AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 31:

  Patient is admitted for workup for melena. Laboratory results reveal chronic blood loss anemia. Colonoscopy with biopsy reveals Crohn's disease of the descending colon.

  A. 578.1, 555.1, 45.25, 45.43
  B. 555.1, 45.25
  C. 555.1, 578.1, 45.25
  D. 555.1, 578.1, 45.25, 45.23
  B. 555.1, 45.25

• Question 32:

  A research request has been received by the HIM Department from the Quality Improvement Committee. The Committee plans to review the records of all patients who were admitted with CHF in the month of January 2008. Which of the following indices would be the best source in locating the needed records?

  A. master patient index
  B. physicians' index
  C. disease index
  D. operation index
  C. disease index

• Question 33:

  If a participating provider's usual fee for a service is $700.00 and Medicare's allowed amount is $450.00, what amount is written off by the physician?

  A. none of it is written off.
  B. $250.00
  C. $450.00
  D. $391.00
  B. $250.00

• Question 34:

  Joanie Howell presents to Dr. Franklin requesting rhinoplasty. Because Howell is covered by, Medicare, Dr. Franklin must provide Howell with

  A. a Notice of Exclusion, because rhinoplasty is not a Medicare covered service.
  B. an Advance Beneficiary Notice, because rhinoplasty is not a Medicare covered service.
  C. a Notice of Exclusion, because Howell's rhinoplasty may not be medically necessary.
  D. an Advance Beneficiary Notice, because Howell's rhinoplasty may not be medically necessary.
  D. an Advance Beneficiary Notice, because Howell's rhinoplasty may not be medically necessary.

• Question 35:

  The doctrine that the decisions of the court should stand as precedents for future guidance is

  A. res ipsa loquitur.
  B. respondeat superior.
  C. stare decisis.
  D. statute of limitations.
  C. stare decisis.

• Question 36:

  TO protect health information from catastrophes such as fire, flooding, bomb threats, and theft, Joint Commission-accredited facilities are required to maintain a _______ plan.

  A. budget
  B. disaster
  C. case management
  D. patient care
  B. disaster

• Question 37:

  The MS-DRG that generated the most revenue for Rocky Top Hospital is Rocky Top Hospital collected the data displayed below concerning their four highest volume DRGs.

  

  A. MS-DRG A
  B. MS-DRG B
  C. MS-DRG C
  D. MS-DRG D
  C. MS-DRG C

• Question 38:

  Commercial insurance plans usually reimburse health care providers under some type of __________ payment system, whereas the federal Medicare program uses some type of ___________ payment system.

  A. prospective, retrospective
  B. retrospective, concurrent
  C. retrospective, prospective
  D. prospective, concurrent
  C. retrospective, prospective

• Question 39:

  Corneal transplant

  A. 00144
  B. 00140
  C. 00147
  D. 00190
  A. 00144

• Question 40:

  The supervisor of release of information in a Health Information Department is preparing a woe distribution chart in the hopes of identifying some problem areas. Although the work distribution chart can provide the supervisor with a great deal of information concerning the work performed by her staff, it will not indicate

  A. if a task is divided among employees disproportionately.
  B. the solution to a specific problem area.
  C. if the skills of each employee are utilized appropriately.
  D. the appropriate method of work division.
  B. the solution to a specific problem area.