AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1261:

  Upon learning that a court order violates state law, the HIM professional should

  A. call the judge issuing the court order.
  B. call the opposing attorney.
  C. call the legal counsel for the health care institution.
  D. ignore the court order.
  C. call the legal counsel for the health care institution.

• Question 1262:

  Ashley supervises a group of very young employees who have low responsibility and little experience. Which leadership style will likely be most effective?

  A. directing
  B. coaching
  C. participating
  D. delegating
  A. directing

• Question 1263:

  If there is more than one patient with the identical last name, first name, and middle initial, the master patient index entries are then arranged according to

  A. date of birth.
  B. date of admission.
  C. social security number.
  D. mother's maiden name.
  A. date of birth.

• Question 1264:

  The use of computer key signatures requires the same administrative controls as

  A. rubber stamp signatures.
  B. computer passwords.
  C. signatures made by interns and residents.
  D. use of faxed signatures.
  A. rubber stamp signatures.

• Question 1265:

  Happy Valley Clinic allows patients to communicate by e-mail to ask questions regarding treatment and request appointment changes. E-mails and text messages are

  A. considered health care business records and are subject to the same regulations as r created in face-to-face patient encounters.
  B. considered proof of patient contact and should be summarized in a progress note in patient record.
  C. generally maintained in a facility's electronic mail system until the next face-to-face pay encounter.
  D. not typically maintained or documented as patient encounters.
  A. considered health care business records and are subject to the same regulations as r created in face-to-face patient encounters.

• Question 1266:

  ____________ indicates that the claim has been released as a complete for submission to the insurer for payment.

  A. bill drop.
  B. account receivables.
  C. bill hold.
  D. concurrent review.
  A. bill drop.

• Question 1267:

  A patient with lung cancer and bone metastasis is seen for complex treatment planning by a radiation oncologist.

  

  A. 77315
  B. 77263
  C. 77290
  D. 77334
  B. 77263

• Question 1268:

  Chris and Amy, two coders on your team, have come to you complaining that Jane, the discharge clerk, is deliberately holding back charts, causing a coding backlog. You are not sure Jane is really the cause of this problem because Chris and Amy have a history of blaming others for their work-related delays. To determine if Jane is truly a "problem employee" it would be best to first

  A. determine the source of the conflict.
  B. discretely ask other employees if they are having similar problems with Jane.
  C. request assistance from the Human Resources Department.
  D. observe Jane's interaction with others.
  A. determine the source of the conflict.

• Question 1269:

  Cynthia wants to retrieve a list of patients from the new electronic document manage system. She wants a list of patients admitted to the hospital by Dr. Smith. Which of the folio would explain why she cannot generate this list?

  A. improper scanning
  B. the necessary indexing to retrieve this list was not done
  C. the data is stored on optical disk so it not readily available
  D. the COLD technology has not downloaded the lab reports
  B. the necessary indexing to retrieve this list was not done

• Question 1270:

  The manager of a Health Information Department has many training and development methods available for the departmental and nondepartmental staff. Consider the following situation. The department's working hours are 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. After 6:00 PM, if a record is needed in the emergency room for a possible readmission, the ER clerk has access to the HID in order to retrieve the record. On the occasions when the ER clerk has retrieved a record, she has left the department open, the records have been pulled and not replaced, and it appears as if the clerk was viewing records unnecessarily. What would be the best training or development method for the ER clerk in order to rectify this situation?

  A. receive training by an ER coworker
  B. receive training by an expert in record documentation
  C. attend an outside workshop or seminar
  D. receive training by the supervisor of files
  D. receive training by the supervisor of files