AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 791:

  Excision of simple internal and external hemorrhoids

  

  A. 46255
  B. 46945
  C. 46221
  D. 46260
  A. 46255

• Question 792:

  An office consultation is performed for a post-menopausal woman who is complaining of spotting in the past 6 months with right lower quadrant tenderness. A detailed history and physical were performed with a low-complexity medical decision.

  A. 99242
  B. 99243
  C. 99253
  D. 99254
  B. 99243

• Question 793:

  There is an opening for a coder in a 150-bed acute care hospital. The position requires someone who can code from a wide variety of medical records using both ICD and CPT. Of the following candidates interviewing for this position, which would be the most appropriate to hire?

  A. a high school graduate who has applied for entry into the 2-year community college RHIT program
  B. a recent graduate of a 4-year HIM program, RHIA eligible, who hopes to become a department manager within 1 year
  C. a graduate of a 2-year community college HIT program, RHIT eligible, with 1 year of outpatient coding experience
  D. a RHIA with 5 years of supervisory experience in medical records who recently moved to this city and can find no other available position as a supervisor at this time
  C. a graduate of a 2-year community college HIT program, RHIT eligible, with 1 year of outpatient coding experience

• Question 794:

  Patient has a history of chronic alcohol abuse with portal hypertension. Patient has been vomiting blood for the past 3 days and presented to his physician's office. Patient was sent to the hospital for evaluation and an EGD was performed. Biopsy findings showed gastritis, esophagitis and bleeding esophageal varices, which were injected with sclerosing solution.

  A. 43235; 43244; 43204
  B. 43239; 43244
  C. 43239; 43243
  D. 43239; 43243; 43204
  C. 43239; 43243

• Question 795:

  The most common cause of dementia in the United States is

  A. autism.
  B. supplies.
  C. alcohol abuse.
  D. anxiety disorder.
  B. supplies.

• Question 796:

  The Director of the Health Information Services Department has determined that an in- service for department supervisors on improving productivity levels in their respective areas is needed. As an outcome of this in-service, the director would like the supervisors to understand that when setting productivity levels, a supervisor must

  A. tailor any training needs to each individual employee to achieve the productivity levels.
  B. direct training needs to the most efficient employee within the department in order to achieve the productivity levels.
  C. determine the productivity standards for each area and job function.
  D. consider only quantity and not quality.
  C. determine the productivity standards for each area and job function.

• Question 797:

  To comply with ORYX, a nursing home administrator would need to

  A. implement RUGS appropriateness screening.
  B. collect performance measure data that apply to the residents.
  C. conduct ongoing open record review.
  D. submit MDS data directly to the Joint Commission.
  B. collect performance measure data that apply to the residents.

• Question 798:

  Priapism operation with spongiosum shunt

  A. 54450
  B. 54352
  C. 54430
  D. 55899
  C. 54430

• Question 799:

  The ER staff has collected the data on the number of visits and wait times in the ER and has displayed the data on the chart shown. Based on this information, what kind of correlation do you see between the number of visits (Variable X) and the wait times (Variable Y)?

  

  A. a positive correlation between Variable X and Variable Y
  B. a negative correlation between Variable X and Variable Y
  C. a conjunctive correlation between Variable X and Variable Y
  D. a causative correlation between Variable X and Variable Y
  A. a positive correlation between Variable X and Variable Y

• Question 800:

  During a retrospective review of Rose Hunter's inpatient health record, the health information clerk notes that on day four of hospitalization there was missed dose of insulin. What type of review is this clerk performing?

  A. utilization review.
  B. quantitative review.
  C. legal review.
  D. qualitative review.
  D. qualitative review.