AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 201:

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

• Question 202:

  Case finding methods for patients with diabetes includes a review of all but which one of the following?

  A. health plans
  B. CPT diagnostic codes
  C. billing data
  D. medication lists
  B. CPT diagnostic codes

• Question 203:

  You are heading a research study that includes a patient questionnaire. Five of the questions will be answered using the following scale:

  

  You would like to display the study in your report. If you'd like to include responses to all five questions on one display, you should use a

  A. stacked bar graph.
  B. pie chart.
  C. frequency table.
  D. frequency polygon.
  C. frequency table.

• Question 204:

  Which of the following is a lethal arrhythmia?

  A. atrial fibrillation.
  B. atrial tachycardiA
  C. bradycardia.
  D. ventricular fibrillation.
  D. ventricular fibrillation.

• Question 205:

  General Hospital has been in operation for 13 years. It has 6,000 admissions per year. The facility has expanded and will allow for 200 more admissions per year from now on. There are 2,500 linear feet of filing space available and half is being used the facility expects a 30% readmission rate. If a unit number/filing system is used how many file folders will be needed for the next year?

  A. 1,800
  B. 1,860
  C. 4,340
  D. 6,200
  C. 4,340

• Question 206:

  State law says that the hospital must keep a record of disclosures for 10 years. HIPAA says 6 years. What should the hospital do to comply with the conflicting laws?

  A. Keep it the 10 years required by the state because it is stricter than HIPAA,
  B. Keep it 6 years because HIPAA is a federal law that preempts state laws.
  C. Keep it 10 years if you are a state hospital, 6 years if you are not a state hospital.
  D. Keep it 6 years if you are a federal hospital, 6 years if you are not a federal hospital.
  A. Keep it the 10 years required by the state because it is stricter than HIPAA,

• Question 207:

  A 75-year-old female was admitted for repair of a hiatal hernia which was performed on the first day of admission. While recovering, the patient fell out of her bed and sustained a fractured femur which was surgically reduced. Further complications included severe angina for which a cardiac catheterization and PTCA were performed. The principal procedure is

  A. femur reduction.
  B. herniorrhaphy.
  C. catheterization.
  D. PTCA.
  B. herniorrhaphy.

• Question 208:

  Who is legally responsible for obtaining the patient's informed consent for surgery?

  A. the admissions clerk
  B. the surgeon performing the surgery
  C. the nurse
  D. medical record personnel
  B. the surgeon performing the surgery

• Question 209:

  If the file clerks are having trouble locating the terminal digit sections quickly, the filing supervisor could add more

  A. outguides.
  B. file guides.
  C. requisitions.
  D. file maintenance staff.
  B. file guides.

• Question 210:

  The premise that charitable institutions could be held blameless for their negligent acts is known as

  A. doctrine of respondent superior.
  B. doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.
  C. doctrine of charitable immunity.
  D. negligence factor.
  C. doctrine of charitable immunity.