AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 801:

  A nomenclature of codes and medical terms and that provides standard terminology for reporting physicians' services for third-party reimbursement is

  A. Current Medical Information and Terminology (CMIT).
  B. Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).
  C. Systemized Nomenclature of Pathology (SNOP).
  D. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
  B. Current Procedural Terminology (CPT).

• Question 802:

  To ensure consistency of coverage among trainers, you may want to develop

  A. training manuals.
  B. meeting handouts and minutes.
  C. signed confidentiality statements acknowledging receipt and understanding of any training attended.
  D. ongoing training to keep the issues in front of the workforce.
  A. training manuals.

• Question 803:

  Patient presents to the emergency room with ascites. Paracentesis done.

  A. 789.30, 54.91
  B. 789.51, 54.91
  C. 789.59, 54.91
  D. 782.3, 54.91
  C. 789.59, 54.91

• Question 804:

  Patient presents with a traumatic partial amputation of the second, third, and fourth fingers on the right hand. Patient was taken to the operating room where completion of the amputation of three fingers was performed with direct closure.

  A. 26910-F6; 26910-F7; 26910-F8
  B. 26843-RT
  C. 26951-F6; 26951-F7; 26951-F8
  D. 26550-RT
  C. 26951-F6; 26951-F7; 26951-F8

• Question 805:

  Carson surveyed members of AHIMA's student CoP regarding the relationship between clinical experiences and job opportunities. All respondents were seniors in HIA programs and each one expected to graduate and take the national exam within the next 6 months. Fifteen of the eighteen respondents indicated at least one clinical rotation had resulted in a job offer. Based on this information, Carson expects to be offered a job during senior clinical rotations. Carson is basing this expectation on

  A. scientific inquiry.
  B. empiricism.
  C. inductive reasoning.
  D. deductive reasoning.
  C. inductive reasoning.

• Question 806:

  Targeted states (California, Flordia, and New York) with a large Medicare population were included in a Medicare payment recovery demonstration project. This project's purpose was to determine if the use of ___________ is a cost-effective means of ensuring correct payments are provided under Medicare. These are charged with identifying underpayments and overpayments for claims filed under Medicare Part A and Part B. They recoup overpayments from the providers.

  A. clinical data abstraction centers (CDAC)
  B. quality improvement organizations (QIO)
  C. recovery audit contractors (RAC)
  D. peer review organizations (PRO)
  C. recovery audit contractors (RAC)

• Question 807:

  You are the Chief Privacy Officer for Premier Medical Center. Which of the following are you responsible for?

  A. backing up data
  B. developing a plan for reporting privacy complaints
  C. writing policies on protecting hardware
  D. writing policies on encryption standards
  B. developing a plan for reporting privacy complaints

• Question 808:

  Removal of nephrostomy tube with fluoroscopic guidance

  A. 50387
  B. 50389
  C. 99212
  D. 99213
  B. 50389

• Question 809:

  Fareeda's method improvement objectives are to use an organized approach to determine how to accomplish a task with less effort in less time or at a lower cost while maintaining or improving the quality of the outcome. Frequently, methods improvement is referred to as

  A. benchmarking.
  B. work distribution.
  C. work simplification
  D. data quality improvement.
  C. work simplification

• Question 810:

  Your department must send information electronically to the state health department every day. Currently this is taking a significant amount of time. What technology can be used to' automatically send this information without human intervention?

  A. electronic data interchange
  B. LAN
  C. Internet
  D. network interface card
  A. electronic data interchange