AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 241:

  Total hip replacement

  A. 01210
  B. 01402
  C. 01230
  D. 01214
  D. 01214

• Question 242:

  Nicole is developing an agreement that will be used between the hospital and the health care clearing house. This agreement will require the two parties to protect the privacy of data exchanged. This is called a

  A. business associate agreement.
  B. business contract
  C. trading partner agreement.
  D. none of the above
  A. business associate agreement.

• Question 243:

  Happy Valley Hospital recorded six fetal deaths during the last year; details are listed below:

  

  How should these deaths be counted in the hospital death rates?

  A. All the deaths except B will be included in the gross death rate.
  B. Deaths D and F will be included in the gross death rate.
  C. Deaths C, D, and F will be included in the gross death rate.
  D. None of these deaths will be included in the gross death rate.
  D. None of these deaths will be included in the gross death rate.

• Question 244:

  Dizziness and blurred vision following ingestion of prescribed Allegra and a glass of wine at dinner would be reported as a(n)

  A. poisoning.
  B. adverse reaction to a drug.
  C. late effect of a poisoning.
  D. late effect of an adverse reaction
  A. poisoning.

• Question 245:

  In preparation for conversion to a computerized patient record, a committee at your facility is defining each of the data elements in a patient record to determine which elements should be required and to set parameters for each element. The committee is working on the data

  A. edits.
  B. reasonableness.
  C. dictionary.
  D. feasibility.
  C. dictionary.

• Question 246:

  Blindness due to an allergic reaction to ampicillin administered 6 years ago would be reported as a(n)

  A. poisoning.
  B. adverse reaction to a drug.
  C. late effect of a poisoning.
  D. late effect of an adverse reaction.
  B. adverse reaction to a drug.

• Question 247:

  A written authorization from the patient releasing copies of his or her medical records is required by all of the following EXCEPT

  A. the patient's attorney.
  B. a physician requesting copies from another physician.
  C. an insurance company.
  D. the hospital attorney for the facility where the patient is treated.
  D. the hospital attorney for the facility where the patient is treated.

• Question 248:

  A researcher has repeated the same study 10 times. Each time the study is repeated, the p value decreases. As the p value approaches zero, the

  A. size of the sample increases.
  B. value of the study decreases.
  C. chance that the results are due to a sampling error decreases.
  D. chance that the results are due to a sampling error, increases.
  C. chance that the results are due to a sampling error decreases.

• Question 249:

  A study found that liver cancer rates per 100,000 males among cigarette smokers and nonsmokers in a major U.S. city were 48.0 and 25.4, respectively. The relative risk of developing liver cancer for male smokers compared to nonsmokers is

  A. 1.89.
  B. 15.6.
  C. 22.6.
  D. 48.0.
  A. 1.89.

• Question 250:

  Case Study #4

  William is a 16-years-old male who lives at home with his parents and works part-time as al dishwasher at one of the local restaurants. While emptying the dishwasher, William is severely scalded and rendered unconscious.

  He is taken to the emergency room of the local acute care hospital for emergency treatment.

  Referring to Case Study #4, given the emergency of the situation, who should the health care provider, seek consent from in order to provide treatment to William?

  A. the employer
  B. the parents
  C. the patient
  D. no consent is needed for emergency care
  D. no consent is needed for emergency care