AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 481:

  The researchers in the previous question wonder if there is any relationship between patient age and average fasting blood sugar. The best data display tool the researchers could use to look for a possible relationship would be a

  A. pareto diagram.
  B. line graph.
  C. scatter diagram.
  D. cause and effect diagram.
  C. scatter diagram.

• Question 482:

  In determining your acute care facility's degree of compliance with prospective payment requirements for Medicare, the best resource to reference for recent certification standards is the

  A. CARF manual.
  B. hospital bylaws.
  C. Joint Commission accreditation manual.
  D. Federal Register.
  D. Federal Register.

• Question 483:

  Patient was admitted to the hospital with. sharp pelvic pains. A pelvic ultrasound was ordered { and the results showed a possible ovarian cyst. The patient was taken to the operating room where a laparoscopic destruction of two corpus luteum cysts was performed.

  A. 49321
  B. 58925
  C. 58561
  D. 58662
  D. 58662

• Question 484:

  A patient was diagnosed with a left choanal polyp and was taken to the ambulatory surgery suite where a left Caldwell-Luc operation was performed. The CPT index should be referenced under which of the following entries?

  A. Operation, Intestine, Polyp excision
  B. Operation, Colon, Polyp excision
  C. Removal, Polyp, Larynx
  D. Sinus, Maxillary, Polyp excision
  D. Sinus, Maxillary, Polyp excision

• Question 485:

  One of the most common rater biases that affect an employee's evaluation is the halo effect halo effect suggests that the supervisor

  A. rates everyone as average.
  B. is too lenient or too strict in rating employee performance.
  C. rates the employee on the basis of a strong like or dislike of the person.
  D. bases the employee evaluation on his behavior in the most recent period rather than the en ' evaluation period.
  C. rates the employee on the basis of a strong like or dislike of the person.

• Question 486:

  The Health Department is considering a big newspaper advertising campaign to promote their family planning services. You suggest they first conduct an external analysis to determine the type of advertising most of the people in your target group rely on when making health care choices. You are suggesting the Health Department first engage in a(n)

  A. SWOT analysis.
  B. gap analysis.
  C. utilization analysis.
  D. allocation analysis.
  B. gap analysis.

• Question 487:

  Look again at the graph you used for the last question. From this graph, you can assume that more people

  

  A. were admitted to the facility with infections than without infections.
  B. were admitted to the facility with infections than is typical for U.S. hospitals.
  C. were admitted to the facility with infections than acquired infections in the hospital.
  D. acquired infections in the hospital than were admitted with infections.
  C. were admitted to the facility with infections than acquired infections in the hospital.

• Question 488:

  The general New Employee Orientation training at Mid-Atlantic Mental Health would most likely cover which of the following HIPAA components?

  A. marketing issues
  B. business associate agreements
  C. physical/workstation security
  D. job-specific training (e.g., patient's right to amend record)
  C. physical/workstation security

• Question 489:

  The coding supervisor reviewed the productivity logs of four newly hired coders after their first month. The report below illustrates each coders output. Based on analysis of this report, which employee will require additional assistance in order to meet the coding standards?

  

  A. Coder 1
  B. Coder 2
  C. Coder 3
  D. Coder 4
  C. Coder 3

• Question 490:

  After a work sampling study was completed, it was found that 20% of a coder's time was devoted to pulling records for physicians with missing diagnoses. How many minutes of a 7-hour day are taken up with this activity?

  A. 140
  B. 84
  C. 2 1
  D. 5 6
  B. 84