AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 311:

  Which of the following situations violate a patient's privacy?

  A. The hospital sends patients who are scheduled for deliveries information on free childbirth classes.
  B. The physician on the quality improvement committee reviews medical records for potential quality problems.
  C. The hospital provides patient names and addresses to a pharmaceutical company to be used in a mass mailing of free drug samples.
  D. The hospital uses aggregate data to determine whether or not to add a new operating room suite.
  C. The hospital provides patient names and addresses to a pharmaceutical company to be used in a mass mailing of free drug samples.

• Question 312:

  The prospective payment system used to reimburse home health agencies for Medicare patients utilizes data from

  A. MDS (Minimum Data Set).
  B. OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set).
  C. UHDDS (Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set).
  D. UACDS (Uniform Ambulatory Core Data Set).
  B. OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set).

• Question 313:

  Your facility conducted a study of patient satisfaction, but you question the reliability of the questionnaire you used. The high degree of patient satisfaction expressed on the questionnaire just doesn't match the large number of complaints you have been receiving. You decide to try switching to an investigative strategy that will give you an immediate opportunity to review patient responses and correct errors. You have decided to use

  A. samples.
  B. interviews.
  C. observations.
  D. questionnaires.
  B. interviews.

• Question 314:

  What criterion is critical in selecting performance indicators for a medical record department?

  A. The indicators must include the most important aspects of performance.
  B. Indicators must correlate with Deming's 14 points.
  C. Identify at least 25 indicators that are reflective of all department functions.
  D. Select only indicators that reflect positively on the department.
  A. The indicators must include the most important aspects of performance.

• Question 315:

  In your state, it is legal for minors to seek medical treatment for a sexually transmitted disease without parental consent. When this occurs, who would be expected to authorize the release of the medical information documented in this episode of care to the patient's insurers?

  A. the patient
  B. a court-appointed guardian on behalf of the patient
  C. the custodial parent of the patient
  D. the patient's doctor on behalf of the patient
  A. the patient

• Question 316:

  You have been appointed as chair of the Health Record Committee at a new hospital. Your committee has been asked to recommend time-limited documentation standards for inclusion in the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations. The committee documentation standards must meet the standards of both the Joint Commission and the Medicare Conditions of Participation. The standards for the history and physical exam documentation are discussed first. You advise them that the time period for completion of this report be should be set at

  A. 12 hours after admission.
  B. 24 hours after admission.
  C. 12 hours after admission or prior to surgery.
  D. 24 hours after admission or prior to surgery.
  D. 24 hours after admission or prior to surgery.

• Question 317:

  A 75-year-old patient has a sore tongue with tingling and numbness of the hands and feet. She has headaches and is fatigued. Following diagnostic workup, the doctor orders monthly injections of vitamin B12. This patient mostly likely has which of the following conditions?

  A. aplastic anemia.
  B. autoimmune hemolytic anemia
  C. pernicious anemia.
  D. sickle cell anemia
  C. pernicious anemia.

• Question 318:

  Refer to the table Summary of Selected Blood Product Review. What percent of the fresh frozen plasma units met indications?

  

  A. 7%
  B. 24%
  C. 22%
  D. 76%
  B. 24%

• Question 319:

  As information security officer, you are revising the policies at your rehabilitation facility for handling all patient clinical information. Your best resource for checking out specific accreditation standards and guidelines is the

  A. Conditions of Participation for Rehabilitation Facilities
  B. Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules, and Regulations
  C. Joint Commission manual
  D. CARF manual
  D. CARF manual

• Question 320:

  The lack of a discharge order may indicate that the patient left against medical advice. If this situation occurs, you would expect to see the circumstances of the leave

  A. documented in an incident report and filed in the patient's health record.
  B. reported as a potentially compensable event.
  C. reported to the Executive Committee.
  D. documented in both the progress notes and the discharge summary
  D. documented in both the progress notes and the discharge summary