AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 661:

  Which one of the following is NOT an electronic document management system component?

  A. scanner
  B. optical disk platter
  C. jukebox
  D. reader-printed
  D. reader-printed

• Question 662:

  The total number of infections at Happy Valley Hospital during the first quarter (JANMAR) of 2008 was

  

  A. 6.
  B. 12.
  C. 22
  D. 38.
  D. 38.

• Question 663:

  As the Director of Health Information Services, you manage the department with the assistance of four supervisors. One day you observe a coder coding charts from the face sheet without reviewing the record for additional documentation. The most appropriate course of action would be to

  A. discuss your concerns with the Supervisor of Coding and direct her to address this issue immediately.
  B. discuss the problem with the CFO.
  C. discuss the matter directly with the coder and instruct him to review the entire record for correct assignment of codes.
  D. do nothing because the coding area is extremely productive.
  A. discuss your concerns with the Supervisor of Coding and direct her to address this issue immediately.

• Question 664:

  The HIM department frequently experiences a backlog in loose report filing. A quality improvement team is assembled to identify the outcome variables and the major or root causes. What visual QI tool is helpful to report the findings?

  A. PDCA method
  B. run chart
  C. fishbone (cause and effect) diagram
  D. scatter diagram
  C. fishbone (cause and effect) diagram

• Question 665:

  Crystal has been vomiting for 24 hours with complaint of right lower quadrant pain. Examination is suspicious for acute appendicitis. Crystal is taken to surgery and laparoscopic appendectomy is carried out. Pathological diagnosis is consistent with acute appendicitis.

  

  A. 540.0, 997.4, 47.11
  B. 540.0, 997.4, 47.09
  C. 540.9, 997.4, 560.1, 47.01
  D. 997.4, 560.1, 540.9, 47.09
  C. 540.9, 997.4, 560.1, 47.01

• Question 666:

  Patient presented to the operating room where an incision was made in the epigastric region for a repair of ureterovisceral fistula.

  

  A. 50526
  B. 50930
  C. 50520
  D. 50525
  B. 50930

• Question 667:

  When interviewing a candidate, which of the following questions is inappropriate to ask?

  A. "Can you type?"
  B. "Where may we contact you?"
  C. "What language other than English can you speak or write?"
  D. "Do you own a home?"
  D. "Do you own a home?"

• Question 668:

  There are a limited number of late effect codes in ICD-9-CM. When coding a residual condition where there is no applicable late effect code, one should code

  A. the residual condition followed by its cause.
  B. the cause followed by the residual condition.
  C. only the residual condition.
  D. only the cause of the residual condition.
  C. only the residual condition.

• Question 669:

  Patient returns to the operating room following open-heart bypass for exploration of blood vessel to control postoperative bleeding in the chest.

  A. 35820
  B. 20101
  C. 35761
  D. 35905
  A. 35820

• Question 670:

  The Anesthesia Department is adding a new indicator to its plan. The Chief Anesthesiologist has come to you, the Director of Quality Management, to help her design a data collection methodology. The two of you are now considering who will be doing the data collection. All of the following are factors in your deliberations EXCEPT

  A. quality management organizational model of the institution.
  B. Joint Commission standards and required characteristics.
  C. the location of data.
  D. the expertise of the staff.
  B. Joint Commission standards and required characteristics.