AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 501:

  HEDIS gathers data in'the following area:

  A. measures of access (e.g., at least one visit to a provider within three years).
  B. measures of quality (e.g., cholesterol screenings).
  C. measures of financial performance (e.g., cost per member).
  D. all of the above
  D. all of the above

• Question 502:

  As the Information Security Officer at your facility, you have been asked to provide examples of technical security safeguards adopted as a result of HIPAA legislation. Which of the following would you provide?

  A. audit controls
  B. evidence of security awareness training
  C. surge protectors
  D. workstation use and location
  A. audit controls

• Question 503:

  A pathologist on the Health Record Committee asks about the time requirement for reporting a provisional diagnosis when an autopsy is performed. You respond confidently that this information must be on the health record within

  A. 24 hours.
  B. 3 days.
  C. 15 days.
  D. 60 days.
  B. 3 days.

• Question 504:

  Which of the following responsibilities would you expect to find on the job description of a facility's Information Security Officer, but NOT on the job description of Chief Privacy Officer?

  A. cooperate with the Office of Civil Rights in compliance investigations
  B. conduct audit trails to monitor inappropriate access to system information
  C. oversee the patient's right to inspect, amend, and restrict access to protected health information
  D. monitor the facility's business associate agreements
  B. conduct audit trails to monitor inappropriate access to system information

• Question 505:

  Mary is designing a computer screen that will be used to collect patient demographic information. What input design should be utilized for the state field?

  A. icon
  B. dialog box
  C. menu
  D. free form text
  C. menu

• Question 506:

  The Director of the Health Information Services Department is preparing the department's budget for the coming year. She has included the costs for the coding staff to attend at least two workshops in the budget. What portion of the department's budget will the cost of the workshops be allocated to?

  A. staffing budget
  B. revenue budget
  C. personnel budget
  D. expense budget
  D. expense budget

• Question 507:

  Summer is the document imaging manager. She has had a meeting with the scanning clerks They are complaining that the pay rate for their position is too low in their facility. What would be the best way to deal with this complaint?

  A. Submit a request for merit raises for all scanning clerks.
  B. Work with the Human Resources Department on a job evaluation and current wage and salary survey.
  C. Explain to the scanning clerks that health care cost containment means little money for raises.,
  D. Ignore the complaint.
  B. Work with the Human Resources Department on a job evaluation and current wage and salary survey.

• Question 508:

  Patient arrives to the hospital and has a Nissen fundoplasty done endoscopically.

  A. 43410
  B. 43415
  C. 43502
  D. 43280
  D. 43280

• Question 509:

  Aspiration pneumonia with pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus. Patient also has emphysema.

  A. 507.0, 482.9, 496
  B. 507.0, 482.41, 496
  C. 507.0, 491.21
  D. 507.0, 482.41, 492.8
  D. 507.0, 482.41, 492.8

• Question 510:

  Which one of the following is NOT an advantage of a computerized master patient index?

  A. It allows access to data alphabetically, phonetically, or by date of birth, social security number, medical record, or billing number.
  B. It solves most space and retrieval problems.
  C. It provides other departments with immediately access to the inform maintained in the master patient index.
  D. Duplication of patient registration can never occur.
  D. Duplication of patient registration can never occur.