AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 61:

  Stan works in an acute care general hospital, Fran works for a skilled nursing facility, employed at an assisted living facility, and Dan works for a home care provider. Which are employed in facilities that may seek Joint Commission accreditation?

  A. Stan, Fran, and Ann
  B. Fran, Ann, and Dan
  C. Ann, Dan, and Stan
  D. Dan, Stan, and Fran
  D. Dan, Stan, and Fran

• Question 62:

  What types of software provide a front-end structure/interface that presents information in familiar format leading to a natural style of interaction through the use of icons and a mouse?

  A. graphical user interface
  B. fiber optics
  C. assembly level language
  D. machine language
  A. graphical user interface

• Question 63:

  Patient admitted with carotid artery disease and acute cerebral infarction with left hemiparesis, dysphagia, and aphasia. Dysphagia and aphasia have resolved by discharge, but residual hemiparesis remains.

  A. 433.11, 342.90
  B. 433.11, 434.91, 342.90, 784.3, 787.20
  C. 436, 342.90, 784.3, 787.20
  D. 433.11, 342.90, 784.3, 787.20
  A. 433.11, 342.90

• Question 64:

  When purchasing file guides, the Health Information Manager should be primarily concerned with which of the following?

  A. cost and color
  B. durability and visibility
  C. cost and visibility
  D. color and durability
  B. durability and visibility

• Question 65:

  When is it appropriate to use category V10, history of malignant neoplasm?

  A. primary malignancy recurred at original site and adjunct chemotherapy is directed at the site
  B. primary malignancy has been eradicated and no adjunct treatment is being given at this time
  C. primary malignancy eradicated and the patient is admitted for adjunct chemotherapy to primary site
  D. primary malignancy is eradicated; adjunct treatment is refused by patient even thought here is some remaining malignancy
  B. primary malignancy has been eradicated and no adjunct treatment is being given at this time

• Question 66:

  Which classification system is used to classify neoplasms according to site, morphology, and behavior?

  A. International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O)
  B. Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary Medicine International (SNOMED)
  C. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
  D. Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
  A. International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O)

• Question 67:

  Administration has asked the clinical provider order-entry task force to select the method implementation that will reduce risk to the hospital. What method should they choose?

  A. Implement all modules across the entire organization.
  B. Implement one module in one unit while running the current system in parallel.
  C. Implement all modules across the entire organization while running the current system parallel.
  D. Implement one module in one unit while shutting down the existing system.
  B. Implement one module in one unit while running the current system in parallel.

• Question 68:

  In calculating the fee for a physician's reimbursement, the three relative value units are each multiplied by

  A. geographic practice cost indices.
  B. national conversion factor.
  C. usual and customary fees for the service
  D. the cost of living index for the particular region
  A. geographic practice cost indices.

• Question 69:

  An 11-year-old female is brought to the emergency room with a compound, comminuted fracture of the right tibia and fibula. Her mother was very seriously injured in the same accident and unconscious. What should be done?

  A. Nothing until consent can be obtained from the nearest relative.
  B. The mother can be treated under implied consent, but not the child.
  C. The hospital should quickly seek a court-appointed guardian for the child.
  D. Both patients can be treated under implied consent.
  D. Both patients can be treated under implied consent.

• Question 70:

  When a health care facility makes a decision to destroy computerized data, AHIMA recommends all but which one of the following as methods of destruction?

  A. overwriting data with a series of characters
  B. reformatting the disk
  C. deleting the file on the disk
  D. overwriting the backup tapes
  C. deleting the file on the disk