AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 531:

  A 40-year-old female suddenly develops a painful rash. A visit to her physician reveals she has shingles. She is experiencing a great amount of anxiety and stress, so her physician prescribes medication for the shingles and for the anxiety that occurred as a reaction to the stress.

  

  A. 053.9, 308.0
  B. 053.9, 308.3, 300.00
  C. 053.8, 300.00
  D. 053.8, 308.0
  A. 053.9, 308.0

• Question 532:

  When checking the census data at South Beach Women's Center, you see that just yesterday, there were four sets of triplets, five sets of twins and eight single births. Yesterday, South Beach Women's Center had

  A. 17 deliveries.
  B. 25 deliveries.
  C. 30 deliveries.
  D. 39 deliveries.
  A. 17 deliveries.

• Question 533:

  A physician lists the final diagnosis as diarrhea and constipation due to either irritable bowel syndrome or diverticulitis. The following codes are assigned:

  

  A. 564.1, 562.11
  B. 562.10, 564.1
  C. 564.00, 787.91, 564.1, 562.11
  D. 564.1, 562.10, 564.00, 787.91
  C. 564.00, 787.91, 564.1, 562.11

• Question 534:

  Patient with a history of cancer of the colon and status post-colostomy is admitted for closure of the colostomy. Patient is also being treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diastolic heart failure. Patient has a takedown of the colostomy.

  A. 153.2, 496, 428.30, 46.52
  B. V55.3,496, V10.05, 428.30, 46.52
  C. V55.3,496, V10.05, 428.0, 46.52, 45.79
  D. V10.05, 492.8, 428.30, 46.52
  B. V55.3,496, V10.05, 428.30, 46.52

• Question 535:

  Your Community Hospital utilizes a WAN that transports data across the Internet by using a private tunnel. This is a

  A. WLAN
  B. LAN
  C. VPN
  D. FDDI
  A. WLAN

• Question 536:

  The difference between an Institutional Review Board (IRB) and a hospital's Ethics Committee is that

  A. the IRB focuses on patient care only, and the Ethics Committee addresses both patient care and business practices.
  B. the Ethics Committee reviews ethics complaints, and the IRB focuses on developing policies and procedures.
  C. the IRB deals with the ethical treatment of human research subjects, and the Ethics Committee covers a wide range of issues.
  D. the IRB is made up entirely of patient care providers, and the Ethics Committee is multidisciplinary.
  C. the IRB deals with the ethical treatment of human research subjects, and the Ethics Committee covers a wide range of issues.

• Question 537:

  Encoding software was installed at your hospital 2 years ago. The coders are well trained on it and like using it. It functions well and only requires ICD code updates yearly. In terms of the Information Systems Life Cycle phases, the coding system is likely in the

  A. design phase.
  B. implementation phase.
  C. operation and maintenance phase.
  D. obsolescence or decline phase.
  C. operation and maintenance phase.

• Question 538:

  Emma Grace is a transcriptionist. Her productivity level, as determined by line count per day, has dropped significantly over the past 2 weeks. As a result, there is a backlog in transcription of history and physical reports and surgical reports. Several doctors and the operating room supervisor have complained. An appropriate initial course of action for the Supervisor of Transcription is to

  A. counsel the transcriptionist privately.'
  B. fire the transcriptionist immediately.
  C. refer the matter to the Human Resources Department.
  D. suspend the transcriptionist without pay for 3 days.
  A. counsel the transcriptionist privately.'

• Question 539:

  The administrator states that he should not have to participate in privacy and security training. How should you respond?

  A. "All employees are required to participate in the training, including top administration."
  B. "I will record that in my files."
  C. "Did you read the privacy rules?"
  D. "You are correct. There is no reason for you to participate in the training."
  A. "All employees are required to participate in the training, including top administration."

• Question 540:

  Jon is a recent graduate who is considering accepting a position as Trauma Registrar at a large metropolitan medical center while he prepares to apply to graduate school. In making the decision, he considers the offer of $15 per hour for a 40-hour week, benefits of 27.5% of his salary, and tuition waivers of 6 credits per year at $145. He calculated that the total compensation would be

  A. $40, 650.00
  B. $39,563.25.
  C. $38,599.00
  D. $31,030.00
  A. $40, 650.00