AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1771:

  A patient who is HIV positive and currently asymptomatic is admitted with a compound fracture of the tibia. The patient was treated previously for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Given the following codes, which is the correct coding and sequencing?

  

  A. 823.90, V08
  B. 823.90, 042
  C. 823.80, V08, 136.3
  D. 823.80, 042
  B. 823.90, 042

• Question 1772:

  Medicare rules state that the use of verbal orders should be infrequent and used only when the orders cannot be written or given electronically. In addition, verbal orders must be

  A. written within 24 hours of the patient's admission.
  B. accepted by a charge nurses only.
  C. co-signed by the attending physician within 12 hours of giving the order.
  D. accepted by persons authorized by hospital regulations and procedures.
  D. accepted by persons authorized by hospital regulations and procedures.

• Question 1773:

  The Central Officer on ICD-9-CM, which publishes Coding Clinic, is maintained by the

  A. National Center for Health Statistics.
  B. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
  C. American Hospital Association.
  D. American Health Information Management Associations
  C. American Hospital Association.

• Question 1774:

  In planning for a file system conversion to a new physical location, it is wise to schedule the actual conversion process to occur

  A. during a Joint Commission survey.
  B. during a 2-week period when the department is closed.
  C. at an off-peak time for the department such as a weekend (Friday to Monday).
  D. before purging inactive records.
  C. at an off-peak time for the department such as a weekend (Friday to Monday).

• Question 1775:

  Which appraisal method places the employees into a set of ordered groups (e.g., top 10%, above average 20%, middle 40%) on the basis of a global measure?

  A. critical incident method
  B. behaviorally anchored ranking scales
  C. Management by Objectives
  D. forced ranking
  D. forced ranking

• Question 1776:

  Which statement is an inaccurate description of the organization chart shown?

  

  A. The director has authority over others in the department.
  B. The director has subordinates.
  C. The assistant director and the supervisor have a lateral relationship.
  D. The tumor registrar has authority over the assistant director.
  D. The tumor registrar has authority over the assistant director.

• Question 1777:

  A physician orders a lipid panel on a 54-year-old male with hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and a family history of heart disease. The lab employee in his office performs and reports the total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol only.

  

  A. 272.0, 80061-52
  B. 272.0, 401.9, V17.49, 80061-52
  C. 272.0, 401.9, V17.49, 82465, 83718
  D. 272.0, 402.90, 82465, 83718
  C. 272.0, 401.9, V17.49, 82465, 83718

• Question 1778:

  Under ASCs, when multiple procedures are performed during the same surgical session, a payment reduction is applied. The procedure in the highest level group is reimbursed at ____ (percent) and all remaining procedures are reimbursed at ____(percent).

  A. 50$, 25%.
  B. 100%, 50%.
  C. 100%, 25%.
  D. 100%, 75%.
  B. 100%, 50%.

• Question 1779:

  The nursing initial assessment upon admission documents the presence of a decubitus ulcer. There is no mention of the decubitus ulcer in the physician documentation until several days after admission.

  A. Y
  B. N
  C. U
  D. W
  C. U

• Question 1780:

  Your committee is charged with developing procedures for the Health Information Services staff of a new home health agency. You recommend that the staff routinely check to verify that a summary on each patient is provided to the attending physician so that he or she can review, updated, and recertify the patient as appropriate. The time frame for requiring this summary is at least every

  A. week.
  B. month.
  C. 60 days.
  D. 90 days.
  C. 60 days.