AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1341:

  Which would be the better "best practice" for handling fax transmission of a physician's orders?

  A. Treat faxed orders like verbal orders and require authentication of the orders by appropriate medical staff within the required time period.
  B. Faxed orders should be placed on the patient's chart immediately upon receipt after the head' nurse signs the orders.
  C. Wait 24 hours before placing faxed orders on the patient's chart to ensure that the orders are legitimate.
  D. Faxed orders should never be accepted.
  A. Treat faxed orders like verbal orders and require authentication of the orders by appropriate medical staff within the required time period.

• Question 1342:

  A physician lists the final diagnosis as diarrhea and constipation due to either irritable bo syndrome or diverticulitis. The following codes are assigned:

  

  A. 564.1, 562.11
  B. 562.11, 564.1
  C. 564.00, 787.91, 564.1, 562.11
  D. 5641, 562.11, 564.00, 787.91
  C. 564.00, 787.91, 564.1, 562.11

• Question 1343:

  In your facility, the health care providers from every discipline document progress notes sequentially on the same form. Your facility is utilizing

  A. integrated progress notes.
  B. interdisciplinary treatment plans.
  C. source-oriented records.
  D. SOAP notes.
  A. integrated progress notes.

• Question 1344:

  After receiving completed requisitions to fill positions within the Health Information Management Department, the Human Resources Department can be most effective in recruiting qualified applicants with the assistance of

  A. a departmental organizational chart.
  B. current job descriptions.
  C. salary schedules.
  D. employee benefits handbook.
  B. current job descriptions.

• Question 1345:

  A 75- year-old patient was admitted for repair of a hiatal hernia, which was performed on the first day of admission. While recovering, the patient fell out of bed and sustained a fractured femur which was surgically reduced. Further complications included severe angina for which a cardiac catheterization and PTCA were performed. The principal procedure is

  A. femur reduction.
  B. herniorrhaphy.
  C. catheterization.
  D. PTCA.
  B. herniorrhaphy.

• Question 1346:

  The best source for obtaining data for a job analysis is the

  A. department director.
  B. supervisor of the job.
  C. the person who performs the job.
  D. procedures manual.
  C. the person who performs the job.

• Question 1347:

  You work at All Paper Hospital, a small facility with no computerized health information capacity. There are ongoing problems because many departments collect the same data, creating space problems and issues with data discrepancies. You are exhausted with all this data

  A. overload.
  B. similarity.
  C. transparency.
  D. redundancy.
  D. redundancy.

• Question 1348:

  Your facility has decided to purchase an integrated patient information system. Your part in the initial work plan is to develop system specifications that will ultimately be sent out to vendors who will potentially submit a bid on your system. You are working on the systems specs that will become part of the

  A. CPR.
  B. IRB.
  C. RFP.
  D. CRS.
  C. RFP.

• Question 1349:

  In addition to diagnostic and therapeutic orders from the attending physician, you would expect every completed inpatient health record to contain

  A. standing orders.
  B. telephone orders.
  C. stop orders.
  D. discharge order.
  D. discharge order.

• Question 1350:

  The term "hard coding" refers to

  A. HCPCS/CPT codes that are coded by the coders.
  B. HPCS/CPT codes that appear in the hospital's chargemaster and will be included automatically on the patient's bill.
  C. ICD-9-CM codes that are coded by the coders.
  D. ICD-9-CM codes that appear in the appear in the hospital's chargemaster
  B. HPCS/CPT codes that appear in the hospital's chargemaster and will be included automatically on the patient's bill.