AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 361:

  You want to graph the number of patients admitted to three different medical staff services of each day of the last month. Because you have a large number of observations (one for each day of the month) and you want to be able to compare the observations for each of the three services on one data display, your best choice is a

  A. table.
  B. bar chart.
  C. line graph.
  D. histogram.
  C. line graph.

• Question 362:

  The MS-DRG weight in a particular case is 2.0671 and the hospital's payment rate is $3,027. H much would the hospital receive as reimbursement in this case?

  A. $3,027.00
  B. $5,094.10
  C. $6,257.11
  D. $ 960.00
  C. $6,257.11

• Question 363:

  The HIM Department maintains 5000,000 records and responds to 5,000 requests for records in a given period of time. What is the record usage rate?

  A. 0.01%
  B. 1%
  C. 5%
  D. 10%
  B. 1%

• Question 364:

  The best place to ascertain the size of an excised lesion for accurate CPT coding is the

  A. discharge summary.
  B. pathology report.
  C. operative report.
  D. anesthesia record.
  C. operative report.

• Question 365:

  Which of the following diagnoses or procedures would prevent the normal delivery code, 650, from being assigned?

  A. occiput presentation
  B. single liveborn
  C. episiotomy
  D. low forceps
  D. low forceps

• Question 366:

  As manager of record processing, you supervise a 55-year-old employee who has worked as correspondence clerk for many years. Her performance has gradually diminished and has become unsatisfactory. This employee is not interested in further education or in learning a new job. method would most likely prove to be INEFFECTIVE in assisting this employee in improving performance?

  A. threatening to fire the employee
  B. asking the employee to cross-train with other employees
  C. delegation of special assignments
  D. consulting the employee on various filing problems
  A. threatening to fire the employee

• Question 367:

  To compute the reimbursement to a particular hospital for a particular MS-DRG, multiply the hospital's base payment rate by the

  A. conversion factor.
  B. case-mix index.
  C. geographic price index.
  D. relative weight for the MS-DRG.
  D. relative weight for the MS-DRG.

• Question 368:

  A clerk brings you a question about a request for information. The patient was treated meningitis at age 3 (15 years ago). The patient is now 18. The patient's attorney is request information on the admission. You tell the clerk the information is

  A. no longer available because your facility retains information for 10 years after the last patient visit.
  B. available, but the attorney will have to obtain a court order before you will release it.
  C. available, but the patient's parents will have to sign a consent for you to release it.
  D. available and the patient may sign a consent to release the information in the record.
  D. available and the patient may sign a consent to release the information in the record.

• Question 369:

  The supervisor of retention and retrieval was receiving frequent complaints from the file clerks regarding the discharge clerk's job performance. The file clerks stated it was becoming difficult to maintain their productivity levels because the discharge clerk was not processing the requisition slips in a timely manner. In order to get a clearer understanding of the situation, the supervisor asked the file clerks and the discharge clerk to complete a task list for a 2-week period. The supervisor is constructing a

  A. flow process chart.
  B. movement diagram. I
  C. work distribution chart.
  D. procedure flowchart.
  C. work distribution chart.

• Question 370:

  Continuous quality improvement is best described by the following statements EXCEPT:

  A. Corrective action targets clinicians more so than processes.
  B. Standards are defined, measured, and systematically applied.
  C. Monitoring is ongoing with periodic feedback.
  D. All personnel support quality improvement efforts, including top management and the governing body.
  A. Corrective action targets clinicians more so than processes.