AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 141:

  The body of law founded on custom, natural justice and reason, and sanctioned by usage and judicial decision is known as

  A. common law.
  B. lien law.
  C. constitutional law.
  D. statutory law.
  A. common law.

• Question 142:

  Byron is helping his supervisor solve a computer problem. He said that it is a primar y storage problem. He must mean that it deals with

  A. RAM
  B. CD
  C. imaging.
  D. Magnetic storage.
  A. RAM

• Question 143:

  Allison has conducted a timely performance evaluation for one of her employees and awarded the employee a 4% merit increase. She is currently completing the paperwork to submit to Human Resources. If the employee's hourly salary is presently $7.10, what will the hourly salary be with this increase?

  A. $7.33
  B. $7.38
  C. $7.80
  D. $7.54
  B. $7.38

• Question 144:

  The main advantage of phonetic filing is

  A. typographical errors are eliminated.
  B. spelling accuracy is encouraged.
  C. emphasis is placed on a foreign language.
  D. names that sound alike are filed together.
  D. names that sound alike are filed together.

• Question 145:

  Which of the following is least likely to be identified by the deficiency analysis clerk?

  A. missing discharge summary
  B. needs for physician authentication of two verbal orders
  C. discrepancy between post-op diagnosis by the surgeon and pathology diagnosis by the pathologist
  D. x-ray report charted on the wrong record
  C. discrepancy between post-op diagnosis by the surgeon and pathology diagnosis by the pathologist

• Question 146:

  The OB/GYN Department reported the following information to the Quality Management/Statistics Committee:

  

  When the committee considers these adverse outcomes from the OB/GYN Department, which of the cases will be included in the numerator of the facility's fetal death rate?

  A. 101-43-26
  B. 101-43-26 and 101-44-23
  C. 101-43-26 and 101-48-69
  D. 101-43-26 and 101-56-29
  A. 101-43-26

• Question 147:

  Patient has been diagnosed with carcinoma of the vagina and she has a radical vaginectomy with complete removal of the vaginal wall.

  A. 57107
  B. 57110
  C. 58150
  D. 57111
  D. 57111

• Question 148:

  At Community Hospital the average admission will create a file that will take up 0.25 inch of file space. Each new ER record requires 0.125 inch of filed space. Approximately 25,000 new patients are admitted per year and 15,000 ER patients are treated per year. The shelving cost is $1.05 per filing inch. How much money should be allocated for storage space in next year's budget?

  A. $8,531.25
  B. $8,125.00
  C. $853.25
  D. $1,875.00
  A. $8,531.25

• Question 149:

  The minimum length of time for retaining original medical records is primarily governed by

  A. Joint Commission.
  B. medical staff.
  C. state law.
  D. readmission rates.
  C. state law.

• Question 150:

  In assigning E/M codes, three key components are used. These are

  A. history, examination, counseling.
  B. history, examination, time.
  C. history, nature of presenting, problem, time.
  D. history, examination, medical-decision making.
  D. history, examination, medical-decision making.