AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 681:

  Case Study #3

  A 73-year-old male was admitted to the Sunset Nurcing Facility with senility, cataracts, and S/P cerebrovascular accident with right-side hemiplegia. On his second day at the facility, the resident was discovered to have extensive thermal burns on his buttocks and legs by one of the facility's attendants. Referring to Case Study #3, the resident's family brought legal action against the nursing facility for

  A. medical abandonment.
  B. vicarious liability.
  C. assault and battery.
  D. negligence.
  D. negligence.

• Question 682:

  The hospital is undergoing the development of an information system strategic plan. The part of the process where changes in the community, legislation, and other factors are monitored is called

  A. health information exchange.
  B. alerts.
  C. environmental scanning.
  D. critical path analysis.
  C. environmental scanning.

• Question 683:

  The HIM Department receives a request for a certified copy of a birth certificate on a patient born in the hospital 30 years ago. The Department should

  A. issue a copy of the birth certificate from the patient's record.
  B. direct the request to the state's office of vital records.
  C. direct the request to the attending physician.
  D. issue a copy of the newborn's record.
  B. direct the request to the state's office of vital records.

• Question 684:

  This is the amount collected by the facility for the services it bills.

  A. costs
  B. charges
  C. reimbursement
  D. contractual allowance
  C. reimbursement

• Question 685:

  Which one of the following master patient index core data elements is OPTIONAL, NOT RECOMMENDED by AHIMA?

  A. internal patient identification
  B. discharge date
  C. martial status
  D. ethnicity
  C. martial status

• Question 686:

  Sickle cell anemia with crisis

  A. 282.61
  B. 282.62
  C. 282.63
  D. 282.69
  B. 282.62

• Question 687:

  In general, excessive RBC breakdown could result in

  A. Crohn's disease.
  B. elevated BUN
  C. high bilirubin levels
  D. peptic ulcers
  C. high bilirubin levels

• Question 688:

  How can Gravews' disease be treated?

  A. antithyroid drugs.
  B. radioactive iodine therapy
  C. surgery
  D. all of the above
  D. all of the above

• Question 689:

  Which of the following would be a business associate?

  A. release of information company
  B. bulk food service provider
  C. childbirth class instructor
  D. marketing consultant
  A. release of information company

• Question 690:

  A good first step toward protecting the security of data contained in a health information computer system would be to

  A. establish a good record tracking system.
  B. define levels of security for different types of information, depending on sensitivity.
  C. provide remote terminals for improved access to the record.
  D. provide internet access to facility records.
  B. define levels of security for different types of information, depending on sensitivity.