AHIMA RHIA Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

AHIMA RHIA Online Questions & Answers

• Question 871:

  A rare malignant tumor often associated with AIDS is

  A. Kaposi's sarcoma.
  B. glioblastoma multiforme.
  C. pheochromocytoma.
  D. melanoma.
  A. Kaposi's sarcoma.

• Question 872:

  __________ is usually the first symptom of benign prostate hyperplasia.

  A. Abdominal pain.
  B. Burning pain during urination
  C. Difficulty in urinating
  D. Pelvic pain
  C. Difficulty in urinating

• Question 873:

  Case Study #2

  You are the director of the Health Information Management Department for Bayshore Hospital. A former patient of the hospital, Barbara Masters, is suing the hospital for negligent care of an infected decubitus ulcer. You are asked by

  Barbara's attorney to provide sworn verbal testimony and/or written answers to questions.

  Referring to Case Study #2, Bayshore Hospital is the _________________ in this case.

  A. appellant
  B. appellee
  C. defendant
  D. plaintiff
  C. defendant

• Question 874:

  Pain in hip due to displaced hip prosthesis. Patient is admitted and undergoes revision of hip prosthesis.

  A. 996.49, 81.53
  B. 996.77, 81.53
  C. 719.45, 81.53
  D. 996.49, 719.45, 81.53
  A. 996.49, 81.53

• Question 875:

  The ADT system is undergoing testing, training, and programming. Therefore this system must be in t he stage of t he information life cycle

  A. implementation.
  B. obsolescence.
  C. initiation.
  D. maintenance.
  A. implementation.

• Question 876:

  A number of key elements for your facility's computerized patient record are still input by clerical staff from handwritten data entry sheets. You are concerned about the transfer of data. If the vital signs stored in the database are not what were originally recorded, the impact on patient care could be severe. You are concerned about the

  A. stability of the data.
  B. validity of the data.
  C. legitimacy of the data.
  D. reliability of the data.
  B. validity of the data.

• Question 877:

  Cervical cerclage is a procedure used to help prevent

  A. breathing restrictions.
  B. miscarriage.
  C. torsion.
  D. torticollis.
  B. miscarriage.

• Question 878:

  The President of the Medical Staff requests a report on the number of coronary artery bypass grafts performed by a particular physician in April of the previous year. Where would the health information manager look for this information?

  A. patient register
  B. disease index
  C. operation index
  D. birth defects register
  C. operation index

• Question 879:

  The most widely discussed and debated unique patient identifier is the

  A. patient's date of birth.
  B. patient's first and last names.
  C. patient's Social Security number.
  D. Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN).
  C. patient's Social Security number.

• Question 880:

  In a manual record-tracking system, no record should be removed from the file without being replaced by a(n)

  A. 81/2x11-inch charge-out slip.
  B. empty file folder.
  C. paddle.
  D. outguide.
  D. outguide.