AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 121:

  One best practice to follow in order to establish safeguards for the security and confidentiality of a patient's information when a person makes a request for his or her records in person, is to

  A. ask the requester for identification and the request in writing.
  B. refuse the request.
  C. refer the requester to the facility's attorney.
  D. charge an exorbitant fee.
  A. ask the requester for identification and the request in writing.

• Question 122:

  A pharmacist at your facility was caught running a drug ring. The pharmacist filled orders valuable medications with cheap outdated ones purchased on the Internet, then sold the g' drugs for profit. Patients have been injured and the lawsuits are starting. Unfortunately, y facility is going to be held responsible for the pharmacist's negligent acts under the doctrine of

  A. adjudicus res.
  B. res ipsa loquitur.
  C. respondeat superior.
  D. stare decisis.
  C. respondeat superior.

• Question 123:

  Documentation of record destruction should include all but which one of the following?

  A. statement that records were destroyed in the normal course of business
  B. method of destruction
  C. signature of the individual supervising and witnessing the destruction
  D. dates not covered in destruction
  D. dates not covered in destruction

• Question 124:

  Based on the following statistics from Utah Home Health, calculate the absenteeism rate.

  

  A. 0.44%
  B. 5.68%
  C. 5.8%
  D. 0.568%
  B. 5.68%

• Question 125:

  Pyogenic arthritis of the hip due to Group A Streptococcus; arthrocentesis done

  A. 716.95, 041.01, 81.91
  B. 715.95, 041.01, 81.92
  C. 711.05, 041.01, 81.91
  D. 711.05, 81.91
  C. 711.05, 041.01, 81.91

• Question 126:

  Morbidly obese patient comes in for vertical banding of the stomach.

  A. 43848
  B. 43659
  C. 43842
  D. 43999
  C. 43842

• Question 127:

  Male patient presents to the ER in acute renal failure; he is also being treated for hypertension

  A. 410.00, 586
  B. 401.9, 584.9
  C. 585.9, 401.1
  D. 584.9, 401.9
  D. 584.9, 401.9

• Question 128:

  The Privacy Act of 1974 permits patients to request amendments to their medical record in which type of facility?

  A. private proprietary health care facility
  B. mental health and chemical dependency facility
  C. university-based teaching facility
  D. Department of Defense health care facility
  D. Department of Defense health care facility

• Question 129:

  You are the coding supervisor at a large inpatient facility. Recently, there has been an increase in coding errors. You have a meeting with your coders to discuss possible reasons for the problem. The group agrees on the reasons listed below: Having determined a good list of possible reasons for the increase in coding errors, you would like to have your coders help you determine where you should place your problem resolution efforts first. Your best bet for achieving consensus is to use

  

  A. brainstorming.
  B. nominal group technique.
  C. force field analysis.
  D. affinity grouping.
  B. nominal group technique.

• Question 130:

  Hydrocelectomy of spermatic cord

  A. 55500
  B. 55000
  C. 55041
  D. 55520
  A. 55500