AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 371:

  Natalie was an orientation counselor in college and knows that a well-designed program can help those new to a setting feel comfortable. As a new manager, she continues her commitment and contributes to new employee orientation. Which of the following statements about orientation programs is NOT true?

  A. A good orientation program can substitute for a job-specific departmental training.
  B. The most meaningful training program includes a "show and tell" format by peers.
  C. The orientation assists the employee in learning about the workplace culture.
  D. Proper training can enhance employee satisfaction.
  A. A good orientation program can substitute for a job-specific departmental training.

• Question 372:

  If the patient record is involved in litigation and the physician requests to make a change to that record, what should the HIM professional do?

  A. Refer request to legal counsel.
  B. Allow the change to occur.
  C. Notify the patient.
  D. Say the record is unavailable.
  A. Refer request to legal counsel.

• Question 373:

  Vaginal hysterectomy

  A. 00846
  B. 00944
  C. 00840
  D. 01963
  B. 00944

• Question 374:

  The primary goal of a hospital-based cancer registry is to

  A. improve patient care.
  B. Allocate hospital resources appropriately.
  C. determine the need for professional and public education programs.
  D. monitor cancer incidence.
  A. improve patient care.

• Question 375:

  The best form/graph for demonstrating trends over time would be

  A. frequency polygon.
  B. line graph.
  C. pie chart.
  D. histogram.
  B. line graph.

• Question 376:

  Mark is an HIM employee who utilizes six different information systems as part of his job. Each of these has a different password. In order to keep up with the password for each system, Mark has written them all on paper and taped it to the back of his wife's picture on his desk. What technology could be used to eliminate this problem for Mark and other employees in the same situation?

  A. role-based access
  B. user-based access
  C. SSO
  D. DAC
  C. SSO

• Question 377:

  What advice should be given to a physician who has just informed you that she just discovered that a significant portion of a discharge summary she dictated last month was left out?

  A. Squeeze in the information omitted by writing in available spaces such as the top, bottom, and side margins.
  B. Dictate the portion omitted with the heading "Discharge Summary--Addendum" and make a reference to the addendum with a note that is dated and signed on the initial Discharge Summary (e.g., "9/1 /08--See Addendum to Discharge Summary"-- Signature).
  C. Redictate the discharge summary and replace the old one with the new one.
  D. Inform the physician that nothing can be done about the situation.
  B. Dictate the portion omitted with the heading "Discharge Summary--Addendum" and make a reference to the addendum with a note that is dated and signed on the initial Discharge Summary (e.g., "9/1 /08--See Addendum to Discharge Summary"-- Signature).

• Question 378:

  You have been the supervisor in quality management at Happy Valley Hospital for almost a y now and your appraisal is right around the corner. Your director has asked the members of y, staff and the physicians on the committees you service to complete forms that will provide in' into the appraisal process. In addition, you have been asked to formally assess your own progress in this new position. It is time consuming and more than a little intimidating, but you suppose will provide you with some good insights into the quality of your work. Because you are, after the supervisor in QM, it is only fair that you participate fully in your facility's commitment to

  A. participative evaluation.
  B. 360-degree evaluation.
  C. conductive evaluation.
  D. managed evaluation.
  B. 360-degree evaluation.

• Question 379:

  What QI tool uses criteria to weigh different alternatives? This display would assist in viewing all relevant information at the same time.

  A. the PDSA method
  B. a decision matrix
  C. a flowchart
  D. a customer satisfaction survey
  B. a decision matrix

• Question 380:

  What would be the most cost-effective and prudent course of action for the storage or disposition of 250,0000 records at a large teaching and research hospital?

  A. storing the records off-site at a cost of $25,000 per year
  B. microfilming all 250,000 records of the cost of $195,000
  C. purging all death records and storing them off-site
  D. destroying all records older than the time frame required by the statute of limitations
  B. microfilming all 250,000 records of the cost of $195,000