findings.
  B. talk with the first-line supervisor to determine what happened.
  C. ask the other clerical level staff if they have had similar experiences.
  D. ask the clerk to provide objective evidence of the discrimination.
  A. thoroughly investigate the matter and document your findings.

• Question 1228:

  The major purpose of random assignment in a clinical trial is to

  A. reduce selection bias in allocation of treatment.
  B. help ensure that study subjects are representative of the general population.
  C. facilitate double-blinding.
  D. ensure that the study groups are comparable on baseline characteristics.
  A. reduce selection bias in allocation of treatment.

• Question 1229:

  Radial keratotomy

  A. 92070
  B. 65855
  C. 65767
  D. 65771
  D. 65771

• Question 1230:

  In regard to quality of coding, the degree to which the same results (same codes) are obtained by different coders or on multiple attempts by the same coder refers to

  A. reliability.
  B. validity.
  C. completeness.
  D. timeliness.
  A. reliability.