AHIMA AHIMA Certifications RHIA Questions & Answers

• Question 1751:

  The data in the column on the far right were collected when the coders traded records for recoding. This is a common practice used to check The coding supervisor at Bayside Hospital regularly has her coders recode records from the previous week in an effort to improve and monitor coding consistency. The supervisor has collected the data displayed below on four coders.

  

  A. interrater reliability.

  B. intrarater reliability.

  C. interrater validity.

  D. intrarater validity.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1752:

  The coder with the highest overall accuracy rating will get the day after Thanksgiving off. Which coder will get to spend the day after Thanksgiving shopping rather than coding? The coding supervisor at Bayside Hospital regularly has her coders recode records from the previous week in an effort to improve and monitor coding consistency. The supervisor has collected the data displayed below on four coders.

  

  A. Coder A

  B. Coder B

  C. Coder C

  D. Coder D

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1753:

  If there are 150,000 medical records and the Health Information Department receives 3,545 requests for records in a week, what percentage of the records are requested weekly?

  A. 2.4%

  B. 3.5%

  C. 4.6%

  D. 5.1%

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1754:

  You are choosing restaurants where you might eat while you are in Chicago at the AHIMA Leadership conference. You have collected the following information about four possible lunch restaurants that are all located within easy walking distance of the meeting site. The data is displayed below:

  

  You want to stay within the reimbursement rate allowed by your Component State Association, so it is important to you that you have at least a 95% chance of eating a lunch that costs no more than $10.00. Therefore, when lunchtime comes you head to

  A. Bon Appetite or Mario's.

  B. Mario's or Au Courant.

  C. Au Courant or The Windy City Grill.

  D. The Windy City Grill or Bon Appetite.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1755:

  Organizations collect statistics to increase their knowledge of a specified population. knowledge doesn't come automatically -- it is developed in the following sequence:

  A. data facts information knowledge.

  B. data information facts knowledge.

  C. facts data information knowledge.

  D. facts information data knowledge.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1756:

  Sandy Beach Hospital reports 1652 discharges for September. The infection control report documents 21 nosocomial infections and 27 community-acquired infections for the same month. What is the community-acquired infection rate?

  A. 1.3

  B. 1.4

  C. 1.6

  D. 2.9

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 1757:

  Physicians at South Seas Clinic are expected to see six patients per hour, on average. The physicians with the highest productivity each week are exempted from on-call responsibilities for the weekend. Which physician will get the weekend off this week?

  

  A. Robinson

  B. Beasley

  C. Hiltz

  D. Wolf

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 1758:

  Consent forms may be challenged on all the following grounds EXCEPT

  A. wording was too technical.

  B. the treating physician obtained the patient's signature.

  C. it's written in a language that the patient could not understand.

  D. the signature was not voluntary.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 1759:

  Mandatory reporting requirements for vital statistics generally

  A. do not require authorization by the patient.

  B. require authorization by the physician.

  C. require authorization by the payer.

  D. do not apply to health care facilities.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 1760:

  The responsibility of obtaining an informed consent for a surgical or invasive procedure rests with the

  A. patient.

  B. nurse.

  C. physician.

  D. hospital.

  Correct Answer: C