AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1541:

  Amanda, the Coding Supervisor at Mission Medical Center, wants to increase the problem. solving skills among the coders. Which of the following approaches is likely to have the best and most long-lasting results?

  A. hiring a consultant to assess the coding area
  B. developing a coding work team
  C. taking a field trip to a neighboring facility known for quality coding
  D. request that Human Resources conduct a training session on program solving
  B. developing a coding work team

• Question 1542:

  Patient with chronic otitis media requiring eustachian tube catheterization

  A. 69400
  B. 69424
  C. 69421
  D. 69405
  D. 69405

• Question 1543:

  Patient returns to the physician's office complaining of obscured vision. Patient has had cataract surgery 6 months prior. Patient requires laser discission of secondary cataract.

  A. 66821
  B. 64831
  C. 67835
  D. 66830
  A. 66821

• Question 1544:

  A patient is 6 weeks post-mastectomy for carcinoma of the breast. She is admitted for chemotherapy. What is the correct sequencing of the codes?

  

  A. V58.11, 174.9
  B. V58.1, V10.3
  C. V67.09, V58.1
  D. V10.3, V67.00
  A. V58.11, 174.9

• Question 1545:

  In relation to birth defects registries, active surveillance systems

  A. use trained staff to identify cases in all hospitals, clinics, and other facilities through review of patient records, indexes, vital records, and hospital logs.
  B. are commonly used in all 50 states.
  C. miss 10% to 30% of all cases.
  D. rely on reports submitted by hospitals, clinics, or other sources.
  A. use trained staff to identify cases in all hospitals, clinics, and other facilities through review of patient records, indexes, vital records, and hospital logs.

• Question 1546:

  The mean number of minutes with the physician (considering all physicians) is

  

  A. 7 minutes.
  B. 8 minutes.
  C. 8.4 minutes.
  D. 9 minutes.
  B. 8 minutes.

• Question 1547:

  Patient is admitted for elective cholecystectomy for treatment of chronic cholecystitis with cholelithiasis. Prior to administration of general anesthesia, patient suffers cerebral thrombosis. Surgery is subsequently canceled. Code and sequence the coding from the following codes.

  

  A. 997.02, 574.10, 51.22
  B. 574.10, 434.00, V64.1
  C. 997.02, 434.00, V64.1
  D. 434.00, V64.1
  B. 574.10, 434.00, V64.1

• Question 1548:

  A health information manager develops a formal plan or record retention schedule for the automatic transfer of records to inactive storage and potential destruction based on all but which one of the following factors?

  A. statute of limitations
  B. volume of research
  C. readmission rate
  D. file area staffing
  D. file area staffing

• Question 1549:

  Which quality management theorist believed that merit raises, formal evaluations, and quotas established through benchmarking hinder worker productivity and growth?

  A. Brian Joiner
  B. Philip Crosby
  C. Joseph Juran
  D. W. Edwards Deming
  D. W. Edwards Deming

• Question 1550:

  An example of a system analysis tool is

  A. a data model.
  B. SQL.
  C. A Gantt chart.
  D. A PERT chart.
  A. a data model.