AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 51:

  Which one of the following is NOT a strategy when purchasing an electronic health record system?

  A. Identify stakeholders from different organizational levels and engage them appropriately.
  B. Identify return on investment or cost-benefit analysis.
  C. Identify system requirements.
  D. Broaden the vendor field and select several vendors of choice.
  D. Broaden the vendor field and select several vendors of choice.

• Question 52:

  Margaret Vargas need to have her mitral valve replaced. Her surgeon will discuss which of the following issues with her before the surgery?

  A. a mechanical valve will require that she take a "blood thinner" for the rest of her life
  B. a biological value (usually porcine) will last 10 to 15 years
  C. a mechanical valve increase the risk of blood clots that can cause stroke
  D. all of the above
  D. all of the above

• Question 53:

  Henrietta Dawson presents with a chief complaint of pain and weakness in her arms and neck. After an HandP and review of diagnostic tests that include a myelogram, her doctor diagnoses a herniated nucleus pulposus at the __________ level of her spine.

  A. cervical.
  B. lumbar
  C. sacral
  D. thoracic
  A. cervical.

• Question 54:

  The special form or view that plays the central role in planning and providing care at nursing psychiatric, and rehabilitation facilities is the

  A. interdisciplinary patient care plan.
  B. medical history and review of systems.
  C. interval summary.
  D. problem list.
  A. interdisciplinary patient care plan.

• Question 55:

  Psychogenic paroxysmal tachycardia

  A. 427.2, 316
  B. 306.2, 427.1
  C. 427.1, 306.2
  D. 316, 427.2
  D. 316, 427.2

• Question 56:

  A distribution is said to be positively skewed when the mean is

  A. bimodal.
  B. multimodal.
  C. shifted to the left.
  D. shifted to the right.
  D. shifted to the right.

• Question 57:

  Coastal Hospital is a covered entity under HIPAA,. In order to comply with the requirements, the, must train their workforce on policies and procedures with respect to protected health information (PHI). Which of the following levels of the workforce would be exempt front training?

  A. HIM staff because they have already received training in release of information
  B. staff physicians because they have taken the Hippocratic Oath
  C. administrative staff because they do.not perform hands-on care
  D. none of the above
  D. none of the above

• Question 58:

  In the computerization of forms, good screen view design, along with the options of alerts and alarms, makes it easier to ensure that all essential data items have been captured. One essential item to be captured on the physical exam is the

  A. objective survey of body systems.
  B. chief complaint.
  C. family history.
  D. subjective review of systems.
  A. objective survey of body systems.

• Question 59:

  Contributing factors of mental disorders include

  A. heredity
  B. trauma
  C. stress
  D. all of the above
  D. all of the above

• Question 60:

  Still thinking about Mr. Woodley and his long stay, if you were to graph the LOS for the facility in 2008, which of the following graphs would you expect to see?

  B