AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 811:

  According to the UHDDS, a procedure that is surgical in nature, carries a procedural or anesthetic risk, or requires special training is defined as a

  A. principal procedure.
  B. significant procedure.
  C. operating room procedure.
  D. therapeutic procedure.
  B. significant procedure.

• Question 812:

  Of the following, which is NOT considered justification to approve overtime? Overtime is not justified\

  A. for unpredictable fluctuations in volume.
  B. when there is unusually high absenteeism.
  C. when there is a temporary change of work methods.
  D. for employees who want to supplement their wages.
  D. for employees who want to supplement their wages.

• Question 813:

  A discharge in which the patient was discharged from the inpatient rehabilitation facility and returned within 3 calendar days is called a(n)

  A. interrupted stay.
  B. transfer.
  C. per diem.
  D. qualified discharge.
  A. interrupted stay.

• Question 814:

  Which of the following is a DISADVANTAGE of terminal digit filing as compared to straight numeric filing?

  A. File personnel are crowded in the highest numbers.
  B. Inactive records are pulled from one common area.
  C. The training period is slightly longer.
  D. Files expand at the end of the number series, requiring backshifting.
  C. The training period is slightly longer.

• Question 815:

  You are working with a database that is created from multiple databases being stored in a single database. This is a(n)

  A. electronic health record.
  B. personal health record.
  C. clinical data repository.
  D. health information exchange.
  C. clinical data repository.

• Question 816:

  Patient with Parkinson's disease is admitted for insertion of a brain neurostimulator pulse generator with one electrode array.

  A. 61885
  B. 61850; 61863
  C. 61888
  D. 61867; 61870
  A. 61885

• Question 817:

  Patient presents to the operating room where a CABG x 3 is performed using the mammary artery and two sections of the saphenous vein.

  A. 33534;33511
  B. 33534; 33518; 33511
  C. 33535
  D. 33533; 33518
  D. 33533; 33518

• Question 818:

  The Director of a Health Information Department has received the quarterly variance budget report. The report indicates the "overtime" category is unfavorable. The director is required justify this overtime expense. Which of the following would be considered an accept explanation for this expenditure? Overtime is unfavorable this quarter due to

  A. the annual purging of inactive files.
  B. a chronic backlog in transcription.
  C. a decrease in admissions this quarter.
  D. a lack of supervision in the file area.
  A. the annual purging of inactive files.

• Question 819:

  Case Study #4

  William is a 16-years-old male who lives at home with his parents and works part-time as al dishwasher at one of the local restaurants. While emptying the dishwasher, William is severely scalded and rendered unconscious.

  He is taken to the emergency room of the local acute care hospital for emergency treatment.

  Referring to Case Study #4, in order to release information to his employer, the hospital must receive a

  A. consent signed by the patient.
  B. court order.
  C. consent signed by the doctor.
  D. consent signed by the patient's parent.
  D. consent signed by the patient's parent.

• Question 820:

  A patient is admitted with pneumonia. Cultures are requested to determine the infecting organism. Which of the following, if present, would alert the coder to ask the physician whether or not this should be coded as gram-negative pneumonia?

  A. Pseudomonas.
  B. Clostridium.
  C. Staphylococcus.
  D. Listeria.
  A. Pseudomonas.