AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 71:

  SPECT bone imaging

  

  A. 76977
  B. 78320
  C. 77080
  D. 76977
  B. 78320

• Question 72:

  A supervisor reviews a job to determine the required content, skills, knowledge, abilities, responsibilities for the position. The tasks are grouped and lines of responsibility and au are defined. The supervisor is writing a job

  A. description.
  B. analysis.
  C. process.
  D. detail.
  A. description.

• Question 73:

  Case Study #1

  Dr. Roberts, an orthopedic surgeon, and Nurse Parrish head nurse on the orthopedic surgery unit, have had an acrimonious working relationship for years. While making rounds on the unit, Dr. Roberts discovered that the physical therapy evaluation he has ordered for one of his patients had not been performed and became outraged. Even though he did not have proof, Dr. Roberts placed the blame for missed evaluation with Nurse Parresh. Dr. Roberts wrote in the patient's medical record that Nurse Parrish frilled to properly order the physical therapy evaluation because she was incompetent and could not be trusted to carry out even the simplest order. After heaving read Dr. Roberts note, Nurse Parrish countered by making a disparaging remark about Dr. Roberts to the medical personnel at the nurces' station. Nurse Parrish stated that Dr. Roberts was one who was incompetent and was responsible for the needless suffering of countless patients over the years.

  Referring to Case Study #1, what should Dr. Roberts be reminded of regarding his notation in the patient's chart about Nurse Parrish?

  A. It is against the law to mention names of persons who are not actively attending to his patient.
  B. His action violates the 1974 Privacy Act.
  C. The medical record must not be used as a battleground against another professional.
  D. He should erase his note about Nurse Parrish because it is malicious.
  C. The medical record must not be used as a battleground against another professional.

• Question 74:

  Patient presents to the operating room for excision of three lesions. The 1.5 cm and 2.0 cm lesions of the back were excised with one excision. The 0.5 cm lesion of the hand was excised. The pathology report identified both back lesions as squamous cell carcinoma. The hand lesion was identified as seborrheic keratosis.

  A. 11604; 11420
  B. 11402; 11420; 11403
  C. 11403; 11642; 11462
  D. 11602; 11402
  A. 11604; 11420

• Question 75:

  Patient was admitted with a cystocele and rectocele. An anterior colporrhaphy was performed.

  A. 57250
  B. 57260
  C. 57240
  D. 57110
  C. 57240

• Question 76:

  The health information reception desk is experiencing a huge influx of phone calls on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings. This is creating a problem in getting requested patient information out within an acceptable time frame. The reception staff work group has agreed to start recording the reason for the phone calls for the next 4 weeks. They want to focus on solving the response-time problem by reducing the turnaround time for the largest category of phone calls. Which QI tool best supports this goal?

  A. control chart
  B. Pareto chart
  C. run chart
  D. scatter diagram
  B. Pareto chart

• Question 77:

  According to CPT, antepartum care includes all of the following EXCEPT

  A. initial and subsequent history.
  B. physical examination.
  C. monthly visits up to 36 weeks.
  D. routine chemical urinalysis.
  C. monthly visits up to 36 weeks.

• Question 78:

  The ability to obtain the same results from different studies using different methodologies different populations is

  A. reliability.
  B. validity.
  C. confidence.
  D. specificity.
  A. reliability.

• Question 79:

  Which of the following is incorrect about the use of control charts?

  A. Control charts can be used to measure key processes over time.
  B. The upper and lower control limits are always ?2 standard deviations.
  C. The lower control limits are always ?2 standard deviations.
  D. The upper control limits are always ?1.8 standard deviations.
  D. The upper control limits are always ?1.8 standard deviations.

• Question 80:

  An example of a primary data source is the

  A. physician index.
  B. health record.
  C. cancer registry.
  D. hospital statistical report.
  B. health record.