AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 1801:

  Cheryl is the Director of the Health Information Services Department and Suzanne is the Assistant Director. Cheryl notices one of Suzanne's subordinates leaving the department for an unscheduled break. When the employee returns, Cheryl immediately asks the employee to step into her office and begins discussing the unauthorized break. Which organizational principle is this director violating?

  A. organizational function l
  B. grievance procedure
  C. span of contro
  D. unity of command
  D. unity of command

• Question 1802:

  What feature distinguishes the Nominal Group Technique (NAT) from brainstorming?

  A. NGT can be accomplished by mail.
  B. NGT uses a visual device like a flip chart to keep track of responses.
  C. NGT draws responses from a large group of people.
  D. NGT determines the importance of responses through a rating system.
  D. NGT determines the importance of responses through a rating system.

• Question 1803:

  Use the statistics provided in the table to compute the fetal death rate at All Women's Hospital March.

  

  A. 4.0%
  B. 1.78%
  C. 2.2%
  D. 1.77%
  C. 2.2%

• Question 1804:

  One distinct advantage of the HER over paper-based health records is the

  A. ease of developing screen designs over from designs.
  B. accessibility of the record by multiple data users.
  C. standardized format.
  D. ease of data collection
  B. accessibility of the record by multiple data users.

• Question 1805:

  As a new CTR, you are interested in identifying every reportable case of cancer from the previous year. A key resource will be the facility's

  A. disease index.
  B. number control index.
  C. physicians' index.
  D. patient index.
  A. disease index.

• Question 1806:

  Patient comes in through the emergency room with a laceration of the posterior tibial nerve. Patient is taken to the operating room where the nerve requires transposition and suture.

  A. 64856
  B. 64831; 64832; 64876
  C. 64840; 64874
  D. 64834; 64859; 64872
  C. 64840; 64874

• Question 1807:

  Patient care can be improved through the use of technology. Which of the following is an example of how this happens?

  A. elimination of illegible orders
  B. scanning of medical record image
  C. redundant testing
  D. voice recognition
  A. elimination of illegible orders

• Question 1808:

  The Blood Usage Review Committee has a quality monitor established to review all blood transfusion reaction cases. The HIM Director will be working with the committee to identify and abstract patient outcome information for committee evaluation. What data should be collected?

  A. effects of transfusion reaction (e.g., rash, death, etc.)
  B. type and cross-match accuracy
  C. justification for the transfusion
  D. all of the above
  D. all of the above

• Question 1809:

  The privacy and security rules are part of the HIPAA

  A. Administrative Simplification.
  B. Transactions and Code sets.
  C. Insurance Portability.
  D. Identifiers.
  D. Identifiers.

• Question 1810:

  Under traditional rules of evidence, a medical/health record is considered __________ and is into evidence.

  A. hearsay; admissible
  B. hearsay; inadmissible
  C. reliable; admissible
  D. reliable; inadmissible
  B. hearsay; inadmissible