AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1521:

  Laryngoscopic stripping of vocal cords for leukoplakia of the vocal cords

  A. 31535
  B. 31540
  C. 31541
  D. 31570
  B. 31540

• Question 1522:

  Unless state or federal laws require longer time periods, AHIMA recommends that patient health information for minors be retained for at least how long?

  A. age of majority plus statute of limitation
  B. 10 years after the most recent encounter
  C. 120 years after the age of majority
  D. permanently
  A. age of majority plus statute of limitation

• Question 1523:

  Neonatal jaundice in preterm infant born in hospital. Phototherapy done to treat jaundice.

  A. V30.00, 774.2, 99.83
  B. 774.2, 99.83
  C. V30.00, 99.83
  D. V30.00, 774.2
  A. V30.00, 774.2, 99.83

• Question 1524:

  A 335-bed hospital opened a new wing on June 1 of a nonleap year, increasing its bed count to 350 beds. The total bed count days for the year at the hospital was

  A. 122,275.
  B. 125,485.
  C. 127,750.
  D. The answer cannot be calculated with the information provided.
  B. 125,485.

• Question 1525:

  One-week-old infant admitted to the hospital with diagnosis of urinary tract infection contracted prior to birth. Urine culture positive for E.coli.

  A. V30.00, 599.0
  B. 599.0, 041.4
  C. V30.00, 599.0, 041.4
  D. 771.82, 599.0, 041.4
  D. 771.82, 599.0, 041.4

• Question 1526:

  Admission for colostomy takedown. Takedown performed.

  A. V44.3, 46.52
  B. 569.60, 46.52
  C. 997.4, 46.52
  D. V55.3, 46.52
  D. V55.3, 46.52

• Question 1527:

  As the manager of the billing department, Jessica has heard from her employees that rumors have been circulating throughout the hospital concerning centralization and layoffs. At a meeting with the CFO, all departments were asked to cut back 15%. What should Jessica tell her employees?

  A. nothing, as it would only depress them.
  B. that no one in the HIM department will be laid off
  C. share with employees the facts as she knows them from the meeting
  D. tell one employee who likes to spread rumors so employees will learn of the information from each other
  C. share with employees the facts as she knows them from the meeting

• Question 1528:

  A RHIO is a(n)

  A. group of organizations that share clinical services.
  B. application service provider.
  C. group of national organizations that share clinical information.
  D. group of organizations in a geographic region that shares clinical information.
  D. group of organizations in a geographic region that shares clinical information.

• Question 1529:

  Pathological fracture of the femur due to metastatic bone cancer. Patient has a history of lung cancer.

  A. 198.5, 733.14, V10.11
  B. 733.14, 198.5, V10.11
  C. 733.19, 198.5, V10.11
  D. 821.00, 162.9
  B. 733.14, 198.5, V10.11

• Question 1530:

  A quality improvement team is focusing on the unacceptable number of unsigned doctors' order sin your facility. The most effective method for increasing the timelines of signatures on orders and positively impacting the patient care process would be

  A. performing a retrospective review where all orders can be flagged at one time.
  B. holding a printed order sheet on the medical care unit at least 24 hours post discharge to give the physician time to sign.
  C. developing an open-record review process.
  D. devising a signature sheet for the attending physician to sign prospectively that will apply to all orders given during the current episode of his patient's care.
  C. developing an open-record review process.