AHIMA AHIMA Certifications RHIA Questions & Answers

• Question 1521:

  Prolonged pregnancy is a pregnancy that has advanced beyond _______ completed weeks of gestation.

  A. 39

  B. 40

  C. 41

  D. 42

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1522:

  The case-mix management system that utilizes information from the minimum data set (MDS) in long-term care settings is called

  A. Medicare severity diagnosis related groups (MS-DRGs).

  B. Resource based relative value system (RBRVS).

  C. Resource utilization groups (RUGs).

  D. Ambulatory patient classification (APCs).

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1523:

  A PEG procedure would most likely be done to facilitate

  A. breathing.

  B. eating.

  C. urination.

  D. none of the above.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1524:

  What ICD-9-CM coding scheme is used to show that a therapeutic abortion resulted in a live fetus?

  A. spontaneous abortion; V30 code to show a newborn birth

  B. code 644.21, early onset of delivery; V27 code (outcome of delivery)

  C. abortion by type; V27 code (outcome of delivery)

  D. therapeutic abortion

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1525:

  A rare malignant tumor often associated with AIDS is

  A. Kaposi's sarcoma.

  B. glioblastoma multiforme.

  C. pheochromocytoma.

  D. melanoma.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1526:

  A patient is seen in the emergency room of an acute care hospital with tachycardia and hypotension. The patient had received an injection of tetanus toxoid (correct dosage) earlier at his primary care physician's office. Which of the following is the appropriate sequencing for this encounter?

  A. hypotension; tachycardia; accidental poisoning E code (tetanus toxoid)

  B. unspecified adverse reaction to tetanus toxoid; undetermined cause E code (tetanus toxoid)

  C. hypotension; tachycardia; therapeutic use E code (tetanus toxoid)

  D. poisoning code (tetanus toxoid); hypotension; tachycardia; accidental poisoning E code (tetanus toxoid)

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1527:

  The most important consideration in planning the office layout for a Health Information Services department is the

  A. number of employees.

  B. cost.

  C. types of furniture to be purchased.

  D. workflow.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1528:

  Mary and Sue are both employed as medical transcriptionists at ABC Hospital. They are able set their own work hours provided the department is covered by one of them during re office hours. This kind of work arrangement is referred to as:

  A. compressed work week.

  B. job sharing.

  C. flex time.

  D. telecommuting.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1529:

  What two types of budgets are often prepared by managers of health information departments?

  A. capital budget and the finance budget

  B. capital budget and the revenue and expense budget

  C. profit and loss budget and the finance budget

  D. finance budget and the revenue and expense budget

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1530:

  Based on the information displayed in the decision matrix below, which

  A. Vendor A

  B. Vendor B

  C. Vendor C

  D. Vendor D

  Correct Answer: A